Kyle Stanley:  

w school was rising in Missouri City. That, of course, was a major producer of athletic talent for Dulles, which I'll explain later. That year, I joined Student Council and lost out on the class president nomination by ONE vote. ONE vote. Maybe if a lot of people that eventually joined like Emily Sheppard and Julie Martinkewiz joined that year, along with all the rest of the people I knew, I would have stolen the show. I made up for that in cross country and basketball as the head manager, taking care of business on a number of duties collegiate assistants would do, whether it was take stats, film the games, take up running ranks, or even running the coach's daily periphery businesses. That job lasted for four years and included a trip to the playoffs in my junior year. Of course, I do remember cross country went to regionals in 2002, but I fell asleep and didn't wake up in time to get to the school and catch the van that went to Huntsville. My crushes obviously went on a sidetrack sweep that year. I had a crush on Brittany Balsaver, who was the beautiful Indian-gone-mainstream chick that dressed so amazingly. Then I swerved to Kristin Carlyle, one of those Settlers Way girls who looked like (and dressed like) an Abercrombie model and racked up assist after assist on the soccer team, but she fell in with the wrong crowd, and I hope she regretted it. She even went away her junior year, but not for rehab. I also swerved towards Emily Sheppard because she was pretty and brainy, but had some sort of a mood swing problem with me at times. My sophomore year was I year I hoped to build on being the Sophomore Spirit Leader on Student Council. But my plans started to backfire as I failed almost the whole spring semester and every time I cleaned house in Spanish, I had a problem in Geometry (Gosh, Ms. Han was such a pain! I switched to Coach Reeves' wife that year.) But my junior year was a successful rebuilding, as I managed to stay out of failure that year. But it was too late and Mrs. Slack-Beard (then just Ms. Slack) headed for the 'Reject' stamp for PALS. Senior year was a total breather for me that year. Beside being in my second year of AutoCAD classes, I earned a number of student accolades including Student of the Month (9/04) and Most Unforgettable (with Merrilee Littlewood). That year, of course, while the boys (except baseball) tanked, the girls were splendid athletes. I remember igniting the crowd at the volleyball game against Clements when all those Ranger fans clawed in on our turf late in the game, too bad the cheerleaders weren't in full swing that night. I also remember the girls' basketball team that excited everyone and were tops in Texas before faltering in the regionals. And I also remember all the rowdiness that went into the events, and the spirit that came with it. Dulles has produced many a memory to be proud of for me. I hope to hear from any ex-Viking who may come across this bio. In other words, any suggestions?