Hello Sandy Cardinal Fans!
Your ladies are coming back to the Farm refreshed and well-rested after spring break and ready to start the last quarter of the school year and our final month of competition.
Personally, I am most excited about my sports journalism and ecology classes this quarter. I am also looking forward to my last quarter of sign language, which is a popular class among athletes -- this year's class includes members of the football, softball, water polo, soccer and lacrosse teams.
Human biology majors dominate our team, but freshman Chelsea Red-Horse Mohl is someone who always chooses a unique path. Chelsea enrolls in ITALIC, a yearlong residential arts-intensive program for freshmen that examines different mediums such as dance, painting, film, improvisation and more, and their applications in theory and practice.
She is always interesting and entertaining, and is often dressed in food costumes or onesies. She is the captain of the Stanford quidditch team and refers to herself as "Team Hufflepuff."
Another fun fact about Chelsea is that she is of Native American heritage -- her grandfather was a full-blooded Cherokee, and was born on Indian territory in Oklahoma. Red-Horse was his name, and the name has passed down through her mother's side as a middle name. I sat down with Chelsea and asked her a few questions so we can all get to know her better:
Favorite Stanford class and why…
So far my favorite has been intro to film studies, since our professor was this Russian film fanatic with a thick accent who would go off on random rants about how Spielberg isn't a "real" director. He also kind of looked like Gru from Despicable Me.
Most embarrassing volleyball moment…
In 8th grade before a middle school game, my mom screamed in front of all my friends outside of the gym "CHELSEA! I have your pads!!" meaning my knee-pads since I forgot them at home, but everyone else thought differently.
If you could choose any super power…
This is a tough question, but I would say either psychokinesis or time travel.
Favorite costume…
Hands down my grape costume - it's where it all started. It was my first fruit costume and is the iconic symbol of all my Grapeman movies.
Favorite Harry Potter character…
I always have trouble with this since I love all of them but I have to go with Nymphadora Tonks because #HufflepuffPride.
Where in the world do you want to travel to…
Naples, Italy and then make my way up the Italian coast and then throughout the rest of Europe.
Dream Date…
Making spicy spicy meatballs while wearing matching hotdog costumes and dancing to "Everytime We Touch" by Cascada with Courtney Bowen.
Fruit chopped or blended…
Oh, most definitely chopped. No doubt in my mind.
The team is excited to compete on our home courts once again this Friday at 2 and 4 against San Francisco and San Jose State. We are also so excited for four-time Olympic medalist and Stanford alum Kerri Walsh Jennings to visit the Farm and to be honored at our Big Game against Cal next Tuesday.
If you can't make it out to the stadium, the match will also be broadcast live on Pac-12 Networks. Hope to see you at some of our matches, rain or shine!
Thank you for reading,
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