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Senior Spotlight>Lexie Marquez (Bureau Valley High School)

Name: Lexie Marquez.

School: Bureau Valley High School.

Date/place of birth: 03/12/04 at St. Margaret’s Hospital.

Hometown: Wyanet.

Family: Mother (Shari Marquez), father (Todd Marquez), brothers (Logan and Spencer Marquez).

Sports/activities: Volleyball, basketball, track.

Nickname: Lex.

Favorite sport and why: Volleyball, have been playing ever since I can remember.

Favorite food and where to get it: My dad’s chicken strips.

Likes: Sports, family, friends, vacation, following my dreams.

Dislikes: Failure, snakes.

Person with the greatest influence on my athletic career and why: My brother Spencer. He pushed me to do my best and always gives me advice on what i should do and how to do it.

Person with the greatest influence in my life and why: My parents, because they have made me to the person I am today.

Who’s your dream celebrity prom date: Zac Efron.

Name three historic figures you’d like to meet: Babe Ruth, Tiger Woods, and Rosa Parks.

If stranded on a deserted island, I would have my: Friends and family.

The last song I listened to: “Give Heaven Some Hell” by Hardy.

People would be surprised to know: That I can dislocated both of my shoulders and pop them back in the place.

I stay home to watch: Murder cases.

When I need luck for a big game, I: Try to think about how I’m going to play and what we need to do to do our best but most of all I pray and ask my grandma for some help and luck.

The funniest person I’ve ever met: There are so many funny people in my life. But I have four people that always makes you laugh no matter what - my father, brother Spencer, uncle Fran and my cousin Abby.

What they’ll say about me at school after I graduate: I hope all good things. Hopefully someone that they could look up to.

Most embarrassing moment: When I was walking into our gym for a boys game and I tripped over nothing and fell. I think the whole gym laughed at me along with myself.

Most unforgettable moment: I think a lot of my volleyball practices had funny moments but the One that sticks out to me most is when my coach got hit with a ball in the head and she fell over and after we made sure she was OK we all start dying laughing

Ultimate sports fantasy: To be able to pick anybody I want put them on a team and play a game of volleyball.

What I would like to do in life: To work with children.

Three words that best describe myself: Outgoing, hardworking, and a leader.

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"