Getting to know Maddy!

Name: Madeleine Bell

Number: 18

Sport: Volleyball :D

Class: 2014

Position: Middle Blocker

Height: 6’

Hometown: Bellevue, WA

High School: Newport High School

High School Coach: Jeremy Brown

High School Mascot: Knights

Years Played on Varsity: 2

High School Accolades: Most Improved ’09, Varsity ’08/’09, Coach’s Award ‘09

High School Records: State Qualifying match ’08

Accolades (non volleyball): Solo and Ensemble Regional Champion/State qualifier (Mezzo Soprano), Honor Roll 9-12, AP Scholar

Club Team: ITVC 18s Asics

Club Coach: Milton Guerreiro

Years Played Club: 4

Club Highlight: National (Junior Olympic) qualifiers 2010 – American Bid, Team Captain ‘09

Potential Major: English

Reason for choosing Whitman: “Mom, it’s raining like mad right now, and I’m still in love with this place!”

Song currently playing on ipod: Reasons Why, Nickel Creek

Song that’s always on your ipod that you always skip but never delete: Crank That (Soulja Boy)

Favorite item in Bright’s Candy Shop: TBD!

The best thing you know how to cook: cheesecake…mmm

Farthest place you’ve traveled: South China, Maine

Current Ringtone: Vibrate

Strangest thing you’ve ever eaten: homemade green curry… it wasn’t green

Weirdest thing a coach has ever said to you: “Maddy, you hit that like a man.”

Nickname: Maddy Girl, Bell, Bellie

Favorite dance move: “jump, jump, jump, jump!”

Motto you live by: “Dance barefoot in the rain.”

Famous person you’d love to have on speed dial: Meryl Streep

City Born in: Pasadena, CA

Parents Names: Rick Bell, Elizabeth Jones

Siblings: Only child

Family members who played sports in college: Mom – Stanford rowing, Uncle – Stanford track and field