Student of the Week is a series designed to help everyone at Mountain Vista High School learn more about their fellow classmates. This week: Senior Joey Feldman.
Eagle Eye: What’s your full name?
Joey Feldman: Joseph Matthew Feldman
EE: Where were you born?
JF: Littleton, Colorado.
EE: What is your favorite color?
JF: Vista green.
EE: What is something people don’t know about you?
JF: I wear a watch everyday.
EE: Why do you wear a watch?
JF: It’s really good for tests and stuff and it doesn’t lose battery easily like a crappy Iphone.
EE: What do you do in your free time?
JF: I work, play hockey and I’m the president of my youth group. On very rare occasions, I hang out with friends and do homework.
EE: What is the most interesting thing that has happened to you at school?
JF: Someone random person, like a football player, randomly came up and slapped my butt on the first day of freshman year.
EE: What do you plan to do after high school?
JF: Probably go to college and try to find a job. That’s the best I can think of.
EE: When did you start playing hockey?
JF: When I was 10 in a squirt house league.
EE: Why did you start playing hockey?
JF: I loved watching it, and my parents wanted me to do some athletic sport so I thought it seemed cool. From then on, hockey.
EE: Why do you still play hockey?
JF: Just to have fun. I’m sick of the competitive environment and I just want to have fun and enjoy my last year of high school.
EE: What are your goals this year for hockey.
JF: Just to have fun and maybe win a championship for the school or my club team.
EE: What club do you play with?
JF: Littleton Hockey Association.
EE: Why do you play with a club in addition to the high school team?
JF: To get more ice time whenever I can. Simple answer.
EE: What would your life be without hockey?
JF: Pretty happy truthfully. I would still have friends, I would still have youth group and I would still be me. I wouldn’t be as well known, but I wouldn’t change.
EE: Do you have any hockey plans after high school.
JF: I might play in a club team. I just love it.