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Senior Spotlight>Kierra Wozniak (Hall High School)

Name: Kierra Wozniak.

School: Hall High School.

Date of birth: May 3, 2004.

Hometown: Spring Valley.

Family: Renee, Doug, Cade, Cole, and Kennedy Wozniak.

Sports/activities: Volleyball, Devilettes, dance, CrossFit.

Nickname(s): K Woz.

Favorite sport and why: CrossFit, because it is a physical and mental game that not everyone does.

Favorite food and where to get it: My mom’s homemade fried chicken with rice and corn.

Likes: Journaling, reading, working out, dancing.

Dislikes: Writing, shopping.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career and why: CrossFit athlete Brooke Wells, because she is a woman who is not afraid of society’s standards of how girls are not supposed to be strong and have big muscles.

Person(s) with the greatest influence in my life and why: My brothers, because of their hard work and stamina. When I think of how tired I am I can only imagine how tired they are from working all long then going to workout for three hours at night.

Who’s your dream celebrity prom date: John Booker Routledge from the show “Outer Banks.”

Name three historical figures you’d like to meet and why: Simone Biles, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jordan, because they were or are the best of the best in their sport and have left or is leaving a beautiful impact on people’s lives that you can do anything you put your mind to.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have my: Ice Mountain Water.

The last song I listened to: “I Did Something Bad” by Taylor Swift.

People would be surprised to know: I spend a lot of time in the gym.

I stay home to watch: The Bachelor/Bachelorette.

When I need luck for a big game, I: Put my trust in my training and play the game like I know how to. I make sure to stretch out and jump around before.

The funniest person I’ve ever met and why?: Renn Ludford, because she always has a good joke up her sleeve.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: “I never thought she would make it.”

Most embarrassing moment: When I was trying to explain my ideas and everyone laughed at me.

Most unforgettable moment: When we beat Princeton in volleyball my sophomore year.

Ultimate sports fantasy: I dream of one day competing in the CrossFit Games.

What I would like to do in life: Become a detective/attorney.

Three words that best describe myself: Determined, self-less, kind.

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin Hieronymus

Kevin has been sports editor of the BCR since 1986 and is Sports Editor of Putnam County Record. Was previously sports editor of the St. Louis Daily News and a contributor for the St. Louis Cardinals magazine. He is a 2021 inductee into the IBCA Hall of Fame (Media) and a 2023 inductee into the Illinois Valley Hall of Fame as "Distinguished Media"