Girls athlete of the week
// The Post-Gazette’s top female performer from the past seven days
The past week: Hamlett, who plays for the Pittsburgh Riverhounds’ club team in the spring, notched a goal and an assist in the No. 1 Planets’ 2-0 victory Oct. 9 at Kiski Area, giving her 22 goals on the season. Check this out: Hamlett has helped lead Mars to back-toback appearances in the WPIAL championship game, though she’s still seeking her first WPIAL title. She is verbally committed to Middle Tennessee State next season.
What made you decide to start playing soccer? My best friend at the time, her dad was starting a team, and I had done dance my entire life up to then, so I just decided to try soccer and ended up loving it. What’s been the best memory of your high school career so far? The best memory so far has to be when we made it to the WPIAL final my sophomore year against Moon, and I ended up assisting on the first goal and then scoring the second goal to tie it 2-2 with like 15 minutes left, so that was pretty awesome. Especially with how good Moon is and the status they had.
What’s your favorite subject in school? Definitely in the sciences, probably more toward anatomy and biology.
Is that what you want to study in college? Yeah, I want to major in something in medical, probably in nursing or as a physician’s assistant or physical therapy. One of those three.
What’s your favorite song to listen to to get pumped up before a game? I usually listen to this one playlist that my friend created. Usually Drake, a lot of songs from him are good. I don’t really have a favorite song, though.
So if you had to pick three artists to put on a playlist and Drake is one of them, who are the other two? Travis Scott and JuiceWRLD.
What’s your go-to postgame meal after a big win? We usually go to Chipotle or Chick-fil-A. What was one of your favorite movies growing up? Probably The Blind Side.
So are you a big football fan or you just really like that movie? Yeah, I really like college football.
What’s your favorite college football team to root for? The Auburn Tigers, that’s my go-to football school.
I can’t say I expected that response. What made you decide on Auburn as your team? I don’t know, just, when I was younger, me and my one friend, we watched the one Alabama-Auburn game [the ‘KickSix’ game], and she’s a really big Alabama fan, so ever since then, I’ve just really liked Auburn.