By: Hunter Ferguson

Tahlequah girls basketball player Madi Matthews recently spoke to VYPE in an interview.

VYPE: What are your personal goals for the year?
My personal goals for this year are to make it back to the state tournament and hopefully win it!!

VYPE: What is your favorite athletic memory?
My favorite athletic memory is going to the state championship my freshman year.

VYPE: What teammate has left the biggest impression on you and why?
The teammate that has left the biggest impression on me was Faith Springwater. She always was a leader to me and the rest of the underclassmen, and just held herself to a really high standard.

VYPE: What is your favorite part of being on this team?
My favorite part about being on this team is how well we get along. we all hangout after practice and on the weekends. we just all bond really well.

VYPE: Do you participate in any community service projects?
I give to canned food drives and I occasionally help work feed my sheep!

VYPE: What Clubs or Campus groups are you involved with and why?
I am involved in National Honor Society and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. I really enjoy both of these groups. NHS gives you so many opportunities to help the community and I really enjoy that.

VYPE: What has your sport taught you that you use in your daily life?
Basketball has taught me that when things get hard you can always find a way to get through it.

VYPE: What is the best advice that anyone has given you?
The best advice someone has given me is to never give up on something and always strive for my goals.

VYPE: Who inspires you and why?
The person who inspires me is my mom. She was diagnosed with breast cancer almost 5 years ago and seeing her go through that was hard on me, but it inspires me to never give up even when things don’t go my way, and to keep going through the struggles in life.