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Alief Hastings' Emily Portillo
PASSION PROJECT: Portillo has built work-ethic in pool
“When I was a freshman, I received my schedule and it had swim on it,” she laughed. “I didn’t remember signing up for swim, but I went to the class, saw the pool and just jumped into the program. I didn’t even know we had a natatorium at school. I’ve stuck with it ever since and just love being in the water.”
Last season, she took a bit of a break from the actual pool and served as the team manager.
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“I was taking so many dual-credit, accelerated classes and had a job, so I couldn’t commit to practice,” she said. “I asked coach to be the manager where I could keep the team organized, help out at meets and I also swim when my team needed me.
“I’m a very committed person so when I start something, I finish it. I’m proud to be a part of something like swim for four years. It’s one of my biggest passions.”
Outside of the pool, Portillo has another passion that she hopes to make a career out of.
“I love to sketch,” she said. “It allows my mind to go wild. Whenever I get an extra minute, I’m drawing. I want to go to UT (Texas) or UTSA and study architecture. I am very headstrong, so I feel like that will be my future.”
With an unmatched work ethic in place, nurtured by her time in the pool, Portillo is on her way to building her future.
VYPE AWARDS: Private School Boys & Girls Swim presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedics & Sports Medicine
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BOYS SWIMMER OF THE YEAR FINALISTS
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Watch the video below to find out who won the Public School Boys and Girls Swimming VYPE Awards presented by Houston Methodist Orthopedic & Sports Medicine
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