Sept. 19, 2012

Meet the members of the Rice soccer team in the Q & A feature, "Just For Kicks". In today's edition, junior defender Alexandra Trenary uses some fancy footwork to fend-off the always-rugged interview questions.

Full name: Alexandra Jane Trenary

My college: Jones

The nickname my teammates call me is: "Sparky"

My favorite soccer player is: HOJO

My favorite movie is: Love Actually

My favorite book is: HARRY POTTER!!!!!!!!!!!

My favorite web site is: Owlspace....

My favorite CD or music artist is: Any and all things country

My pet peeve is: When people flat tire me...WALK FARTHER AWAY!

My favorite snack is: avocados. with sea salt. and oatmeal chocolate chip cookies.

My favorite meal at the Rice servery is: cinnamon rolls

My favorite class at Rice is: anything that isn't general or organic chemistry.

What I like most about college life at Rice is: my teammates

I'll be loyal to my Rice College because: Jones wins again. We always win.

One athlete (but a non soccer player) I would like to meet is: Michael Phelps

When I last looked, I had this many friends on Facebook: Twitter is the new thing.

On Twitter I follow: Soccer Girl Problems

My favorite moment of my soccer career so far: Winning Nationals with my club team

The person who got me interested in soccer was: my dad

The very first kids' soccer team I ever played for was nicknamed: The Geckos!

The best soccer advice I ever had was: "Focus on the simple things."

My favorite sport besides soccer is: Skiing

The Rice team I like to watch play their sport: Volleyball

The most embarrassing moment or thing that ever happened to me was: I thought I saw my teammate Britton in the servery so I went up from behind and broke off a piece of the cookie she was holding and ate it... only it wasn't Britton...

My teammates think I ... : am obsessed with California...(it's the best state..)

My favorite expression Coach Nicky uses is: "Last ball!" (the five balls later...) "Okay last ball!"

Other than myself, the Rice Owl to keep an eye on this season is: Danielle Spriggs...try not to mix us up

The Rice soccer player with the best non-soccer talent is: Caroline and Jasmine's dance routines. UNREAL.