High schoolers are super busy people, balancing homework, extracurriculars, and jobs. Now imagine a 1.5-2 hour practice almost every day, weekly meets and games to other cities, and hosting our own games here in Stoughton on top of that. These tri-sport athletes put in a lot of hard work for their teams and their school!

Tom Unitan (12)

Sports: Cross country, Swimming, Track

Favorite Sport: Swimming

Q: What do you like about your sport?
A: “I really enjoy getting to know the people in the sport and getting to see them throughout the day at school. […] I also really enjoy the self competition and trying to beat your own times.”
Q: What is your favorite memory from your sports?
A: “My best [memory] was dropping two minutes in my last ever cross country race to finally beat my freshman year times.”
Q: What kind of music do you listen to to get hyped for a match?
A: “I’m a metal person so I listen to heavy metal or any type of pop music. Sometimes on the bus there we [put on] Katy Perry.”
Q: Are you in any club sports or off-season training?
A: “I’ve always had my schedule filled, so I never really got a chance to participate in club sports. [I’m in] year-round lifting. Then during my swim season I run, and during my running seasons I swim.”
Q: Are you involved in any other activities?
A: “Nope, [I’ve] just always done athletics.”

Ava Perkins (11)

Sports: Volleyball, Basketball, Softball

Favorite Sport: Volleyball

Q: What do you like about your sport?
A: “The teammates and the aspect of having a team because everyone just is so good to each other.”
Q: What is your favorite memory from your sports?
A: “This year we were playing Janesville Craig in basketball, and we were down, and Ava Loftus passed me the ball — even though I was not supposed to get the ball in the play at all — and somehow I managed to make it, and we won. Everyone was just so happy, and it was so exciting.”

Q: What kind of music do you listen to to get hyped for a match?
A: “Ruby [Royston] had just this random playlist of songs that we would listen to and it was kind of weird, but it was really energetic and we all would dance, and it would get us all hyped for the game.”
Q: Are you in any club sports or off-season training?
A: “I play club volleyball. [It’s] once a week and twice a week if we don’t have games.”
Q: Are you involved in any other activities?
A: “I’m in Student Senate and Key Club.”

Jordan Bellisle (11)
Sports: Tennis, Basketball, Track
Favorite Sport: Tennis
Q: What do you like about your sport?
A: “I like the people because they just make the sport more enjoyable than you just playing by yourself.”
Q: What is your favorite memory from your sports?
A: “I would say in tennis. We went into the third set, and I hit the game winning shot.”

Q: What kind of music do you listen to to get hyped for a match?
A: “I like listening to Kendrick Lamar.”
Q: Are you in any club sports or offseason training?
A: “Through the summer there’s summer leagues through the school, […] and for track you just kind of train on your own, but for tennis, me and my friends go to Nielsen and play throughout the summer.”
Q: Are you involved in any other activities?
A: “I’m in Key Club.”