ISU Bengal

Issue date: 4/2/08 Section: Sports

Media Credit: ISU Athletics The 2007-2008 ISU women's golf team. Top row (left to right): Sadie Venn, Katie Phillips. Second row (left to right): Hannah Venn, Jennifer Harris, Alysia Hall, Emily Evans. Front row (left to right): Kylie Smith, Sara Nickels.

Alysia Hall is a junior on the women's golf team. She has excelled in school and in athletics. She hopes to have her best season yet as she finishes off the year.



Bengal: Where did you grow up?

Hall: Meridian, Idaho.

Bengal: How long have you played golf?

Hall: For about ten years.

Bengal: Why did you choose golf at ISU?

Hall: I like that ISU had the major that I was going into. I liked the coach and I liked it better than the other schools that were looking at me.

Bengal: What are you going to school for?

Hall: I am going into education with a minor in Spanish. I want to teach kindergarten or first grade. I want to get my nursing degree after that.

Bengal: Do you have any favorite professional teams?

Hall: I am obsessed with the Spurs. I also like Tiger Woods, of course.

Bengal: What kind of car do you drive? What kind of car would you drive if money wasn't an issue?

Hall: I drive a Hyundai Tiberon. If money wasn't an [issue], I would drive a red or black Denali.

Bengal: What was your first job?

Hall: It was on a golf course when I was 19. I just worked in the pro shop for the summer. Bengal: What is a personal goal for the season? What is the team's overall goal?

Hall: A personal goal is to stay consistent with my scores. A team goal is to stay positive throughout the season.

Bengal: How do you mentally prepare for a game of golf?

Hall: The night before our first round we go over our practice rounds. We go over the tempo and try to visualize it as a whole. We chat about the practice rounds and the tempo of our game.

Bengal: Do you have any heroes?

Hall: My grandpa. He loved the game of golf and he was a hard worker in everything he did. Bengal: How did you learn how to golf?

Hall: My dad was best friends with a professional golfer. The professional golfer had a daughter that was my age. He taught both of us how to play. We would go golfing with our dads.

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