Just for Kicks- Amelia Beger
10/30/2009 12:00:00 AM | Women's Soccer
Oct. 30, 2009
Your full name: Amelia Ann Beger
The nickname my teammates call me is: "Beegs"
My Rice College: Weiss
My favorite soccer player is: Craig Waibel
My favorite movie: The Hangover, any Ice Age movie (Hope Ward = sid the sloth)
My favorite web site is: nike.com
My favorite CD or music artist is: Jack's Mannequin right now
My favorite book or author is: Jane Austen
My pet peeve is: texting during movies
My favorite snack is: snacking is one of my favorite things to do, choosing one food is just too difficult
My favorite meal at the Rice servery is: Lucky Charms and 2% milk
My favorite class at Rice is: Motor Learning...Dr. Etnyre has the best stories/jokes
This is how I spent my summer vacation...: going to my riverhouse on the Mississippi and hanging out with my family and friends; regionals with my club team and tearing my ACL; surgery and rehab
I chose to attend Rice because: the oak trees are pretty cool
What I like most about college life, or specifically college life at Rice, is: my first floor dorm room which is probably the coolest room ever
One athlete (non soccer player) I would like to meet is: Josh Hamilton
One person (non athlete) I would like to meet is: Rob Dyrdek
My favorite moment of my soccer career so far: winning the 2005 National Championships with my club team and making it to the regional finals every year we were at the regional tournament
The person or people who got me interested in soccer was: my parents...you could say my family is a "soccer family"
The best soccer advice I ever had was: "Don't forget to have fun" - my mom
My favorite sport besides soccer is: baseball
The Rice team I like to watch play their sport: baseball (of course) and volleyball (went to my first game this year and it was awesome!) and tennis (my roommates both play!)...basically all of them
The most embarrassing moment or thing that ever happened to me was: My freshman year we were out to dinner and Annie ordered sushi, as usual. I didn't know what wasabi was so I asked Nikki if it was spicy, and of course, being Nikki, she told me no. She told me if I ate a giant spoonful of it that she'd pay for my dinner, so I did and they took a video of my crying my eyes out and begging for water...but I did get my dinner paid for, plus dessert.
I describe myself as: sarcastic
My teammates think I am: goofy Beger
Coach Huston thinks I am: not very talkative
Other than myself, the Rice soccer player to keep an eye on this season is: Nikki Storness, Lauren LaGro (as long as stitches are needed anymore)
The Rice soccer player with the best or most interesting non-soccer talent is (list the player and her talent): Chealsey Russell's noodle through the nose and out the mouth trick
One thing I'd like to say, but you didn't ask is: CONGRATS CRAIG and JULIE!! And thank you to everyone who supports the Rice Owls!
