Finally, we introduce Emily. We would like to wish her a Happy 16th Birthday!!

Emily Krile 16

Pioneer High School

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Years on Hockettes: 8

Favorite Program: Rich Girls (Pre Juvenile 2009)

Favorite Elelement: Circle and Pairs Element

Other Hobbies: Baking and reading

An Interesting Fact: I help coach the Introductory Hockettes!

Future Goals: To see synchro become an Olympic sport and compete with the first American Olympic team

Favorite Quote: “Dictionary is the only place that success comes before work. Hard work is the price we must pay for success. I think you can accomplish anything if you're willing to pay the price.” - Vince Lombardi

We would like to wish Mabel a Happy 16th Birthday!!

Mabel Redondo 16

Huron High School

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Years on Hockettes: 11

Favorite Program: Time (Juvenile 2009)

Favorite Element: Creative Element or Circle

Other Hobbies: Drawing and singing

An Interesting Fact: I can fit my whole fist in my mouth.

Future Goals: To get into vet school and become a veterinarian or go into law and fight for animal rights.

Favorite Quote: “There’s no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.”

We introduce Pinja, our Finish exchange student!

Pinja Puskala 17

Saline High School

Hometown: Espoo, Finland

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 11

Favorite Program: Moonshine (Junior 2012)

Favorite Element: No-Hold

Other Hobbies: I don't have any :)

An Interesting Fact: I am an exchange student from Finland

Future Goals: To get a good job

Favorite Quote: “You can if you think you can”

Alicia Bertsch 14

Skyline High School

Hometown: Willis, MI

Years on Hockettes: 3

Favorite Program: Time (Juvenile 2007)

Favorite Element: Pairs Element

Other Hobbies: Freestyle Skating

An Interesting Fact: I have competed a few seasons of pairs skating

Future Goals: I would like to win our international assignment

Favorite Quote: “Don’t tell me that the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon”

Allison Phillips 15

Hartland High School

Hometown: Brighton, MI

Years on Hockettes: 7

Years of Synchro: 10

Favorite Program: Train (Juvenile 2012)

Favorite Element: Pivot Block

Other Hobbies: Drawing and baking

An Interesting Fact: I also compete intermediate freestyle

Future Goals: I want to go to a good college and choose a good career.

Favorite Quote: “Do good and good will come to you.”

Rachel Horton 16

Clarkston High School

Hometown: Clarkston, MI

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 9

Favorite Program: Balloons (Open Juvenile 2010)

Favorite Elelement: Circle

Other Hobbies: Running

An Interesting Fact: I can quack like a duck

Future Goals: Earn the IB diploma and be a direct admit to a nursing program

Favorite Quote: “Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” -Joshua J. Marine

Grace Lee 15

Pioneer High School

Hometown: Philadelphia, PA

Years on Hockettes: 6

Favorite Program: Train (Juvenile 2012) 

Favorite Element: No-Hold and No-Point

Other Hobbies: Playing viola in the Pioneer Symphony Orchestra and DECA

An Interesting Fact: I am trilingual 

Future Goals: I would like to be on a world synchronized skating team one day. I would also like to be a cardiologist, reporter or ambassador 

Favorite Quote: “There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.” -Beverly Sills

Rosalyn Schaefer 15

Skyline High School

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Years on Hockettes: 7

Favorite Program: Hitchcock (Junior 2014)

Favorite Element: No-Hold, Creative Element and Moves in the Field

Other Hobbies: Baking, Cooking and doing arts and crafts

An Interesting Fact: I hate the sound of cotton balls.

Future Goals: I would like to attend a good college and become a Personal trainer, Physical therapist or Nutritionist.

Favorite Quote: “Every champion was once a contender that refused to give up.” - Rocky Balboa

Paige Bremner 17

Walled Lake Central High School

Hometown: West Bloomfield,MI

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 9

Favorite Program: Angels (Open Juvenile 2012)

Favorite Elelement: Block

Other Hobbies: Water Skiing and Scrapbooking

An Interesting Fact: My biggest fear is fake spiders

Future Goals: To skate in college

Favorite Quote: “In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.” 

Samantha Goldberg 18

University of Michigan

Hometown: West Orange, NJ

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 10

Favorite Program: Sleeping Beauty (Junior 2014)

Favorite Element: Moves in the Field (spread eagles)

Other Hobbies: Writing, swimming (lifeguard), baby sitting and camp counselor 

An Interesting Fact: I am a chemistry major at Michigan

Future Goals: To become an orthopedic surgeon 

Favorite Quote: “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Eleanor Roosevelt

Meet Sydney!

