Girls Soccer POW - April 29

Kimmy Cummings
Lee-Davis Confederates

Age: 18 Year:
Senior

Position: Forward

Performance: Cummings scored all three Confederate goals in a 3-2 win over Hanover, leading Lee-Davis back into the DigitalSports Top 10 at No. 10.

Best
trait: “Probably my speed and the way I can deliver the ball and dribble it at my feet.”

Toughest opponent: “As much as I **** to admit it, probably Atlee. They give us the best run for our money.”

On goal-scoring: “I can’t take full credit for it. My team has learned how to distribute the ball to me, and get it to me in good positions. Playing year-round helps a lot. Three goals in the Hanover game is something to be proud of.” Cummings has racked up 14 goals, 13 in the past five games.

Invite any
three people to dinner: “My dad [Robert Cummings], God and Lauren Parker (former softball player at L-D).”

Funniest teammate: “Besides myself, Virginia Hendrick. She’s hilarious. We’ll be mean to each other but we laugh about it. Put the two of us together and we can get pretty goofy.”

Something you wouldn’t know: “Involving soccer, I’m probably the hardest critic of myself. As much as I’m a critic of others, I’m harder on myself.”

Favorite athlete: “I look up to Lance Armstrong a lot. I admire what he’s done.” Cummings and her mother were actually going to run in the Boston Marathon that Armstrong ran in a couple of weeks ago.

On playing for coach Brad Dalton: “He’s become more like a parent to any of us. We’ve definitely had our ups and downs with him. We both had to kind of adapt and work off of each other’s weaknesses and strengths. It helps in the long run.”

Player coach?: “The girls that have played with me before, they take my criticism in a good way now. It helps them become better players. They take it really well. The newer players had to adapt to it. I can be bossy on the field, I’ll be the first to admit it. I used to coach younger children, but when I get older I’d like to coach a high school team. In high school, every one puts there whole heart into it. A whole lot better than travel ball.”

Future: Cummings will play at East Carolina. It wasn’t that way at first. “I committed to go to Ranoke. The day after that, East Carolina had contacted me and said that they saw me play the past weekend and were interested in me. I took the trip down there and loved it.”