This week’s Athlete of the Week is being presented to junior student, Kayte Zeiler.

Kayte is a two sport athlete and specializes in both volleyball and lacrosse. For the high school, she super succeeds on both teams while keeping her grades at a high academic standard. Go Kayte!

“It’s a hard question, which [sport] I like better, I enjoy both!”

For the high school girls volleyball team, Kayte is #20 on the court and her position is an outside hitter.

“My sister played, so then I wanted to play too! So I tried it out in fourth grade at a camp and I’ve been playing ever since.”

Since seventh grade, Kayte has been killin’ those balls! In addition to the high school team, Kayte plays on Renaissance Volley Club and her jersey number is 2.

“My favorite thing about volleyball is slamming the ball down and scaring everyone.”

Kayte tells Hawk Eye, “Totally don’t be scared to try out for the high school team. As long as you take tryouts and practices seriously, it will show to the coaches and you will improve.”

For lacrosse, Kayte is #35 for the high school team and also plays for the club Intrepid. Her position on the field is midfield, but she loves playing defense.

“Sarah Naple played volleyball in seventh grade with me and I knew a lot of people that played lacrosse, so I told Sarah I wanted to play and then she did too and we both joined.”

Kayte said, “If you have never played lacrosse before and want to try something new, I would definitely say give it a shot because it’s super fun and that is how I met a lot of my friends.”

Due to Kayte’s skill, she plans on going to college for either volleyball or lacrosse, but is not sure on which yet.  She is looking at colleges and is very excited to see what the future has planned for her. Kayte wants to be a criminal psychologist.

Every athlete has that pumped up playlist to get them in the zone! Kayte’s pregame playlist consists of songs like “Back Up” by Dej Loaf, “Don’t You” by Sage The Gemini, “Did I” by Kehlani,  and “1Hunnid”  by K CAMP.  Kayte also enjoys listening to Fetty Wap.

Kayte’s inspirational quote is, “Get that money.”

Thank you and congrats to junior student Kayte Zeiler for being this week’s Athlete of the Week!