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Helen Alex

Helen Alex

  • Award
    Featured Titan
  • Week Of
    10/17/2012
  • Sport
    Women's Tennis
  • Bio
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Illinois Wesleyan senior Helen Alex was a first team all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection as a freshman and has been named to the second team as a junior and senior.
Alex has won a career total of 30 singles matches at IWU and her 42 career doubles wins is tied with Allison Heim (2005-09) for the most doubles wins by an IWU player since 2002.
A psychology major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of William and Chrisie Alex.


Why you chose Illinois Wesleyan:  Strong rep in the sciences

IWU class you’re most qualified to teach:  None of them. IWU classes are tough!

The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Too much time off. I’m used to playing every day year round.

Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? Never gotten lower than an A+

I’m deathly afraid of ... : Dropping and cracking my Iphone screen.

Worst habit: Texting during dinner at home.

Most expensive traffic ticket:  Never gotten a ticket

Language I’d like to learn:  French

The longest I could survive without my cell phone:  Is that a trick question?

One word your mother or father would use to describe you:  Perfect.  : )

Favorite sports figure:  Roger Federer

My greatest moment in sports was:  Finishing second in Conference my Freshman year.

The best player I ever faced was: The girl that beat me to get second in Conference Freshman year.

Worst dresser on my team:  Nobody. We all got style

Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest:  I clean my fridge three times a day

Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Adam Levine

Favorite food: Greek Islands

Vegetable I won’t eat: Onions

Pepsi or Coke?:  Coke

Favorite TV show:  "Archer"

Favorite musical group: Red Hot Chili Peppers

Favorite movie:  "A Good Year"

If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me:   Josie Linman

If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it:  I hope my life were never on TV as a reality show.

The person in history I would most like to meet is:  King Leonidas

My dream job would be:  Pokemon Trainer

Place I’d most like to live:  Santorini

My possession that would fetch the most on eBay:  Beanie Baby collection

Who is the luckiest person in the world?  Person that wins lotto.

What I miss most about being in the third grade: My best friend Deana



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