By Aimee Brandon Posted October 14, 2016
This issue’s female Student-Athlete of the Issue, Audrey Snow, was chosen because of her performance in Monday night’s Powder Puff game. Snow had a touchdown in the first half and an amazing tackle in the second half. Of course, this is not the real reason, because while Snow conquers the field in Powder Puff football, her outstanding athletic abilities show in her other sports at Lowry.
Over the past three years, Snow has excelled on the soccer field, the basketball court, and on the track. Sadly, in her senior year, Snow won’t be playing basketball.
“This year, I am not playing basketball,” said Snow. “I’ve decided that I want to take time this winter to hopefully prepare myself to play college soccer.”
Although this is unfortunate, it is for an overall good purpose: to focus on her favorite sport, soccer.
“Soccer has definitely been my favorite sport. It has been my outlet ever since I can remember. I’m happiest when I’m playing soccer. Through soccer, I’ve been able to make so many amazing friends,” she said.
With those amazing friends have come amazing memories.
“I’ve made a lot of amazing memories playing sports,” Snow said. “One of my favorites was last year when we played Fallon for our pink game, Alyssa Campbell slide tackled a girl, and in all of the chaos, the ref thought that I fouled the girl and gave me a red card. After much persuasion, we were able to convince him that it was not me who made the play; he took away the red card, but still gave me a yellow. We still laugh about this all the time.”
Snow’s soccer coach, Ed Partee, spoke highly of his starting senior.
“Audrey is a hard worker in the field and leads the team as a captain,” said Partee. “She is a strong player because her heart is in it, and she works hard. She has an aggressive style and doesn’t seem to back down
After focusing on soccer this fall and winter, Snow is going to take on her last track season in the spring. She’s a sprinter for Lowry’s track team and has competed in state every year. Snow’s track coach also speaks highly of her and her hard work and dedication.
“Audrey is the hardest working girl I have had on my track team,“ said coach Kristy Brinkerhoff. “You ask her to do something, and it’s always 110%. She runs the 100-meter, 200-meter, 4X100-meter, and 4X200-meter relays, which have gone to state every year that she’s been on them. She stays after practice to work blocks and handoffs until they are perfect. It has been a blessing to call her one of my girls. I know that after high school, she will do great things. She can do anything she puts her mind to. Enjoy every moment of your senior year; it goes by so fast.”
Snow is thankful for sports in her life because they made her high school experience enjoyable.
“Sports have impacted me for the better. I have a hard time focusing in school, but sports give me that extra push that I need to stay on top of things. Without sports, high school would have been pretty boring,” said Snow.
Snow hopes to continue being a star athlete after high school by going on to play at the college level.
She said, “I really hope to continue playing soccer after high school. I’ve been talking to some coaches and working on the recruiting process. Even if I don’t play in college, sports will always be a huge part of who I am.”
