Hi! My name is Emory Miller, I am 15 years old, and I am a rising sophomore at The Burlington School. I live in Burlington, North Carolina with my mom, dad, and younger sister named Addie who is twelve years old. I love to travel, spend time with family and friends, play soccer, and love going to the beach and lake with friends.
I started to attend The Burlington School in 6th grade and have been involved in various academics, athletics, and arts which have shaped who I am today. Specifically in athletics I participated in middle school cross country, basketball, and soccer even receiving the honor to play high school soccer in 8th grade and even becoming varsity captain for our schools woman’s soccer team as a freshman.
In academics I have participated in AYLA (Alamance Youth Leadership Association) in 7th and 8th grade even being elected as president in 8th grade. I have run for freshman and sophomore class president and won the running both times. While being 9th grade class president I raised over $600 and even ran a school wide community day which was a big success. I have also applied and been accepted into AP capstone program hoping to help expand my writing and research skills for the future.
In arts I have been apart of chorus since the 6th grade even taking part of winter coral reviews with broadway stars such as Aaron Lazar, Jordan Donica, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. I have even received the opportunity to sing in Vienna over Thanksgiving break.
But over the years my main interest has been in sports. I love playing soccer and watching American football. Since I was little I have always known that I wanted to do something in sports but about 3 years ago I started to gain interest in sports media and journalism. At the beginning of 7th grade I decided I wanted to do sports statistics for the NFL. I always found the statistics side of sports interesting even asking my club soccer coach for my game statistics after games.
A year later after Christmas break in 8th grade I was watching the AFC championship game and noticed a woman named Erin Andrews interviewing my favorite players after the game. By watching Erin Andrews interview the athletes I started to gain interest in sports media broadcasting ultimately changing my main goal to become a sports broadcaster specifically a sideline reporter for the NFL. I think sideline reporting is not only interesting but you get to understand the athletes feelings and how they handle certain things which is another aspect I think is not appreciated enough.
Right now I am still finding new things that interest me and maybe my goals in life will change but for now enjoying spending time at the beach and lake with family and friends.
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