Is recovering from ACL surgery performed last February…
Coach Bierly: “Rachael is a pretty strong athletic forward who is a typical freshman in that she has things she needs to learn, and things she needs to work on. Right now, she is injured and needs to get healthy and caught up.”
High School: Four year member of basketball team, two year member of volleyball team,, and one year member of cross country team…in basketball , team MVP as a senior… all-conference honorable mention and Most Improved Player as a junior when she helped the Falcons win the conference division title… senior captain in basketball and volleyball…
Other: Played AAU basketball in Trumbull for three years…
PERSONAL: born Rachael A. Armstrong May 22, 1991…Major: Sport and Leisure Management…
Career plans: Athletic training... Parents: Dina and Michael…Residence: Fairfield, CT…
Career Statistics
RACHAEL... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Eating
Best place for pizza: Mike’s Pizza
Favorite actor: Bradley Cooper
Most difficult aspect of college: Getting enough sleep
Something (legal) that you tried once but would never do again: Eat an artichoke.
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: License Plate Game
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Endurance
Best athlete (any level) of all time: Kobe Bryant
Sport requiring the most strength: Cheerleading!
Greatest song ever: White Houses by Vanessa Carlton
Favorite pro team: Orlando Magic
Hardest thing you’ve ever done in your life: Guarded Heather Buck
One thing you would like to do before you die: Go to Italy and France
Greatest coach (any level) of all time: Steve Tobitsch
Your favorite moment of all time (not necessarily sports-related):
Singing “Since You’ve Been Gone” by Kelly Clarkson on the way home from away games in high school.
Most embarrassing moment: Scoring on the wrong basket in 7th Grade
Favorite smell: Coconut
Biggest crisis facing America: The financial crisis right now
Biggest crisis facing the world: AIDS
Who were you or who do you hope you were in your first life? A cheerleader
Closest brush with greatness: Being on TV at a Women’s UConn basketball game
Your greatest thrill in sports: Scoring
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: Coffee
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? Eat and sleep
Most difficult interview question: Do you have any questions?
Most influential person in the world: Oprah
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Janitor
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: BMW X3
Favorite amusement park ride: Bumper cars
Favorite amusement park game: Squirt guns
Favorite amusement park food: Fried Oreos
Scariest nightmare: Sleeping through practice
Hardest class at Eastern you have taken: Music History
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Music History
Favorite city ever visited: New York City
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Snowboarding
Greatest fear: Re-tearing my ACL.
World’s most recognizable person: Mark Zuckerberg (Creator of Facebook)
Most dangerous animal: Bear
Funniest comedian: Seth Rogan
Scariest insect: Bees
Pet Peeve: When people stare
Red Sox or Yankees: Neither
Biggest waste of money: Cigarettes
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: 27 hours
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: Fairfield Warde High School
Best vacation of all time: Ski Trip ’06
Chances of the U.S. winning the next World Cup: Very slim
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: $10
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