Through games of Dec. 8, senior Olivia Lett is No. 10 with 98 career 3-pointers at Illinois Wesleyan and her 3-point percentage of .395 ranks No. 5 all-time at the school. She is No. 6 with a career .785 free throw percentage and No. 12 with 156 career assists.
A mathematics major at Illinois Wesleyan, she has been the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin "Player of the Week" twice in her career. She is the daughter of Karen and David Lett.
Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan: As a transfer student I thought it provided a great balance of athletics, education, and social life.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Any class taught by Greg Huffaker ... it can’t be that difficult.
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: The long bus rides during the week and going to class the next day.
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Professor Stout generously gave me a C in Calc IV my first semester at IWU.
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Um I don’t like heights very much.
Worst habit: When i get nervous i pick at my lips...yes. lips.
Most expensive traffic ticket: $85 speeding ticket when I was 16.
Language I’d like to learn: Spanish. I took it for 3 ½ years and still don’t know it.
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: A day or so..it doesn’t really bother me.
Your usual response to “What’s going on?”: “Not much, you?”
Favorite sports figure: Magic Johnson
My greatest moment in sports was: Playing in the final four at the Shirk Center
The best player I ever faced was: Molly McDowell, she can still kick my butt at age 30
Worst dresser on my team: No one is awful this year, so Stacey Arlis still takes the cake even without actually being on the team
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: There was leftover macaroni & cheese in there for a long time
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: A dinner with Mark Cuban would be entertaining
Favorite food: Butter cake
Vegetable I won’t eat: Lima beans
Pepsi or Coke?: Pepsi
Favorite TV shows: "Desperate Housewives" and "Weeds"
Favorite musicians: John Mellencamp and Jack Johnson
Favorite movie: "The Guardian" and "Ocean’s 13"
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: I don’t ever want a movie made of my life, I don’t want people to know me that well.
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Jackie Robinson
My dream job would be: Athletic Director at Michigan State
Place I’d most like to live: In the middle of the country across a pond from Haley Kitchell. We plan to retire young and do nothing all day.
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: See a game at every baseball stadium in America. Attend the Olympics as a spectator.
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: A Magic Johnson autograph
What I miss most about being in the third grade: That I was never tired or hurt
