Soccer: Just For Kicks! Meet The Rice Soccer Team

Soccer: Just For Kicks! Meet The Rice Soccer Team

10/4/2004

Janelle Crowley

This season fans will have a chance to get to know a little more about the members of the Rice soccer team in the feature Just For Kicks! Today's Owl is senior Janelle Crowley.

Crowley is one of the program's foundation players who helped start Rice soccer from scratch in 2001. The standout from Delray Beach, Fla., is an intense competitor and has been an Academic All-WAC selection three years in a row.

Did you know? Janelle ranks sixth on the school's all-time list for games played. She has been called into action 52 times in her collegiate career.

Janelle Crowley says...

The nickname my teammates call me: J, Jel

My favorite class at Rice: Social Psychology with Mikki Hebl

My favorite snack: Honey Nut Cheerios

My favorite movie: A League of Their Own

My favorite CD or music artist: My slow, sappy mixes

My favorite web site: RiceOwls.com

My favorite Coach Huston saying: ?Just a quick practice today, we?ll be in and out.?

My pet peeve: ignorance

I chose to attend Rice because: I fell in love with it on my visit. I loved the campus, the academics, and student life.

What I like most about the student life, or specifically life at Rice: Rice is so unique. I love the college system, the college parties, Beer-Bike, the honor system, the teacher-student relationship and all the other crazy things that make Rice, Rice!

What's the best thing about playing college soccer: Having the opportunity to basically spend 24/7 with a group of girls who are absolutely amazing and have one thing in mind (a WAC championship of course)!

One soccer player I would like to meet: Abby Wombach

One athlete (other than a soccer player) I would like to meet: Lance Armstrong

Other than soccer, the Rice team I like to watch play their sport is: the volleyball team

The person who got me interested in soccer: I was 4... who knows!

The most embarrassing soccer moment or thing that ever happened to me: For freshman initiation in high school, I had a huge crush on a senior guy (Ben) and my teammates went out of there way to completely embarrass me. They dressed us in hideous clothes and put awful makeup on us. They wrote Ben?s name all over me and tied me to his parking post in the morning. When he pulled up, my teammates ran away and he had to untie me from the post.

Does your jersey number have any significance? Yes. My brother was a huge inspiration for everything I did, especially soccer. He wore #6 in high school and I took after him so that every time I pull on my jersey I am reminded of him.

I describe myself as: determined

My teammates think I am: a hard worker

Few people know this about me, but.....: I didn?t commit to Rice until the summer after my senior year in high school. When I reported for preseason, I was still filling out paper work so I was officially recognized as a student!

The Rice Owl who will take our fans by surprise is: Lauren Stanley

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