. . . in a word,

excellence. Emily doesn't settle for anything less. Emily has established herself as a total JOCKETTE, excelling in soccer, track, volleyball, tetherball, and ACADEMICS. Yea, we're just a little proud!

Emily in her element. Click for more.

	soccer - left forward for the KC LEGENDS!
	volleyball - can't wait for middle school and organized games
	track - 600 meter in 1:54.86 for a first place finish
	music - plays the flute and is self teaching the piano
	HORSES! - will be attending "horse camp" this year after waiting years to be old enough

Emily . . .

apparently slept through the vocabulary word "lose". She loves challenges, especially in sports. Around the neighborhood, Emily is best known for her soccer and the hours and hours she spends kicking the ball against our garage doors, practicing corner kicks, penalty kicks, and long throw ins. Emily plays left forward for the Purple Panthers and loves the game. Oddly enough, when she was young she would hide under the table or behind a chair rather than be noticed. You'd never know it on the soccer field and Leawood is waking up and taking notice of "knee brace" as the competition calls her. She is a force to be reckoned with, with a range of a half field, throw-ins she can drop in the box in front of the net, and corner kicks she can loop into the net. Playing on the Red Bridge Purple Panther team has been a marvelous experience for her to test and improve her skills and play with all of her best friends. She rises to the challenge and lets the competition know she doesn't back down. 2001-2002 has been a great season for her and a true confidence builder.

Emily's sports focus had been on soccer until this spring when her coach started tryouts for Junior Olympics. Coach Jay's laps paid off when Emily was picked to run the 600 meter, anchor the 440 relay, and the 50 yard dash, taking first place in the 600. Graduating 6th grade, she'll be moving up to Center Middle School next year where she will finally be able to play organized volleyball and join the track team.

Emily's not all brawn though, she also earned the president's service award for volunteer service in the community, was placed in the gifted program at school, and earned the bronze award in Girl Scouts.

Naw, we're not proud of her.

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