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