Sidelines: Spotlight athlete - Dani Newman

10/25/2007

• School: Archbold

• Class: Senior

• Sports: Volleyball, basketball, softball

• Notes: Volleyball led Archbold to NWOAL title this season; All-NWOAL first team as junior and sophomore;basketball has played both wing and post; softball moved to left field last season after pitching for two years

FAVORITES

• School subject: English

• Car: Sunfire

• MySpace or Facebook? Neither

• Store: American Eagle

• Musical artist: Anything country

• Song: Heart of aChampion, by Nelly

• TV show: Grey s Anatomy

• Movie: Pretty Woman

• Actor: Richard Gere

• Actress: Angelina Jolie

• Magazine: Seventeen

• Radio station: 92.5, 105.7 or 104.5 FM

• Food: My mom s pasta

• Beverage: Propel

• Fast food: Wendy s

• Place to visit: Daytona Beach, Fla.

• Sport: Volleyball

• Athlete: Meredith Neff (She played volleyball at Archbold while I was growing up.)

• Baseball team: Reds

• NFL team: None

• NBA team: None

• Pet peeve: Throwing away good food in the cafeteria

• Person most admire:My friend, Audrey Boyer

• Person you d like to meet: Richard Gere

• Pregame routine: Laura Wyse braids my hair before each match

• Top sports moment: Reaching regional in softball last year, winning NWOAL title in volleyball this year

• Ohio State or Michigan? I can t choose (My Grandpa Beck likes Ohio State and my Grandpa Newman likes Michigan.)