This weeks Athlete of the Week is senior Tu Nguyen. Tu is currently a badminton player with an outstanding role for her team’s victory. She has been playing this sport throughout her four years at Hoover. Tu is an amazing athlete as well as an outstanding student who maintains a 3.4 GPA academically. She finds the way to fit in her homework after all practices, which sets a good role model to all the current and future Hoover athletes. Her stress levels reduce in this sport which is why she decided to play. Her friends have a huge impact on her commitment and performance on the team, and she also finds a strong connection with Coach Ta which for her is fundamental. Her parents have also given her a lot of feedback which she likes and takes in consideration every time she plays and performs. Some goals on her mind are to play in the next level which are the colleges or universities she’s going to apply for. Her ultimate goal as of right now is to take her team to the finals and hopefully win the state championship with her teammates.