PREP Q&A: Busy Bee

Mt. Carmel's Voris is never without a sport to play each season


Carly Voris is a rare breed of high school athletes, a three-sport performer in an age where almost everyone else specializes with one sport.

The Mt. Carmel High junior began playing volleyball, basketball and lacrosse in elementary and middle schools and just couldn't bring herself to give up even one of them once she got to high school.

She played outside hitter in volleyball, forward in basketball and midfielder in lacrosse where she scored 14 goals and had five assists in 2008.

She's experienced so much success as a Sundevil with league and CIF San Diego Section championships as well as being named to all-league teams as well in her three seasons there.

Q: As busy as your schedule is, how do you compete in volleyball and basketball without playing on a club team in either sport?

A: I was told I had to quit something so I could fit in a club team, but I didn't want to give up anything. I was the only girl on our volleyball team that didn't play club.

Q: Wouldn't just playing two sports give you more time for something else?

A: I still have lots of time for other things. It's just that I hate to sit around the house and do nothing. I got on great teams right away, so I have no regrets. I've always been interested in drama, but just never had the time to really get into it. I hear seniors groan about not playing their sports and wishing they'd stayed in their sport.

Q: That won't happen to you will it?

A: No way. I can lift weights the rest of my life and I want to play basketball and volleyball after I'm done here. Once you graduate from high school, it's over and you can't go back and do it again. It's over.

Q: When did you actually start playing your three sports?

A: Basketball was second grade. Volleyball I started in seventh grade. Lacrosse I first saw in middle school. I love basketball and lacrosse because there's so much running involved.

Q: What's the best part of playing three sports?

A: I have three times as many friends as most athletes.

Q: Any one of the three sports hold a special place in your heart?

A: Lacrosse. I spent most of last summer traveling all over the East Coast. I played in the North Carolina camp, at Oregon and I played with the West Coast All-Stars in a tournament in Maryland. I still had time to hang out with my friends a little bit.

Q: In girls lacrosse there is less contact than in the boys. Do you wish there was more contact in the girls game?

A: I like the finesse of the girls game instead of just going out and beating each other up like some boys games wind up being.

Q: How many letters have you won so far at Mt. Carmel in those three sports?

A: Three in volleyball, three in basketball and three in lacrosse, so nine in all.


