Athlete of the week

10/30 – 11/5: Emerence Thyssen

Kaden Pridemore, Staff Writer

October 30, 2023

Emerence Thyssen is the athlete of the week during 10/30 – 11/5. Thyssen is a 12th grader and was on the Tennis JV team. Thyssen started playing Tennis this year. On game day. Thyssen pregame was eating a nice and healthy meal before her matches. Thyssen loved to get hype before a game and her song was “Last Friday Night” by Katy Perry.

Thyssen’s favorite memory of playing Tennis is when the team huddled together and yelled, “ONE TWO THREE, CATS”, when they broke. Her inspiration to play Tennis is her friend in Belgium, Thyssen would always go and watch her friend play tennis, also growing up she watched her parents play as well. Thyssen loves to play tennis because the team was always great to her and the team always treated her nice and it was a cool experience playing in the US.

Even in the classroom Thyssen is also a star. Thyssen’s favorite class is creative writing because It helps improve her English and she loves to create her own stories . Thyssen plans after high school consist of going back to Belgium and going to University.

Wish Thyssen good luck when she resumes her tennis playing back in Belgium

Thyssen’s mantra is: “I can do it no matter what”

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About the Contributor

Kaden Pridemore, Staff Writer

My name is Kaden Pridemore. I was born in Florissant, Mo. and I'm in 12th grade, the very last year of high school. I am a part of the Baseball team and the soccer team here at West. I play 3rd base for the baseball team and for soccer I play stopper for the soccer team. I spend most of my time playing soccer and baseball, not just in school but outside as well. I have a job and if I'm not playing any sports or at work then I am listening to music or hanging out with friends. I'm excited to be a part of the newspaper because it's new this year and gonna be the first year we have the newspaper and I think it's gonna give the students something new and something interesting to look at each day. I think It's going to be a good addition to the school and to the students.