Gaby Rapp is a junior on the girls varsity basketball team. This year is her second on the varsity squad, and she has found her place as a consistent shooting threat this season. Her contribution to the team has earned her the title of girls basketball athlete of the month.

Rapp has been playing basketball since the sixth grade when she asked her parents to sign her up for NJB instead of AYSO soccer. For six years she has grown as a person and a player through basketball.

When asked what her favorite part of the season was, Rapp replied, “For me it would be suprising the hell out everyone when I took a step with the ball in my hand and shot a three and swished it, and making the game winning freethrow against Irvine [High School]. Overall it would probably be the Irvine game because it was so intense and it felt like a real basketball game.”

Though Rapp has made basketball her primary sport in high school, she has also participated in many other athletics,”I used to play soccer when I was little and I still like to but don’t get to that often. I have played lacrosse quite a bit as well but it is mainly for fun. And last year I was on the throwing team for the school. I did shotput and discus; discus was a lot more fun to play than shotput,” said Rapp.

Despite the fact that the basketball season came to a close in February when the team lost in CIF to La Canada High School, Rapp continues to play on her game during the off season practicing with both the school’s team and the local AAU team, the Newport Lightning. She is truly a dedicated player.