Amanda Ross

Senior

Amanda has enjoyed playing sports ever since she was young. She was born in Santa Rosa and moved to Carlotta when she was 8 years old. She started playing basketball and volleyball at Cuddeback Elementary School. She also participated in Little League Softball through Fortuna when she moved here. During her 8th grade year, Amanda was selected MVP of the Crescent City Tournament and Trinity Valley Tournament. Her freshman year she played on the Junior Varsity team for Fortuna High. Her sophomore year she also played on the Junior Varsity and was awarded MVP by her fellow teammates. In her junior year Amanda played on the Varsity team.

 Amanda has also enjoyed playing volleyball and track and field. She played one year of JV volleyball at Fortuna High. Amanda started pole-vaulting her freshmen year to try something new. She did extremely well breaking the schools record at 9 feet 6 inches. She also was in the top five freshmen in the state. Amanda went to the 2002 Meet of Champions. Her sophomore and junior year she was the Humboldt-Del Norte League champion.

 Academically, Amanda has maintained a 3.5 GPA since her freshman year and was awarded the Salutatorian, President's Award, and Principle's Award at Cuddeback Elementary. She is a member of California Scholarship Federation (CSF) and National Honors Society (NHS). She was just recently awarded the Soroptimist Girl of the Month for the month of December for her athletic achievements.

 Amanda would like to thank everyone who has helped her along the way, especially, her coaches for their guidance and encouragement. She would also like to thank her family for always supporting her and being her #1 fans. She would like to give a shout out to all of her friends and her sister for always being there for her.