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Getting to Know Kaylie

• Why Pacific?: It was the perfect school for me, I didn't want to go anywhere else once I first toured the campus.
• Favorites
  • Cartoon Character: Hello Kitty
  • Movie: Harry Potter Series
  • Celebrity: P!nk
  • Food: Buritos
  • TV Show: Grey's Anatomy
  • Athlete: Babe Ruth
  • Ice Cream Flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip
  • Sports Team: SF Giants
• First started playing softball: NJGSL 8 years old
• Most memorable moment in sports as a participant: Robbing my first home run as an outfielder in my last travel tournament
• On the day of competition: Listen to music
• One word that describes me: Hardworking
• Favorite thing to do away from sports: Watch Netflix
• Person I most admire: My mother
• I can't live without: My cat
• Weird thing about me that almost no one knows: I sing in the shower even though I can't hear
• Nobody knows how much I love to: Read
• Greatest invention of the last 100 years: Cochlear Implants
• Non-athletic talent I would like to have is: Artistic ability
• If I had a million dollars, I would: Start a fund to help deaf children acquire cochlear implants
• How would you like to change the world?: Give disabled people the same opportunities
• What are you most thankful for? My parents giving me every opportunity to succeed
• What are you most passionate about: Helping others understand that just because I have cochlear implants it doesn't make me different
• My favorite saying or a phrase I use all the time is: Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game. Babe Ruth
• The best advice I have ever gotten: Don't listen to them you're already doing better
• Biggest pet peeve: When people assume that my magnets on my hearing hurt when I take them off. It's a magnet not a nail.
• If you had a magic lamp and a genie who granted you three wishes, what would the three wishes be? Honestly I would waste them so I don't know.
• What does it mean to be a Boxer?: To be a boxer means to be proud of your school and your team but also of yourself to be a part of it