Athletes of the week

VERONICA WETZEL

VERONICA WETZEL

AUBURN Riverside

• Grade: Junior

• Sport: Volleyball

• Favorite class: Sports medicine

• Accomplishment: Wetzel, a senior setter for the Ravens, helped drive her team into the district tourney with 40 assists in two games at the sub-district tournament.

• Favorite movie: “Cars.”

• Most recent book read/

author: “Twilight” by Stephanie Meyer.

• If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would invite, and what would you serve?: Gold medalist Kerri Walsh, and I would serve chicken alfredo.

• Also noted: Wetzel carries a 3.5 GPA and hopes to continue her playing career at Pierce College. She also enjoys participating in community service at the Auburn Food Bank.

MATT LINK

AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW

• Grade: Senior

• Sport: Cross country

• Accomplishment: Link capped his high school running career with a 75th-place finish at the state Class 3A boys cross country meet this past Saturday in Pasco.

• Favorite class: College writing.

• Favorite Movie: “The Dark Knight”

• Most recent book read/author: “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott Card.

• If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would invite, and what would you serve: Steve Prefontaine or Ronald Reagan. I would serve lasagna.

• Also noted: Link is a

member of The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-day Saints and plans on attending

Weber State University in Utah. He is a shift manager at Pizza from Paradize on Lea Hill and enjoys hanging with Mikey K. and Nate while eating Frugal fries.