WALNUT COVE — South Stokes’ Haley Tyndall has played multiple sports through her first three years of high school, but golf is the one she likes the most.
The rising senior noted that golf has taught her the most including the ups and downs of life and that you can not let the downs effect you but get stronger from it.
Tyndall ran outdoor track while playing softball during the spring for a couple of seasons, and has played basketball and golf during her freshman, sophomore, and junior seasons.
Haley helped the basketball team to their first winning season in over a decade last year and has qualified for the 1A/2A NCHSAA Golf State Championship all three years.
She was the Northwest 1A Golfer of the Year during her sophomore year and helped the Sauras to a conference championship during her freshman year. She has been All-Conference and All-County all three years.
Tyndall enjoys hunting with her father and loves living on her family’s farm and visiting everyone around her.
Haley is looking forward to her last year of playing sports with her friends, not just from South Stokes, but from the other schools as well.
Her favorite thing about high school is all the opportunities that it has given to her and the friends she has made, even with the teachers and coaches.
She plays on the Peggy Kirk Bell Golf Tour and is a member of the Fellowship of Chrisitan Athletes, Pep Club, National Honor Society, High School Scholar, and was awarded the Zim Zimmerman Sportsmanship Scholarship and the Anna Howerton-Macy Pate Sportsmanship Award.
Tyndall’s plans are to focus on playing golf during her senior year. She hopes to get a scholarship for it and go to college and major in psychology.
The Stokes News was able to catch up with Haley and she allowed us to get to know her on a more personal level by answering the following questions:
Favorite food: A good salad
Favorite subject: English, I enjoy writing
Biggest influence: The strong women in my family, they taught me that you can do anything that you put your mind to
Favorite TV show: ”The Andy Griffith Show”
Favorite music: Most genres, but lately I have been listening to a lot of motivational speeches
Website visit the most: YouTube
Favorite sport: Golf
Best single day of the year: Christmas because it seems to be the most cheerful and joyful day spent with family
Favorite ice cream: Vanilla, but with peach cobbler
Pets: I have two dogs, but as a family, we have eight. We train and breed bird dogs.
Most Famous for: I do not know if I would ever be famous, but if I were to be remembered, I would hope to be remembered as a good athlete, team player with a positive attitude, and my love for God.
Favorite teacher/coach: Kent Mendenhall, and for some reason I do not even see him as a coach, but more of a positive friend that has taught me to not focus on the bad, but the good
Dream vacation: Scotland
Dream job: Sports Psychologist
Hardest lesson: You cannot please everybody. If you worry about other people’s wants and needs, you neglect your own.
Best thing about You: The spirit inside me that God allows me to portray
Favorite athlete: My dad, he knows and has taught me so much, he is certainly an inspiration to me
Look for more “Getting to know Stokes County Athletes” in up-and-coming issues of The Stokes News.
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