Sanantha KILLane - Student-Athlete Profile

The Samantha KILLane File -

Experience:   Five years     GRADE:        10      GPA:   4.0

Favorite Subject:  My favorite subject is science because I believe it is the most interesting.

Who do you look up to?  I have always looked up to my teammates and coaches. They have always had such an impact on my life and I don't know where I would be without them.

What five-words best describe you?  Five words that best describe me is a leader, a hard worker, funny, caring, and helpful.

Favorite Athlete:  My favorite athlete would have to be Caroline Knop. She plays for the UF volleyball team and is the libero. She always takes charge on the court and is a very funny person. She always makes her teammates feel important.

Plans after high school:  After high school, I plan on going to college and studying to be a marine biologist.

Top three college choices the University of Florida, University of North Florida, Auburn University

Why are high school athletics an important part of a students education?  I think being a student-athlete is very important and teaches you a lot. It teaches you how to prioritize and to manage your time carefully.

Why is family involvement an important part of education?  Family involvement is important because they are always there to support you and treat you with kindness and respect which, is how you should treat your teammates.

What has been the highlight of your playing high school sports?  The highlight of my high school volleyball would have to be making varsity in 9th grade.

Student-Atrhlete Profile - Taylor Roop - LPA Girls Varsity Volleyball

AirROOP: Lincoln Park Academy Senior Volleyball Standout Taylor Roop has been an anchor on the Lady Greyhounds Volleyball Team for years!

Experience:   7 Years     GRADE: Grade:       12      GPA:   3.6

Favorite Subject:  Biology - I love learning about the human body.

Who do you look up to?  My Grandmother - She is the strongest person I know and I want to have a perfect family, just like she did. I aspire to be like her one day.

What five-words best describe you?  Loving, selfless, kind, athletic & sweet.

Favorite Professional Athlete:  Simone Biles - She is a strong athlete and has worked hard for everything that she has accomplished. It shows that things are not just given - you have to work for what you want just as she did.

Plans after high school:  After high school, I plan on attending a four-year college/university and study physical sciences.

Top three college choices:  Florida Atlantic, University of South Florida, Florida State University

Why are high school athletics an important part of a students education?  High school athletics are important in a student's overall education because it teaches students teamwork, time management, responsibility, and priorities. They teach things that could not be learned in the classroom.

Why is family involvement an important part of education?  Family involvement is important for a students education because it provides support and students always need an extra push to always know that someone is there for them when they need it.

What has been the highlight of your playing high school sports?  The highlight of the time I've played high school sports is making so many memories and creating strong relationships with my teammates, and being to be able to experience what it is like to be a part of a team - something I will never forget.

Q School: Student Athlete Profile - Kylee Quigley

25 August 2017 - Fort Pierce, FL - Kylee Quigley is the type of student-athlete every coach dreams of. Her 5’11” well-toned frame is custom built for Volleyball while her stellar 3.5 GPA at Fort Pierce Central exploits her confidence and understanding of a game that requires as much strategy as athletic ability.

Quigley, a marine science junkie, aspires to be a reporter for ESPN one day. That is, of course, after she is done playing volleyball – which by the looks of it will not be anytime soon.

Her mom is the Head Coach of a highly charged Cobra team in a district that includes SLW Centennial, Treasure Coast, Vero Beach and multi-time state champion Martin County whom the Lady Cobras just defeated on Tuesday, at County and down two sets to none. Her dad supports both Kylee and mom as an assistant coach. Kylee is the spitting image of her mom, Christy, a History & Legal Studies teacher at Fort Pierce Central and a standout Division One volleyball player at Florida Atlantic University where she still holds three school records and where her name appears 41 times in the school’s all-time record book.

Little Q, however, is on track to be one of the top volleyball players to come out of St. Lucie County and the Treasure Coast for that matter. This past summer she was selected as one of only twenty-five players for the Volleyball USA All Florida Team – quite an accomplishment considering that 170 of the top girls’ volleyball players in the state tried out for the team. And of course, Kylee’s team did not disappoint, taking home the Bronze hardware at the Fort Lauderdale tournament.

Lady Cobra Kylee Quigley -The junior defines her schools
 saying - "Central Can!"

The Outside Hitter is firmly on the radar of college programs across the country, receiving letters of interest and telephone calls from coaches on a regular basis.

“Kylee is a gamer who plays with passion and fire and has the ability to affect the outcome of a match at any given time,” says Melissa Piazza, the Director of the National Volleyball League (NVL).

“She is a true winner with a bright future and a great team player” according to Piazza who was a part of back to back FHSAA state championship teams at Winter Park that included the 2006 undefeated team. Piazza earned a full four-year scholarship to the University of Central Florida, a Division I school and has been both a high school head coach or the Director of NVL since earning her college degree, so she knows a thing or two about the game.

To call Kylee humble would be an understatement. The 16-year old knows she has the talent and support to succeed at whatever she decides to do, but she is about as low key as they come and she has a tremendous admiration for others that share in her belief of just doing their job.

“I admire Michael Jordan because he is such a talented and humble man, but he knows how to be confident and I look up to a mindset like that. If I won the Powerball I would donate much of it to my family and charities and would build the best sports complex around here for every sport and all the facilities that go with it”, she says. – Humble indeed!

Yet Kylee still has that teenage girl side of her.

“I would love to spend a day with Michael Phelps because I would get to meet one of the greatest Olympians in history and get to see all his medals. I’m sure he lives a super cool life”.

This young Cobra, who has been a starter since the ninth grade, has earned her way to the top tier of her sport through hard work and dedication. She is an example for others to follow and defines the saying of her school – “Central Can!”