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Featured Athlete of the Week: Bailee Stevens, Track and Field Cloverdale High School
Bailee Stevens is a 17-year-old junior at Cloverdale. Her parents are Kelly and Ed Stevens. She is the middle child with three brothers.
In addition to the 4x1600 relay and 300 hurdles in Track and Field, she also plays Volleyball and Basketball for the Clovers. She was the Banner Graphic basketball player of the year in Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Student Council, and National Art Honors Society.
Her favorite sport is basketball. Her favorite movie is Stepbothers and her favorite food is mint cookies and cream ice cream.
Banner Graphic: Why is basketball your favorite sport?
Bailee Stevens: I've had a ball in my hand since I was in diapers. Dad used to always take me up to the gym to play.
BG: What is your favorite thing about track and field?
BS: I love the adrenaline rush you get right before the race starts.
BG: Who has had the biggest influence on you in your life and in sports?
BS: In sports, Craig my older brother. My biggest role model is Emma Rich, my youth pastor.
BG: What has been your favorite high school memory?
BS:That's a hard one. Probably winning the 4x4 last year at county. We were the underdogs. We weren't expected to win and we came back to beat Greencastle.
BG: What has been the biggest lesson you've learned from sports?
BS: It's a mental sport. It teaches you to push past a personal stuggle or any obstacle in your way.
BG: What are your plans for after high school?
BS: I don't know where I want to go to college but I know I want to study marine biology and more particularly I want to study great white sharks. I've been interested in marine bio since I was like 10 I just got my scuba diving liscense last year.