Getting to Know Alison Yardley

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 6, 2008) - Alison Yardley (Superior, Colo.), 11, is an outside hitter for Six Dogs 13s coached by Ashley VenHorst. She attends Peak to Peak school in Lafayette, Colo. Alison has provided a list of responses as part of the "Getting to Know" feature. If other club players are interested in completing this survey for possible inclusion in the USA Volleyball Junior Girls' Newsletter, please send an e-mail to Bill Kauffman requesting the list of questions be sent to you.

What are the top songs in your iPod?
What I’ve Done by Linkin Park, Weight of the World by Evanescence, and The Four Seasons by Vivaldi

What do you like to do in your spare time?
Practice my jump serve and listen to music.

What are some of the things you like best about playing club volleyball?
Bonding with my teammates.

Other than family, who would you like to invite to complete a dinner foursome (individuals can be dead or alive)?
Joan of Arc, Elvis, Carla Bruni, and Tyra Banks

Who is your club coach?
Ashley VenHorst

First started playing volleyball at what age?
7

Where would you like to spend a week’s vacation?
Venice, Italy

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Paris, France

What is your favorite room in your house and why?
My room – it’s my hangout place

What is the one luxury item that you could not do without?
My computer

What are your favorite television programs?
American Idol, What not to wear and America’s next top Model.

What is your favorite movie?
School of Rock

What is your favorite book?
Uglies by Scott Westerfield

Are you a morning person, afternoon person or night person?
Definitely, an afternoon person.

What is your pre-match ritual?
I jump a-lot!

What is the best thing about competing for a club volleyball team?
The challenges

What is your favorite volleyball drill?
Hitting lines

What sport would you be competing in if not for volleyball?
Ummm… Tennis.

Who is your favorite volleyball player?
Misty May

My role models are?
My teachers, my peers and my coach Ashley.

What is your favorite food?
Spaghetti.

What is your favorite subject in school?
Math, yeah I’m weird.

If you could see any musical act or performer (dead or alive) in concert, who would it be?
Evanescence or Madonna.

If you could have one super power, what would it be?
To be able to fly or run really fast, that would be cool.

What three words would you use to describe yourself?
Ambitious, overdramatic and emotional

What is your favorite holiday?
Fourth of July, we always have a great time. Last year we had a barbecue and a Talent Show.

What is your favorite season – winter, spring, summer or fall?
Summer, it’s perfect, beach volleyball, no school and warm weather.

What is one off-the-court talent that you have?
I love singing.

What are your most prized possessions?
My cell phone

What is your pet peeve?
People who interrupt others.

What is your biggest fear?
Spiders, Eeeek!

What little known fact about yourself would most people be surprised to find out?
The first words I spoke as a baby were in Spanish.