Sydney Cebalt 17

Milford High School

Hometown: Highland, MI

Years on Hockettes: 6

Years of Synchro: 11

Favorite Program: Hitchcock (Junior 2014)

Favorite Elelement: Pairs Element

Other Hobbies: Sleeping and writing

An Interesting Fact: I can bark like a great dane!

Future Goals: Go to college

Favorite Quote: “It will hurt. It will take time. It will require sacrifice, but when you finally reach your dreams it’s all worth it.”

Meet Ariana!

Ariana Gould-Tasoojy 16

Community High School

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Years on Hockettes: 9

Favorite Program: Gummy Bears (Beginner 1 2008)

Favorite Element: Wheel

Other Hobbies: Volunteering at a preschool and assisting the Beginner 2 Hockettes

An Interesting Fact: I once got lost in the middle of Hangzhou, China without a phone and it took me about 45 minutes to find someone who spoke English to find my group.

Future Goals: I would like to attend a good university, skate for a senior synchronized skating team, have a career that I am passionate about and remain fit and healthy throughout my life. 

Favorite Quote: “Take advantage of every opportunity”

Today we share with you, Sofia!

Sofia Capito 17

Seaholm High School

Hometown: Birmingham, MI

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 2

Favorite Program: Haydenettes ‘Lady Gaga’ 2012

Favorite Element: No Hold

Other Hobbies: Playing the clarinet and horseback riding

An Interesting Fact: I have lived in Europe for most of my life and I am fluent in three languages

Future Goals: I would like to attend Boston College and one day go to med-school.

Favorite Quote: “Everybody falls… but all that really matters is that you get up again, stronger than before, and that you never stop fighting.”

Meet Candice!

Candice Kaars-Mulholland 17

Lakeland High School

Hometown: Milford, MI

Years on Hockettes: 3

Years of Synchro: 10

Favorite Program: Team Surprise Long 2014

Favorite Element: Moves in the Field

Other Hobbies: Photography and shopping

An Interesting Fact: I have gone to 3 different high schools

Future Goals:To pass my senior field moves, gold dances and become a early childhood development teacher or a sports physical therapist.

Favorite Quote: “Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t loose”

Today we have our longest commuter Andi!

Andi Gottfried 17

Olmsted Falls High School

Hometown: Olmsted Falls, OH

Years on Hockettes: First year

Years of Synchro: 12

Favorite Program: Sleeping Beauty (Junior 2015)

Favorite Elelement: No-Hold

Other Hobbies: Kick line and Coaching Special Olympics

An Interesting Fact: I am left handed 

Future Goals: Attend college and pursue a degree in special education

Favorite Quote: “Great moments are born form great opportunities.”

Meet Rebecca!

Rebecca Gu 17

Skyline High School

Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI

Years on Hockettes: 5

Favorite Program: Butterfly (Junior 2014)

Favorite Elelement: Pivot Block

Other Hobbies: Piano, violin, studying and eating!

An Interesting Fact: I lived in Shanghai, China for the first five years of my life.

Future Goals: I hope to attend a prestigious medical school and I aspire to become a successful pediatrician.

Favorite Quote: “Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

Today we present Nicole!

Nicole Blaha 17

Gabriel Rechard High School

Hometown: Morgan Town, WV

Years on Hockettes: 9

Favorite Program: Beauty and the Beast (Novice 2012)

Favorite Elelement: Circle

Other Hobbies: Training and riding my horses 

An Interesting Fact:  I help coach the Hockettes introductory team, I have three horses and I love animals

Future Goals: To go to college and become a veterinarian  

Favorite Quote: “If you can dream it, You can do it.”

Today we continue with our other Senior Captain Lindsey!

Lindsey Maynard 17

Grass Lake High School

Hometown: Grass Lake, MI

Years on Hockettes: 14

Favorite Program: Hitchcock (Junior 2014)

Favorite Elelement: No-Hold

Other Hobbies: Playing with my new kitten, going to the beach in the summertime and reading.

An Interesting Fact: I am a member on the DREAM Team 2014-2015

Future Goals: To see synchronized skating as an Olympic sport!

Favorite Quote: “Don’t quit; suffer now and live the rest of your life a CHAMPION.” - Muhammad Ali

Meet our team!

As we countdown to the first competition of our season, we would like to introduce to you our team for the 2014-2015 season! First, we have Maddie Shipman who is one of our Senior Captions.

Madison Shipman 18

Saline High School

Hometown: Saline, MI

Years on Hockettes: 10

Favorite Program: Hitchcock (Junior 2014)

Favorite Element: No-Hold

Other Hobbies: Tennis, reading, yoga, running and cooking

An Interesting Fact: I am the youngest of 3 kids and have lived in 5 states

Future Goals: I would like to continue to skate in college, majoring in finance and living in a foreign country at some point.

Favorite Quote: “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right”