The TCU Need to Know - First Edition
8/31/2009 12:00:00 AM | General
Aug. 31, 2009
In the first edition of The TCU Need to Know - faithful of the Purple and White will be introduced to a new side of their favorite TCU student-athletes, coaches and staff members.
Have you ever looked at those who don the Purple and White and wondered what their lives are like off of the field of action? In The TCU Need to Know - fans will get an opportunity to find out what goes through the heads of soccer's Kelly Faerber, football's Ryan Christian, and volleyball's Kristen Hester through a series of questions.
 Kelly Faerber |  Ryan Christian |  Kristen Hester | |
| The first thing you do when you go home is... | In Austin, I love wearing TCU purple to contrast all the burnt orange! | Make sure no one stole my skateboard then run and cannonball on my couch and blast iTunes | Get a home cooked meal... Then give my laundry to my mom |
| The walls of your room are filled with... | Photos of friends and family | Crosses, a picture of a monkey, pictures of Tonto and the Lone Ranger, African tribal masks... | Pictures, quotes, and crosses |
| If you won the lottery, the first thing you would buy is... | A nice house in the mountains to get away from the heat and relax | Pay for my dad to have neck surgery | Buy a house on the beach |
| Who would play your life in a movie? | Rachel McAdams | James Franco | Cameron Diaz |
| Who would play your love interest in that movie? | Matthew McConaughey | Kiera Knightley | Chris Brown |
| Who would you love to trade places with for the day? | Michelle Obama | Willy Wonka... so I could dominate the candy room and hang with the Oompa Loompas | Oprah |
| Who is your hero? | Jesus Christ | My father | I wouldn't say she's my `hero' but I look up to my sister Irene a lot |
| Growing up, you always pretended to be... | A world traveler | A ninja combating samurai with plastic Chinese throwing stars | Baby Spice from the Spice Girls |
| Who is your dream date? | Jude Law | Cameron Diaz | Shanon Brown from the Lakers |
| Name three singers on your iPod... | Brad Paisley, Mariah Carey, Sugarland | Forever the Sickest Kids, The Used, Mayday Parade | Drake, Beyonce, Lil Wayne |
| This trend should never come back into style... | Women wearing puffy-sleeved dresses or shoulder pads | Mall hair on girls... worst decision ever Ask my mom | Mullets... or shoulder pads |
| One website you can't go a day without looking at... | gofrogs.com | Facebook | Facebook |
| Favorite movies include... | Finding Nemo, Wedding Crashers, The Holiday | Dances with Wolves, Pineapple Express, Tombstone, Jurassic Park | White Chicks, Wedding Crashers, Remember the Titans, and The Hangover |
| Name four items on Bucket List: | 1) Travelling to Italy, Greece, and the Mediterranean 2) Learning another sport besides soccer 3) Going on a Mission trip 4) Owning my own business | 1) African safari extravaganza 2) Skydiving 3) Walk on the Great Wall of China 4) Swim with great white sharks | Haven't though about this much... but I do want to make it to the NCAA Tournament and visit Australia one day |
| Your biggest pet peeve is... | People who text with lots of abbreviations | When people tickle you so hard that it leaves finger marks in your ribs | Slow drivers |
| Favorite value in others... | Friendliness and the ability to laugh at themselves | Honesty | Someone is who driven or very passionate about something |
| Talent you'd like to have... | The ability to play the piano and sing well | I'd like to be good at surfing | Being able to break dance |
| Favorite athlete to watch in another sport is... | Michael Phelps | Rodney Mullen professional skateboarder | LeBron James |
| The motto that you live by... | "You are responsible for your own happiness" | "Who does not love does not know God, because God is love" I John 4:8 | "Live everyday with no regrets" |
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TB
/ Football
MB
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