For this addition of Meet a Freshman; meet Andrew Hendricks! Andrew is following in his older brother’s Matt footsteps by attending Prep!

He comes from Holy Rosary Edmonds and has gotten to know the school extra early through the program work grant. Through this program he got to know the school helping keep the school clean including cleaning the fluorescent light bulbs.

Hendricks is in E-F Collegio taught by Ms. Kathy Krueger, (Collegio teacher and longtime College Counselor)  and Mr. Sheen (a lawyer from Spokane/Collegio teacher).

Hendricks is 5’1″ and on the freshman football team. He describes his most exciting moment this year so far as beating O’Dea twice in football. He’s also looking forward to trying out for soccer in the spring and hopes to make JV.

Hendricks lives with his 3 brothers and his parents. he spends his weekends hanging out with friends in Capitol Hill and playing touch football. He enjoys listening to the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin and the Who. In his childhood he watched a lot of M.A.S.H if he could find it on one of the three channels. VHS tapes are all the rage along with Beta Max. Hendricks also recently just watched the newly released movie: “Star Wars A New Hope” and quite enjoyed it!

His advice for next year’s freshman and his classmates is “to be themselves and don’t shy away from being themselves.”

Hendricks describes himself as a bit of a nerd but also very athletic with many friends. He plans on doing the Matteo-Ricci program and graduating from college by the age of 19. In this program students attend three years of high school at Seattle Prep and then attend three years at Seattle U and graduate with a bachelor’s degree.

Some highlights of his year so far have been homecoming and the activities in the week leading up to the dance. His favorite ones were the keg toss and faculty vs students tug of war. He hopes to toss his empty keg much higher up the hill next year! Another thing he’s looking forward to in his upperclassmen years is being able to drive to school and park in the Parking lot! (now plaza). Andy’s looking forward to the rest of his freshman year and can’t wait to see what’s next.