The Eagle’s Eye sports team is identifying one player each week to highlight. This week, we chose girls varsity basketball player Emma Perez.

How many years have you been playing?

4 years on varsity

What grade are you in?

Senior

How tall are you?

I am 5’5″

How old are you?

17 years old

What position do you play?

Point Guard

Do you play other sports?

No, just basketball

What do you like best about basketball?

I like playing with my friends and getting to have the feeling of us winning games together.

What are some challenging parts of basketball?

One challenge I face is being confident in myself. Like when I get ready to shoot a three I always feel my heart drop because I don’t want to get blocked or airball it.

How far do you wish to go with basketball? And what are your plans to get there?

I wish to go very far. I plan to play in college. Right now I am committed to playing basketball at Suny canton university in New York

What are your goals?

My goal is to try to be the best leader I can be this year towards my teammates and lower-classmen. I wanna increase my speed so I can be faster when I’m running up and down the court.