Class of 2016: Emily Watkins

1. What has been your proudest achievement so far?
Achieving such high success both academically and athletically. Being Valedictorian of my senior class was an amazing accomplishment for me, along with being a four sport athlete throughout high school.

2. What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
Hopefully, ten years from now I will have completed school and begun the next chapters of my life. I also hope that ten years from now I will be starting a family and have a career.

3. How do you define “success?”
Success to me, is finding passion in whatever you do. Whether that passion is a career, family, sport, or study; if you find passion in this, success will surely follow.

4. How would you describe yourself to someone who did not know you?
I would describe myself as easy to get along with and fun to be around. I am hard working, and I have worked hard to get to where I am today. I am athletic, smart, and I love to make other people laugh or smile.

5. If you could talk with any one living (or deceased) person, whom would it be and why?
My sister, Liz Watkins – she is my strength and my biggest role model in life.

6. What about you is unique?
I am a hunter. I have grown up hunting deer, turkey, beer, elk, ect.

7. What do you want to get out of your college experience?
I want college to be some of the best years of my life. I hope to have a good education, continue my academic and athletic success, make life-long friends, and have some unforgettable memories.

Class of 2016: Haley Wollerman

1. What has been your proudest achievement so far?
My proudest achievement so far was receiving first team all-conference unanimous for my senior year of volleyball season.

2. What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
I expect to be teaching a kindergarten or 1st grade class and loving my job.

3. How do you define “success?”
Success is your happiness. It takes your hard work and time to accomplish what you want. What you accomplish is your success. You determine your own success.

4. How would you describe yourself to someone who did not know you?
I am a hard worker, athletic, and willing to do what I need to do to accomplish what I want.

5. If you could talk with any one living (or deceased) person, whom would it be and why?
I would talk to my cousin, Taylor, he committed suicide during his first year of college. I would talk to him because I need and want answers.

6. What about you is unique?
I have grown up with three brothers. I have learned how to defend myself, work hard, and never give up.

7. What do you want to get out of your college experience?
At the end of college I want to have experienced college; the sports, the friendship making, the education and the lessons. I want to learn what is needed for me to further my dream of becoming a teacher.

Kyli Anderson

1. What has been your proudest achievement so far?
Continuing my education past high school and Sauk Valley Community College.

2. What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
School will be completed and I will be working in psychology – behavioral thereapy/counseling. I hope to have started a family and continuing my journey of life.

3. How do you define “success?”
Overcoming obstacles to maintain a goal or goals that satisfy your complete happiness.

4. How would you describe yourself to someone who did not know you?
An all-around person, athletic, easily entertained, great sense of humor, easy to get along with, and strong-willed.

5. If you could talk with any one living (or deceased) person, whom would it be and why?
Michael Jordan – Greatest basketball player of all time.
Shania Twain – Biggest childhood fan.

6. What about you is unique?
I laugh at my own jokes.

7. What do you want to get out of your college experience?

I want to be prepared for my future, make great new life-long friends, and have an awesome time.

Class of 2016: Kristi Ragan

Kristi Ragan (Lander Valley High School WY)

1. What has been your proudest achievement so far?
My proudest achievement so far is being only the 2nd girl in the history of Lander Valley High School to be selected 1st team All-State in Volleyball, Basketball, and Track.

2. What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
10 years from now I expect to be teaching PE and coaching at the high school level.

3. How do you define “success?”
I define success as putting everything on the line and not holding anything back. I also believe happiness=success.

4. How would you describe yourself to someone who did not know you?
I would describe myself as enthusiastic, hard-working, funny, and competitive.

5. If you could talk with anyone living (or deceased) person, whom would it be and why?
I would talk to Michael Jordan because he is the most intense, focused, and competitive person I can think of. I would like to learn some of his secrets!

6. What about you is unique?
Something unique about me is that I am a twin; I am the youngest…by 4 minutes. Another unique thing is that it is possible that I will be the only Monmouth student from the state of Wyoming next year.

7. What do you want to get out of your college experience?
I want to get the most out of my college experience as possible, from the education I receive to being a part of the MC Women’s Basketball team. I want to enjoy college and have a great time :).

Class of 2016: Emily Siefken

Emily Siefken (West Burlington High School IA)

1. What has been your proudest achievement so far?
My proudest achievement would have to be breaking the school rebound record by 110 rebounds, especially at my height, winning the school’s first conference championship in 30 years and playing in a state softball championship game.

2. What do you expect to be doing ten years from now?
In 10 years, I’m hoping to be teaching elementary P.E. and coaching basketball at a smaller school in Iowa or Illinois and hopefully be married.

3. How do you define “success?”
I would have to define success as someone who works hard and is dedicated to achieving their own goals. If you are happy with your life and what you are doing with it, then you will be successful.

4. How would you describe yourself to someone who did not know you?
I would describe myself as someone who is very dedicated and someone who works hard to get what I want. I would say I’m sort of quiet at the beginning, but I will open up and be outgoing once I get to know people. I like learning new things and I like to help people whenever possible.

5. If you could talk with any one living (or deceased) person, whom would it be and why?
If I could talk to any one person it would have to be Kim Mulkey, head women’s basketball coach at Baylor. She seems very passionate about what she does and is very successful.

