Emily Zheng (Emmy)
Current City: Fremont, California
Hometown: Fremont, California
School: Mission San Jose High School
Grade: 9th
Age: 13
Language: English, Mandarin, and 3/5 of the
way there with French.
● Your favorite class in school?
Drama! There’s nothing better than getting up on that stage and make a
complete fool out of yourself in front of your peers.
● Are you a beach, country or city person?
Sorry, but it’s city. I wish I could pretend that I had a passion for nature, but
not really, I’d much rather go out and watch a movie with my friends.
● When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a track star or swimmer. But now I kind of want to be a
princess or maybe a pediatrician.
● What are you hobbies?
Film, swimming, dancing, writing, and watching Big Bang Theory, which is the
best show ever created.
● What scares you the most?
Time. Growing up is frightening. And also mold scares me; it is nauseating to
look at.
● What was the first big thing you bought with your own money?
It was a Buzz Lightyear action figure. It was awesome, with the laser beam and
wings and everything!
● What is one of the craziest things you have ever done?
Once, my best friend and I sat in a field and held a pretend wedding and ate
cake. It was an amazing day.
● Three things you must do before you die?
I need to meet Linkin Park, go paintballing and sip a pineapple beverage out of a
pineapple like they do in movies.
● How many phone numbers of friends and family members do you have
memorized?
Probably 3 or 4. Who needs to memorize phone number when you have Siri?
● What is something you keep telling yourself you’re going to do but keep
putting off?
That would be evolving my Charmander (from Pokemon). I’ve been telling myself
to do that every since I was like 7.
● What has been your most favorite event since you started playing tennis?
I’d have to go with last year’s Pacific Cup in December 2011. It was an
amazing team trip with some really amazing people – Brandon Sutter,
Kassidy Jump, Logan Staggs, Emma Critser, Sean Ko, Austen Huang, Sara
Choy, Amy Jensen, AND TOMMY TU! Let’s go NorCal!
● One thing most people don't know about you?
Most people don’t know that my pre-match ritual consists of me blasting Lose
Yourself by Eminem at max volume on my iPod repeatedly. Yeeee!
● How many sides does a nonagon have?
9 haha