Sports

Athlete of the Week: Jessie Dunlap

Melissa Jung, Features Editor • September 29, 2011

New to both MHS and varsity field hockey this year is Jessie Dunlap, freshman. Not only is this Dunlap’s first year playing the sport, but she is the only freshman on the varsity team.

“The sport is really new, so it’s really fun and gives me lots of room to improve,” Dunlap said.

Despite being the only freshman on the team, Dunlap said the other varsity field hockey players are very welcoming and helpful to her.

“The team accepts me really well,” Dunlap said.

Dunlap’s older sister, Kelly Dunlap, junior, is also on the varsity team. Dunlap said she liked being on a team with her older sister because it helps her improve.

“She supports me,” Dunlap said. “I don’t feel bad when she critiques me, because I know the other players might not be saying anything because they don’t know me as well.”

Dunlap said she plays “anything but defense,” – usually a midfielder or a forward. She said the season has gone well so far. They have already played their toughest teams, and the remaining games are against teams that aren’t as challenging, Dunlap said.

Dunlap said the team’s defense this year is very strong and she hopes to improve the team’s goal-scoring and offense for the rest of the season.

“Right now our main problem is scoring,” Dunlap said. “We want to win the rest of our games by more than one goal.”

The next home game for varsity field hockey is at 4:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 30.

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Melissa Jung, Features Editor and Webmaster

Melissa is a senior and this is her third year on staff. At MHS, she is also involved in Marquette Theatre Company as the historian, and she is a member of the St. Louis Cappies and the International Thespian Society. She is also a part of Key Club, National Honor Society, and French Honor Society. Outside of MHS, she is especially involved in her youth group and is still a Girl Scout. She has an awesome job working with kids and her hobbies include reading, writing, taking pictures, listening to music, and going to concerts -- she fangirls all the time. Melissa loves so much food, especially barbecue. She doesn't watch much TV, but when she does, it's marathons - either of Intervention, Boy Meets World, or Say Yes to the Dress. She has grown to love so much about newspaper, but the best thing is probably the friendships she has made through it. Melissa is still deciding what her future plans will be, but she wants to help people. She's cool she swears.