Editor’s Note: Over the next weeks and months, Emmaussports.com will be spotlighting senior spring sports student-athletes at Emmaus High School who have had their final athletic year cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
Today we spotlight defender Sammy Reed (SR) of the girls lacrosse team with our Q & A session:
Q: How are you coping during these difficult and uncertain times with the Coronavirus pandemic?
SR: I’m really trying to focus on the positives like the time I get to spend with my family and the fact that we are all healthy. It’s easy to get caught up in the anxiety and uncertainty, but just remembering that this will eventually end helps me to stay calm.
Q: What’s been the biggest challenge for you day to day?
SR: The biggest challenge for me would probably be not having the opportunity to get that feeling of closure at the end of senior year. It all just feels weird that it ended so suddenly.
Q: What are you doing to keep busy?
SR: I try to stay busy by exercising with my family or FaceTiming my friends. Staying busy definitely helps me to get through each day.
Q: Now that the spring sports season has been cancelled, how disappointed are you?
SR: I am very disappointed, mostly at the fact that I was really excited to be a leader for my team this year. I’ve been waiting for my senior year since I started playing at Emmaus, so it’s still hard to accept that it’s over.
Q: What will be your favorite memory from your high school sports career?
SR: My favorite memory from my high school sports career is definitely when we beat Parkland my freshman year and the whole team started dancing and we got our coach to dance with us.
Q: What are you future plans after high school? If college, what school have you committed to and do you plan on playing sports and what will be your major?
SR: I will be attending Westminster College in the fall with a Psychology major. As of right now I don’t think I’ll play lacrosse, but I haven’t decided yet.
Q: What’s the best advice you can give to your underclassmen?
SR: I would tell the underclassmen to try and stay positive and enjoy every moment they can. When it’s all over, the happy memories are the ones they are going to want to remember, so make each moment count.