Getting to Know: Alexa Micek
8/1/2012 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Aug. 1, 2012
Raleigh, N.C. -
Getting to know…
Alexa Micek, Sr., libero/defensive specialist
Major: Civil engineering
Age: 20
Hometown: Oxnard, Calif.
Faves
Favorite movie: “It’s A Wonderful Life”
Favorite magazine: National Geographic
Favorite song/group: “Sunshine” by Atmosphere, “Mellow Mood” by Slightly Stoopid
Favorite class: Mechanics of Statistics
Least favorite: Computer Fortran
Favorite ice cream: Mango
Favorite home-cooked meal: Salmon, mashed potatoes, asparagus
Sports idol: Holly McPeak
Favorite 2011 win: For me, it was Maryland, because it was my 20th birthday and both my parents were in attendance.
Personal
Diamonds, pearls or sweatbands? Sweatbands.
Career ambition: To build my mom a beach house.
iphone or Droid? iphone.
ipod favorites? Atmosphere, Slightly Stoopid, Incubus.
Favorite television channels? Disney, TLC, History, NatGeo.
ESPN/MTV/Food Netwood – which are you most likely to watch? MTV
Favorite wardrobe accessory? St. Christopher necklace.
Personal fashion style? West Coast.
Celebrity doppelganger? Squirtle.
Personal secret? I was my high school’s mascot (eagle).
Team chemistry
Best dancer: Dariyan Hopper
Best cook: Megan Cyr
Best dresser: Megan Cyr
Best jokester: Megan Cyr
Best singer: Meredith Richardson
Most likely to be voted into the NC State Athletics Hall of Fame: Megan Cyr
Most likely to go crazy when she sees Scotty McCreery on campus: Megan Cyr’s mom.
Family matters
Siblings: 1 brother (Cole).
Pets: Farley the hamster.
Favorite vacation: Algarve, Portugal.
What do you miss most about home? West Coast beaches.
“The hardest part about engineering and being an athlete is definitely time management and maintaining a balanced life.”
-- Alexa Micek.
