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Altoona Mirror Athlete of the Week

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Hayer

Name: Allie Hayer

School: Hollidaysburg Area

Age: 16

Grade: Junior

Sport: Soccer

Athlete of the week achievement: Hayer scored two goals in an important 3-2 win over Bellefonte, both goals in a 2-0 win over Central and had a hat trick in a 6-0 win over Bald Eagle Area.

Season update: Hayer currently has 14 goals and 12 assists on the season.

Coach Tristan delGuidice's quote: "Allie has been an offensive threat since she began playing varsity soccer as a freshman, and she continues to grow and evolve as a player. She works extremely hard on the field and is a terrific two-way player, putting in as much effort defending the opposition and winning 50-50 balls, as she does attacking the net. She has a high-soccer IQ and makes the players around her better. In addition to being the team's leading scorer, she has almost as many assists (12) as she has goals (14). Allie is a terrific player, teammate and person."

Favorite teacher: Mrs. Grenfell

Favorite subject: Biology

Favorite movie: "10 Things I Hate About You"

Favorite food: Chicken Alfredo

Favorite song: "Jealous" by Nick Jonas

Outside interests: Basketball, skiing and shopping

Favorite professional team: USWNT

Favorite college team: North Carolina women's soccer

Pro athletes most admired: Alex Morgan and Trinity Rodman

Best athlete I ever competed against: Altoona graduate Sophia O'Dea

Most influential person on my athletic career: My parents

Proudest athletic achievement: Scoring the game-winning goal in districts freshman year

How I got my start in soccer: My dad

Future goal: Be a pediatric nurse and travel the world

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