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Jessica Mlaska
Know the Women's Basketball Eagles: Jessica Mlaska
11/10/2015 4:07:00 PM | Women's Basketball
Georgia Southern opens the season on Nov. 15
Get to know the Eagles on the women's basketball team before the season opens Nov. 15. Be on the lookout for a series of Q&As each week leading up to the season opener against Lipscomb in Hanner Fieldhouse.
Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS. Season ticket options are available for both general admission and reserved seating, which comes with reserved parking when purchased. Fans can enjoy chair-back seats in the reserved sections for $90 a season ticket for either men's or women's basketball. Alternatively, general admission season tickets are $65 and are located behind the baskets on bleachers. A combo package is also available for $120 and includes both men's and women's basketball contests.
Jessica Mlaska, So, F/C
Woodstock, Ga.
Full Name: Jessica Marie Mlaska
Who is your biggest inspiration and why? My biggest inspiration is my mother. She doesn't let anything get in her way of trying to accomplish her goals. She is strong and confident about herself and her abilities.
Best advice you have ever been given: You have to be odd to be number one.
Favorite Georgia Southern game day tradition: Tailgating
Favorite App: Facebook
Favorite TV Show: Friends
Favorite Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas
Most played song on your iPod/iPhone/Mp3 player (song title and artist): Castle of Glass by Linkin Park
Favorite food: Chicken fingers
Who would you like to have dinner with? Johnny Depp
Pre-game superstition: If I have a terrible shooting percentage during shoot around/warm-up then I will play well.
What's your go-to dance move? Cabbage Patch
Once you're done at Georgia Southern, what do you want to be remembered as? I want to be remembered as a background player. I may not have been the star player making 20 points per game, but I got my teammates their open shots, I was the top rebounder and defender, and I made my team better each day.
If you weren't playing basketball, what sport would you compete in at the college level? Volleyball
What do you want to say to the fans who watch you play during your time at Georgia Southern? Anything is possible if you only set your heart to it.
Best-tasting meal/food you make: Sausage with wild rice
Favorite athlete: Stafanie Dolson
Favorite basketball player: Stafanie Dolson
Favorite musical artist: Linkin Park
Favorite actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite Actress: Helena Bonham Carter
Current vehicle year, make and model: 2011 Hyundai Elantra
We're going on a road trip within driving distance of Statesboro. Where are we going? Tybee Island
Plans after graduation: I plan to attend grad school for my PhD in Geology.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events visit GSEagles.com/tickets.
Season tickets are on sale now and can be purchased at GSEagles.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-GSU-WINS. Season ticket options are available for both general admission and reserved seating, which comes with reserved parking when purchased. Fans can enjoy chair-back seats in the reserved sections for $90 a season ticket for either men's or women's basketball. Alternatively, general admission season tickets are $65 and are located behind the baskets on bleachers. A combo package is also available for $120 and includes both men's and women's basketball contests.
Jessica Mlaska, So, F/C
Woodstock, Ga.
Full Name: Jessica Marie Mlaska
Who is your biggest inspiration and why? My biggest inspiration is my mother. She doesn't let anything get in her way of trying to accomplish her goals. She is strong and confident about herself and her abilities.
Best advice you have ever been given: You have to be odd to be number one.
Favorite Georgia Southern game day tradition: Tailgating
Favorite App: Facebook
Favorite TV Show: Friends
Favorite Movie: Nightmare Before Christmas
Most played song on your iPod/iPhone/Mp3 player (song title and artist): Castle of Glass by Linkin Park
Favorite food: Chicken fingers
Who would you like to have dinner with? Johnny Depp
Pre-game superstition: If I have a terrible shooting percentage during shoot around/warm-up then I will play well.
What's your go-to dance move? Cabbage Patch
Once you're done at Georgia Southern, what do you want to be remembered as? I want to be remembered as a background player. I may not have been the star player making 20 points per game, but I got my teammates their open shots, I was the top rebounder and defender, and I made my team better each day.
If you weren't playing basketball, what sport would you compete in at the college level? Volleyball
What do you want to say to the fans who watch you play during your time at Georgia Southern? Anything is possible if you only set your heart to it.
Best-tasting meal/food you make: Sausage with wild rice
Favorite athlete: Stafanie Dolson
Favorite basketball player: Stafanie Dolson
Favorite musical artist: Linkin Park
Favorite actor: Johnny Depp
Favorite Actress: Helena Bonham Carter
Current vehicle year, make and model: 2011 Hyundai Elantra
We're going on a road trip within driving distance of Statesboro. Where are we going? Tybee Island
Plans after graduation: I plan to attend grad school for my PhD in Geology.
Georgia Southern Athletics provides up-to-date information on all its sports through its official website, GSEagles.com, through social media channels facebook.com/GSAthletics, twitter.com/GSAthletics, iOS app Georgia Southern Eagles and Android app Eagles GATA. For tickets to Georgia Southern athletics events visit GSEagles.com/tickets.
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