Aug. 19, 2010

Aug. 19, 2010

Most think the college soccer season officially starts on Friday, Aug. 20, but the year really begins with the new edition of Just For Kicks. Midfielder Julia Barrow, a member of the 2009 Conference USA All-Freshman Team and Baker College sophomore, is first up to field the hard-hitting questions. Let's Roll Out The Barrow and get the 2010 Just For Kicks season under way!

Full name: Julia Pauline Barrow

The nickname my teammates call me: "Jules"

My favorite soccer player: Michelle Akers

My favorite movie: Reality Bites

My favorite web site: Facebook

My favorite CD or music artist: Radiohead

My favorite snack: chocolate milk!!

My favorite meal at the Rice servery: cinnamon rolls, fajita night, chocolate milk

My favorite class at Rice: Eng 260, Soci 101

I chose to attend Rice because: soccer, the academics, and the community

What I like most about college life or specifically college life at Rice: random opportunities to dance, Club Fondren, Baker college

My pet peeve: encounters with squirrels, and lack of encounters with kittens, around campus

Athletes (non soccer players) I would like to meet: Michael Jordan, Steve Nash

One person (non athlete) I would like to meet: Lil Wayne

On Twitter, I follow: I follow no one

My favorite moment of my soccer career so far: being with these girls everyday!

The person who got me interested in soccer: my family

The best soccer advice I ever had: there's nothing someone can put in front of you that you cannot do... so just do it.

Why I chose my jersey number (#9): Because it's one of my childhood heroes, Mia Hamm's, number!

My favorite sport besides soccer: basketball

The Rice team I like to watch play their sport: all of them

The most embarrassing moment or thing that ever happened to me was: the time I misunderstood Kristi and had to walk around the parking lot with the weight bar

I describe myself as: awesome

My teammates think I am: awesome

Coach Huston thinks I am: awesome

Other than myself, the Rice Owl to keep an eye on this season: Kate Edwards

The Rice soccer player with the best non-soccer talent: all of the sophomores' ability to recite any Kristen Wiig SNL skit

One thing I'd like to say, but you didn't ask: meow