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Featured Titan

Amy VanDerVoorn

Amy VanDerVoorn

  • Award
    Featured Titan
  • Week Of
    10/30/2009
  • Sport
    Women's Volleyball
  • Bio
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Heading into "Seniors' Night" on Oct. 13, senior Amy VanDerVoorn (East Peoria, Ill., Morton HS) was No. 7 in a Titan uniform in career block assists, No. 8 in total blocks, No. 13 in solo blocks and No. 15 in kills.
A 2009 co-captain, Amy is majoring in mathematics/secondary education at Illinois Wesleyan. She is the daughter of John and Lauri VanDerVoorn.

Language I’d like to learn: Fluency in Spanish/Dutch

IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: SCUBA diving!

I’m deathly afraid of...: Not much that I can think of…

Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Just cleaned out the fridge of all the moldy food, so probably eggs

Worst habit: Interrupting conversations at awkward moments

Person I’m dying to have dinner with:
Three of my close friends who moved away to Florida, Alabama, and Mexico

Most expensive traffic ticket: $300…oops

Vegetable I won’t eat: Brussel Sprouts

Favorite food: Anything chocolate

Favorite TV show: American Idol (only show I could watch last year when we didn’t have cable)

Favorite musical group: tobyMac

Favorite movie: Most recently, The Proposal

If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me:
Amy Adams (we have the same name and she seems sweet…?)

The person in history I would most like to meet is: Jesus!

Favorite sports figure(s): Michael Jordan

My greatest moment in sports was: My first facial (hitting a girl on the other team in the face with the ball)

The best player I ever faced was: Don’t remember her name, but a really tall middle from Washington U. my freshman year.

Worst dresser on my team: Gaby Johnson — She’s not worst, just the one who doesn’t like wearing clothes

My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: My Ford Escape

What I miss most about being in the third grade:
Innocence!


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2/10/2016 Derek Andersen Men's Track and Field
1/20/2016 Kevin Weisling Men's Swimming and Diving
1/6/2016 Brian Nelms Men's Basketball
12/18/2015 Kirsten Slaughter Women's Swimming and Diving
12/2/2015 Samantha Ellsworth Women's Basketball
11/18/2015 Mary Kate Schmidt Women's Soccer
11/4/2015 Kevin Slawkowski Football
10/21/2015 Michael Kelley Football
10/7/2015 Eric Gilbert Men's Soccer
9/23/2015 Tess Bottorff Women's Soccer
9/9/2015 Karson Taphorn Women's Golf
8/26/2015 Mary Rankin Women's Volleyball
8/12/2015 Artie Checchin Football
7/21/2015 Dennie Bridges Alumni
6/22/2015 Chloe Montgomery Softball
6/4/2015 Kenny Wienckowski Men's Golf
5/20/2015 Kelli Herlitz Women's Track and Field
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