6. What about you is unique?
I’m ambidextrous (both handedness) and I will usually always have smile on my face. It runs in the family

7. What do you want to get out of your college experience?
In college, I not only want to be successful on the court, but also in the classroom. I want to get a good education that will help me in the future and develop into a more well-rounded person and basketball player. I also want to partake in many campus activities and meet many new people! I’m very excited to be joining Monmouth College this fall!

Q&A with 2012-13 Speaking Captains: Kaley Corban

One Thing People Don't Know About Me: I have to sleep with socks on

If I Could Trade Places With Someone For A Day, It Would Be: Sandra Bullock because she is one of my favorite actresses!

Most Famous Person I've Met: I haven’t met anyone famous. However, I’ve been to numerous concerts in which famous country artists perform

Best Place To Study: The Library...unfortunately

Game-day Superstition: I roll my socks over to cover my Nike logos, but everyone despises the way I do it because it looks “dorky,” but I do it anyway

Youngest Childhood Memory: I ran into a mailbox on my bike because I tried riding down the street with my eyes closed…fail!

Living Person You Admire Most: I admire both my parents and my two older sisters the most

The Team I Would Add To Our Schedule: Illinois Wesleyan

Best-Tasting Food I Can Make: ha…hamburger helper

Worst Habit: I chew on my towel when I get out of the shower

If You Were A Candy, What One Would You Be And Why?: I would be skittles because they are colorful and it makes me think of happiness.

Two Words To Describe Yourself On The Court: quick, competitive

Two Words To Describe Yourself Off The Court: outgoing, organized

In 10 Years , I Will Be: I hope to be married and working for a large corporation

What I Love Most About Monmouth College? The overall campus environment: everyone says hi in passing, the professors are great, my teammates are considered my family, and I’m known as a person as opposed to an ID number

My Advice To Incoming Freshman Would Be: manage basketball with homework and you’ll be golden, try hard in everything you do, and just HAVE FUN. It’s what college is all about.

What Is One Thing You Want To Happen Before You Leave Monmouth College? I want to have an internship experience that will land me a great job opportunity

How Do You Want People At Monmouth College To Remember You? I hope people remember be as a hard-working student, a talented basketball player, and one of the most outgoing people on campus

5 Questions for: Kim Coleman

1. What were your most memorable on-court & off-court experiences this season?
a. Off- Court most memorable moments would probably just have to be all the cool moments we’ve been able to have together as a team, from going to California and learning new things about one another, and just hanging in the dorms playing different games and having life chats. This team creates memories everyday so it’s hard to say what is the most memorable.
b. On-Court memory would have to be just being able to play with a group of people who share the same goal and want the best for the overall team and not just themselves.

2. What is the team doing now for off-season training?
a. We’ve started lifting, fitness, and open gym workouts which I think have been off to a good start. We haven’t stopped working hard, I think we all understand that championships are won in the off-season and we want to go further in the NCAA tournament next year. We are getting stronger, quicker and more experienced with the hard work we have begun to put in this off-season. Coach Woodard does a great job of helping us understand what exercises will help benefit what muscle parts and he has been a huge help with the success of this program already.

3. Any fun plans for the summer?
a. This summer I will probably be working a summer camp and playing in a summer league, and maybe a few weeks in Florida, nothing too fancy. I just plan to stay in shape and find ways to better my game and ways that I can help contribute to this program.

4. Which of your teammates is most likely to _________ & why
• Best cook?
o I think if I had to guess, the cook of the team would be Kaley Corban because she’s so family-orientated and is always bringing meals back from home, and if her mom can cook I’d like to think she has passed some skills down to Kaley.
• Sky dive?
o I think Lauren Kellen would be the sky diver, she’s very adventures and loves to try new things and is just in to crazy things like sky diving. In California she got the opportunity to surf and she enjoyed that. She’s the only kid I see crazy enough to even think about Sky diving.
• Stand-up comedian?
o We have a lot of comedians on the team, Kathleen Forest is pretty funny, Jessica Howard has a mind of her own, Paige Nord is funny in her own way also. But hands down if I had to pay to see a show it’d have to be Jasmine Johnson, she is one of the funniest people I’ve ever met in my life and it’s just really interesting to listen to some of the stories she tells are unforgettable.
• Write a book?
o I could see Marla Willard writing a book, she’s a very smart kid and she’s humble and sometimes too quiet and other times she won’t be quiet. I think she would be the best seller and would have a great story to tell.

5. About you:
• What song do you get stuck in your head the most often?
o I’m almost always bumping any Andy Grammer song he’s just so great to me, or I’m probably blasting some oldies or head nodding to Drake.
• What's your favorite funny story about yourself?
o Funny story about myself would have to be when I was in a close game once in high school, in overtime, packed house, the other team was taking the ball out and my teammate pants me in front of everyone and we lost the game. I was so embarrassed I didn’t even care that we lost.
• Name one thing about yourself that most people don't know.
o One thing that most people don’t know about me is I write in a diary that no one knows about and has never seen. Another thing people may not know is I broke my toe playing hide & go seek once.
• What was your favorite toy (or game) as a child, and why?
o Favorite toy as a kid was probably sing a long Barney, he has always been my favorite because he’s always happy, he sings and he goes on adventures, that’s the good life.