ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: ANNA WEINEL, CHAMINADE JULIENNE
Name: Anna Weinel School: Chaminade Julienne
Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sport: Lacrosse
Claim to fame/honors: USA Lacrosse All-Academic Award 2023; first-team Greater Catholic League as a sophomore and junior; Honorable Mention Region 7 Ohio 2022, second-team Region 7 Ohio 2023; team captain the past two seasons; owns program record for most ground balls in a season; member of National Honor Society and Student Council; Student Development Chair; performed 193 service hours during high school
Bet you didn’t know ... I competed in my first triathlon when I was 3 and got second place in the age group three years older than me.
Words I live by: You can’t change the past. Focus on what you can change, the present and future.
Toughest opponent: Bellbrook
Biggest influence: My sister, Rebecca, and my brother, Adam
Game-day rituals: I always wear my hair in a bun for each game.
When I’m bored I like to ... drive around with my friends or siblings and get food
Favorite movie: “10 Things I Hate About You”
Person who would play me in a movie: Florence Pugh
Favorite TV show: Friends
Favorite musical artist: Dominic Fike
I can’t live without: Music
I can live without: Bacon
Event I’d like to attend: Coachella
Favorite book: The Great Gatsby
Favorite home-cooked meal: Mac ’n cheese
Favorite restaurant: Thai 9
Favorite smell: Fresh baked brownies
Favorite cereal: Frosted Mini Wheats
Store where I’d like a shopping spree: Target
Vegetable I won’t eat: Radishes
I’d love to trade places for a day with ... my dog, Auggie
Whose mind would I like to read? Charlotte
North
Place where I’d love to travel? Italy
Talent you’d like to have? Dancing
Favorite school subject: Science, most specifically anatomy
Favorite athlete: Pat Kavanagh
Favorite team: Notre Dame men’s lacrosse team
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: For no one to struggle with mental illness and for there to be no stigma around mental health
Favorite sports moment: Winning the conference junior year with all of my friends
Favorite junk food:
Reese’s
Best thing about lacrosse: The positive community created through being on a team and the friendships through travel teams and high school
In 10 years, I hope to be ... staying involved in lacrosse whether that be playing or coaching and eventually travel nursing To nominate an Athlete of the Week, snd an email to freelance writer Dave Lamb at d_lamb@msn.com. Please include the athlete’s name, school, sport and a phone number or email address where we can reach that athlete. Please include Athlete of the Week in the subject line.