Student-Athlete of the Week - Tori Collins

 
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Feb. 4, 2009

Name: Tori Collins

Sport: Softball

Post-college ambition: To have a happy family, a fulfilling career, and a happy life

Person with greatest influence in athletic career: My parents

Biggest thrill in sports: Winning as the underdog - beating teams you "aren't" supposed" to beat

Athlete you most admire: Kassie Stanfill

What impresses you most about your coaches: How passionate they are for the game

What has been your biggest obstacle to overcome: Self-limitations

Hobbies and outside interests: Being with people I care about, shopping, singing, playing cards

Pre-competition superstition: Putting a ribbon in my hair and making sure everyone's is perfect

Favorite movie(s): My Best Friend's Wedding, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Favorite TV show(s): Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy

Favorite musical group/artist: Carrie Underwood

Favorite foods: Panda Express orange chicken

Favorite book: Daddy's Little Girl

Favorite funny movie quote: "Baby I've got moves you've never seen." - My Best Friend's Wedding

Favorite professional team: New Orleans Saints

Favorite sports writer or announcer: Kelly Crull

Person you'd most like to meet: Jennifer Aniston

Words that describes you best are: Driven, bubbly, caring

Best advice you've gotten about sports: "Good is the enemy of great."

What people should know about you but probably don't: I love musicals.

If they filmed a movie of your life, who would star in it and what would it be called:

If you could have dinner with three people (current, historical or fictional), who would it be: Reggie Bush, Oprah, Mike Candrea

Why you chose U of L: Felt like home - like where I was meant to be

 

 

Best part of being an athlete: Team camaraderie

The moment you realized you were really good at your sport: When I received the Indiana Miss Softball Award

If you won the lottery, you would use the money for: Shopping and Children's Cancer Research

The strangest thing that has ever happened to you while you were competing in your sport: Playing my future roommate at nationals

What is your favorite place you have ever visited: The Don CeSar Resort in Florida

What is your favorite season or seasons of the year (spring, summer, etc.): Summer

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