Katherine Bushey
Name: Katherine
Bushey
Age: 18
Hometown:
Wilmington, DE
Currently
Resides: USAF Academy, CO (Yes, the academy is its own mailing address, in
fact it doesn't just have its own zip code, it has 2! And I mean the
5-digit kind. That's what 18,000 acres of campus will do for you.)
High School: St.
Mark's
College: United
States Air Force Academy
Sports: Field
hockey (HS), tennis (hs and college)
Honors: Appointed
to the United States Air Force Academy Academic- Semi-finalist 2001 Jeopardy
Teen Tournament, National Merit Commended Student, National Honor Society, member
of the 2000 runner-up academic challenge team Athletic- 4x state tennis
champ, 4x player of the year, 2x athlete of the week, Mary Levin Sportsmanship
winner for Delaware Tennis District 2001, Lee Short Memorial Scholarship
winner 2000, Smash/News Journal scholarship, ranked #3 in Middle States
section (DE, PA, NJ, parts of WV) girl's 18 and under division 2001, ranked
#154 in the country same division, same year, member of the 2001 state
finalist field hockey team, 2nd team all-state field hockey and 1st team
all-Catholic 2001, second team all-Catholic 2000
Records: Only 4x
state champ 1st singles since the tournament moved to its current format
Most memorable
sports moment: Playing in the state championship for field hockey and winning
4th title in tennis
Favorite athlete:
Don't have one in particular, I respect any athlete that excels and has
class... though being a big tennis and baseball fan, I am partial to those
sports :-)
Future
aspirations: I want to fly fighters in the AF... looking at the F-22 or the
F-16