The Observer, October 6, 2006
Volume XXXIX, Issue 6
Spartan Spotlight: Amanda Dellens
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Major, sport, year, et cetera: Amanda Dellens is a senior Civil Engineer from Ramona, Calif. and plays forward on the women's soccer team.
Hobbies/Extracurricular Activities: Phi Mu, Mortar Board. I like to run, eat ice cream, watch Disney movies, and make girly noises when I see a cute puppy.
Athletic honors: I am a captain this year, and I hold some of my high school's keeper records.
Academic honors: Smith Treuhaft Scholarship, Dean's High Honors, All-UAA Academic Team.
Best soccer memory: Beating NYU last year in the pouring rain in overtime off of Cara [Stepanczuk]'s diving header the day after my birthday.
Jeffrey T. Verespej: Awesome. What inspired you to play soccer?
Amanda Dellens: It was fun to kick the little boys' butts when I was four, and then I didn't make the basketball team in seventh grade.
JTV: Did you go back to kicking little boys' butts? Because at this point, that's just not fair. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
AD: Somewhere sunny with an ocean, finished with grad school, doing a job that involves saving the planet.
JTV: What if your job included a super power? Would you rather have the strength of 1000 (wo)men, be able to fly, or be invisible?
AD: Flying would be sweet as long as the birds stay out of my way. That would kind of freak me out.
JTV: You're never going to save the planet with an attitude like that. What's something most people don't know about you?
AD: I am ticklish to the point of tears.
JTV: Once again, the evil superpowers out there now know another weakness. If you could be one place but Case (like you would ever want to leave), where would you go?
AD: Alexandria would be nice.
JTV: What's a greater honor – being captain or being the Spartan Spotlight?
AD: Tough choice… my teammates don't ask me this many questions though.
JTV: I'm the Carl Monday of Case. Nothing gets by me. What makes soccer stand out from other sports?
AD: The best one always stands out.
JTV: That makes absolutely no sense. Oh wait, now it's coming to me. OK, so maybe a few things get by me. Get funny again and I might have to leave this interview. If you could be a guy for a day, what would you do?
AD: I would go to a Steelers game in January, take off my shirt, and paint my body black and gold.
JTV: Why would you ever want to lower yourself to such sub-human standards? Excuse me while I vomit. If they made a movie about your life, who would you want to play you?
AD: Reese Witherspoon, except my puppy will be much cuter than Bruiser.
JTV: OK, that answer made up for your previous one. A little. If you could participate in any other sport, which would you pick and why?
AD: Cross country. I hear they go on doughnut runs a lot.
JTV: Or so I've been told. What's the weirdest nickname you ever had?
AD: Pickle (thanks, Caroline).
JTV: So many ways to make fun of that…restraining myself now. What's it like being a sex symbol to millions of lonely Case guys?
AD: Is the freshman class really that big?
JTV: Answering my question with an ever funnier one of your own. I've got a smart one this week. Finish this sentence: Soccer is like a guy …
AD: Because he works really hard, practices on his own, shows up to the game, runs around for a long time, and if he's really lucky he might score.
JTV: So that shoots down any chances of me asking you out on a date. Last question–what does a soccer player do for fun in this town?
AD: Well, since I turn 21 tomorrow… I think I'll go out for some ice cream.
JTV: That's funny because that's exactly what I did on my 21st, I think, but I don't remember.
