Birthday: November 20^th, 1978 (Scorpio)

Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia (45 minutes outside of Atlanta)

Family:

• One brother named Brad, 23 years old (He's a STUD)
• My father, Rodney, works as a pharmacist and my mother, Barbara, is a bookkeeper and accountant
• Two cats (Jack and Zeke)

Hobbies: exercising, listening to music, and stressing out about things

Favorite American City: Atlanta- hell yeah- baby!!!!
Favorite Food: Ted's Southern Cookin' and AL's Chicken Philly
Favorite Drink: Corona, any kind of German bier (Wieninger Bier), and Bacardi Limon
Favorite TV Show: Friends, The Practice, Boston Public, and oddly enough Howard Stern
Favorite Movie: Rudy, A Few Good Men, Cruel Intentions, and Usual Suspects
Favorite Music: anything from Dave Matthews, REM, Xavier Naidoo, and Dieter Thomas Kuhn

Traveling:
Six times to Europe: Austria, Belgium, Scotland, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic, France, Switzerland, England, Netherlands (although I don't remember anything but eating), Cyrus, Jamaica, three times to Mexico, all over Germany (even Siegsdorf), all over the US

Education:
I attended "B.B. Harris Elementary School" for the grades of Kindergarten through 5^th. I went to "Duluth Middle School" from the 6^th grade-8^th grade. I completed 9^th-12^th grade at "Duluth High School", where I participated in the sports of tennis and swimming. I also played recreational softball, GO STINGERS!!!! I was a member of the Interact Service Club and Beta Club. At UAB I was a member of the Student Athletic Advisory Committee (SAAC), Reaching Out As Role Models Program (ROAR), and Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). I have made the Student-Athlete Honor Role, Dean's List, President's List, and the Conference USA Commissioner's Honor Roll. I am also a member of "Golden Key", "Beta Gamma Sigma", "Chi Alpha Sigma", "Phi Kappa Phi", "USAA", "Who's Who Among American College Students", and the winner of the "Marketing Outstanding Student Award", "Young Women's Business Scholarship" and the "License to Learn Academic Scholarship". I majored in Marketing and minored in German and International Business.

How I came to UAB:
I came to UAB mainly because of my tennis coach, Zenda Griebenow. She played at UAB and contacted Mert Ertunga on my behalf. I also chose UAB because it's just the right distance from home and I had always dreamed of playing Division I athletics.

Perception of the College Life:
(Before I came): "I really didn't know what to expect. I knew a little about it from friends, TV, and movies; but I think it's one of those things you have to experience for yourself. I was nervous about being away from my family and very nervous about living with three foreigners."

(After I came): "These past years have been awesome. I don’t think I will ever have the opportunity to be around so many cultures again. Each one of my teammates has affected me in some way, and I am a different person because of them (in a good way of course). My roommates are some of the coolest people I have ever met, they are helping me to become the person I want to be."

Future Plans:
I plan to graduate from UAB and actually start working (someone pray for me).  Directly after graduation, I will be doing a marketing internship with Lufthansa AG in Frankfurt, Germany.  I will return to the US in December of 2001.  Who knows after that?  I will work somewhere I guess and hopefully will be going to MBA school in the Fall of 2002.  After that, I would love to have the opportunity to work in Europe for a while. As far as getting married and having a family are concerned (the typical Southern-girl thing to do), all I can say is- Not Now!!! I'm not setting any permanent plans, I'm just gonna see where I end up.

Greatest accomplishment:
I have four moments in my life so far that stand out in my mind. The first moment is the first tennis tournament I won (Kennworth Invitational). The second moment is a softball game I played in when I was sixteen. We were down by 2 runs, bottom of the 9^th, bases loaded with 2 outs, and I hit a double to win the game for my team. What made this game special was that it was the game deciding who won the division championship (Rowdy Bunch, 1995). The third was when I saved an 18 month old boy's life by using CPR (Summer of 1996). Lastly, the moment when I signed my tennis scholarship to go to UAB on November 12, 1997.

Motto: "Don’t ever give up. If you want it bad enough you can get it, if you are willing to fight for it."

Kristina says hello to:
"I want to thank my family for everything they have done for me and also always being there for me. Bradley try to stay out of trouble and email me jerkface!!!  I would also like to thank my roommates for keeping me half-way sane and always being there when I need someone to listen. Monika thanks for all the advice, I always value your opinion- and thanks for your patience, I know I'm a pain in the ass sometimes.  When in doubt- EAT CHOCOLATE...and yes your brother is fine.....Mitchy- well not much to say other than I realize I'm not a very good PT patient (be assured that you can practice your massage on me anytime), STUDY BREAK, you always open my eyes to seeing events from the total opposite end of the spectrum, I'm not yet sure whether that's a good or bad thing.....KB, you probably know and understand me best of all....thanks for all the talks.....I don't think I could have made it though all of those boring classes without you sitting there next to me......Heading Out??? Maybe one day-  Sjoukster, thanks for the long talks, you are truely a psychologist-and always keep that jumping, hyper, personality of yours.  To the many coffee trips and journeys to the numerous "spots of B-ham".   Tesch, Tesch (I'm not quite sure it that's how you Germans spell that nickname, but there it is) you and Sjouke were there for me when I really needed it- I will never forget it-  thanks for the warm bed and the wine coolers- To the remaining foreigners (my teammates), YA'LL ARE DA BOMB!!!! You guys keep me alive and kicking. Esther: Hey, let's go for a walk....I'm in a bad mood now!! WAKE UP!!!!  7A- keep up the fight, and save me a place on the bean bag chair...Femke: you are one crazy girl- always keep me smiling and yes the boys are always staring at your ASS!!! Smiley, never take that grin off your face and tell Daniel I said hi.....Margaux, you are just too freakin' tall, OH LA LA....thanks for the German help..and I'm not a giant french fry!!!....Nadia, I'm sure you are having one hell of a time living there and YES!! one day we will talk.....UAB Men's Tennis and Soccer, you boys are crazy!!! Mertov, this is a big effort, TED'S??  A big hello to all my ATL friends, especially Beth, Johnny, Motz, Zenda, and Carly. To all those forgotten, thanks.  :)