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Sports blog: Warrior Nation

Erica Meyer, pictured at right, stands tall no matter where she is -- on a basketball court, in her seventh grade classroom at Middlebrook, or in her own home. She is, after all, a 5-foot, 11-inch 12-year-old who helped lead the Wilton Basketball Association's 7th Grade Team to a 26-3 record, a regular season championship, and a title in the Fairfield County Basketball League's 8th Grade B-Division postseason tournament. In addition to being a basketball player, though, she's also a musician who plays the cello with Middlebrook Orchestra and Advanced Strings unit. Earlier this week, she went "On The Record" with the Wilton Villager.


The Meyer File

Parents/Siblings: Jerry and Adrianne; Hayley (11)

Sports/Activities: Basketball, volleyball; chorus, Middlebrook Singers, Orchestra, Advanced Strings.

Future Goals: I want to play college basketball and go on to play pro.


Wilton Villager: What's the best thing about Middlebrook?

Erica Meyer: Probably all my friends.


WV: If you could change one thing about Middlebrook, what would it be?

EM: I don't think there is anything I want to change. It's good already.


WV: How did you get started playing basketball?

EM: I did this little camp thing at the YMCA when I was little, about 5 years old. It was all different sports and when I played basketball, I figured that was my favorite of all them.


WV: How did you ended up wearing uniform "00" this winter?

EM: Well, my parents and I were all like trying to figure out whch number to get and my dad suggested about a pro player (former Boston Celtic Robert Parish). My dad grew up in Boston.


WV: When you started this season, did you think your team would have gone 26-3?

EM: Well, I knew we had really good players and that everybody was hard-working. I knew that after our (sixth-grade) season last year and how we won the (league) championship it would only go much better. We were improving.


WV: There's a lot of young basketball talent in Wilton right now. Where do you see the future of the Wilton High School basketball program going?

EM: Well, there's a lot of really good kids in our town that love basketball. With all that talent, I think the program will go so far. They've got good kids on the team already.


WV: If you could dunk just once in a basketball game, what would you be willing to give up for the rest of your life?

EM: I guess I would give up chocolate chip muffins. I love those things.


WV: What's the best and worst thing about being 5-foot-11.

EM: Well, I guess the best thing is when I'm playing basketball, I have height over other people. That's better, I guess. But the bad advantage is it's kind of hard to find clothes and stuff that fits me.


WV: What's your perfect breakfast?

EM: Chocolate chip pancakes and bacon.


WV: What's your perfect midnight snack?

EM: I'm not really ever up at midnight, but if I was I'd probably say marshmellows cause it's the only thing I could find at midnight.


WV: When was the last time you cried?

EM: When we lost to the 8th grade Liberty team at home, during the regular season. I thought it was my fault we didn't win. It wasn't, but I was still upset because I knew we could have won.


WV: If you could spend 24 hours in anybody else's shoes, who would it be and why?

EM: (Actress) Kristen Stewart. I'd switch with her just so I could meet Taylor Lautner.


WV: If you could live anywhere other than Wilton, where would it be?

EM: Somewhere warm, where there are beaches and I could still play basketball.


WV: What's one thing nobody else knows about you?

EM: My first word that I ever said when I was a baby, instead of mama and papa, was basketball. That's what my parents say.


WV: What one word best describes you?

EM: Lucky. I have great friends, and a great family and such good basketball skills. I'm lucky to have all of them.

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