Mikayla Risner, Castle Rock

On the field/track: Four-year starter for the Rockets girls soccer team and top sprinter for the track team.

At school: Carries 3.93 grade-point average and is ranked fourth out of 107 students in her class. Is a National Honors Society member, played flute on the CR pep band and was student representative on Castle Rock’s city council as a junior.

Hobbies: Scrapbooking.

Castle Rock's Mikayla Risner

College: Accepted to and plans to attend Gonzaga next fall, where she will study pre-med and human physiology.

Career goal: Practice psychology or anesthesiology. “I’m interested in the psychology of people’s minds.”

Favorite TV show: Criminal Minds.

Favorite movie: Just about anything from the horror film genre.

Favorite sports team: “I do not have a favorite. I would rather play than watch, but I don’t do much watching.”

Car: 2003 Honda Accord.

Favorite meal: Spaghetti.

Food she avoids: French Onion soup.

Favorite website: Facebook.

Superstition: “If I think it’s going to happen it will. ... You have to have a good attitude.”

What can’t she live without: Phone. “The few times I’ve been grounded it’s been pretty bad.”

Something nobody knows about her: “When I mess up or I fail I always act like I meant to do it on purpose.”

Family: Mother, Denise, is a labor and delivery nurse at Providence Centralia Hospital. Step-dad, Grant, is an electrician with Hamer Electric. Brother, Parker, is a fifth grader at Castle Rock Elementary.

Memorable sports moment: Scoring the lone goal in Castle Rock’s 4-1 district playoff loss to Elma earlier this year. “We lost, but we didn’t get zero.”

Goals for this season: Make it to state in the 100 and 200 meters and get under 13 seconds in the 100.

To nominate someone for Better Know a Prep Athlete, send name, phone number and photo to sports@tdn.com. Students must be seniors with at least a 3.0 GPA who compete in at least one varsity sport.