Q&A With Brianna Sweeney

By Athletic Communications on August 24, 2010 10:05 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks

Brianna Sweeney is a freshman for the UW women's soccer team and earned the start in her first collegiate game at Seattle U last Friday. Sweeney sat down with www.gohuskies.com for a Q&A before the team heads off to Massachusetts this week.

Gohuskies.com: What is a pet peeve of yours?

Brianna Sweeney: "When PLEASE PRESS CLEAR flashes across the microwave and you can't see what time it is."

GH: What is your pre-game superstition?

BS: "If I don't have butterflies in my stomach from being nervous then I GET nervous I won't play well."

GH: What is the best present you have ever received?

BS: "A plane ticket."

GH: If you were trapped on a desert island with one teammate, who would you want to be stranded with and why?

BS: "Hillary Zevenbergen because she would take care of me like the Wendy Worrier she is."

GH: What's your favorite board game?

BS: "Balderdash."

GH: Why should others become involved in the great sport of soccer?

BS: "It is a global sport and can bring people with all different backgrounds together for fun."

GH: If you could train with any professional athlete who would you chose and why?

BS: "Sarah Burke, a women's freeskier, because I miss the snow and mountains!"

GH: What is one of the most important things your parents did in your upbringing?

BS: "They made me be independent."

GH: What don't people outside of your hometown know about where you grew up that you think they should know?

BS: "Woodinville has the best outdoor movies in the summer."

GH: What do you know now about the game of soccer that you wish you would've known when you started playing the sport?

BS: "I wish I would have known I would end up playing center-back so I could have just a few more years of experience under my belt in that position."

GH: What is one characteristic a person needs to be a champion?

BS: "Never-ending determination."

GH: What do you want to leave as a legacy at UW?

BS: "Hopefully just a bunch of laughs."