Personal: Briana’s family includes her dad Brian Cherry, mom Kim cherry, and brother Tyler cherry. She was five when she started playing softball. Her parents decided to put her in it and she fell in love with the game. She has played every year (all year round ) since then. Briana is majoring in nutrition and she aspires to be a registered dietician and gets her CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator). In her spare time, she enjoys coaching with her dad, hanging out with her family and friends.

Athletic Highlights: refer last year

Most significant achievement in softball:  Her travel ball team winning associations to go 160 Nationals in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Also getting 3rd in playoffs her senior year of high school.

The most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to her in softball:  when she was running the bases; she went to score from second and face planted rounding third, she had to crawl back to third and never score.

Person who most influenced her athletic career:  Her parents

Favorites:

Food:  Italian Movie: Hunger Games

Entertainer: All country singers :) Athlete: Brandon Morrow (type 1 diabetic in MLB for Blue Jays)

Quote that inspires her: “There maybe people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do” - Derek Jeter

One word that best describes her off the court: Happy and easy going

Person she admires most:  It’s her dad because of everything he does. He has coached her since she was little (still does pretty much). She coaches with him now. The way he works so hard at work and doing softball lessons. He is always helping people and supporting the family.

Best advice ever received:  Her grandpa always says “You gotta play with them little hurts” and just all the time she tells herself  “Look at the glass half full”

Best thing about being a Hawk: “Just being part of a team and creating friendships that will last forever.”