Hardworking, dedicated senior Morgan Karasek, after having a successful career in soccer (captain, 2019), basketball, softball, powderpuff, and Ecology Club, plans to attend Lock Haven University. Karasek will major in Health Sciences/Pre- Physical Therapy. 

Which friend or friends will you miss most from Bangor and why? 

All my teammates I’ve been with almost everyday of my high school career because you get to spend so much time with them. It’s definitely going to be an adjustment to make a whole new group of friends I can be as close with as my teammates. 

Which teacher influenced you most or who will you remember most from Bangor and why? 

I’ll definitely remember Mrs. Reenock the most because I’ve had her class at least once every year and she was always so funny and easy to talk to about anything going on. I’m really grateful to have her as a teacher. 

What is your best high school memory and why? 

Powderpuff games were always something I looked forward too every year because you get to play a sport you normally don’t get to play with all the girls from your class and it was always a blast. 

What is your worst high school memory and why? 

Walking into the wrong class freshman year and everyone staring at me. So embarrassing! 

Which band could play the soundtrack to your high school career and why? 

One Direction because I feel like they’re not as popular as they used to be but when you hear a song they wrote, you remember all the words and I like to think that that’s how I’ll view high school after, where I might not remember everything but I’ll remember the good parts like they happened yesterday. 

If there were a movie made about your high school days, which actor would play your part and why? 

Maybe Millie Bobby Brown because my sister always says every time she watches stranger things she says I look like her. 

When you arrive at school in the morning, where is the first place you want to go and why? 

Cafeteria cause I’m always hungry. 

Where do you predict you’ll end up ten years from now and why? 

I hope to be finishing up my grad school studies and in search for a house for all my puppies. I hope to have and job as a Physical Therapist. 

Which event, events will you miss the most and why? 

I will miss all of the Clash of Classes sports events like dodgeball, volleyball and floor hockey because it was always fun finding your team and playing in front of the whole school for your class. 

What is your favorite quote to live by and why?

“Take pride in how far you’ve come. Have faith in how far you can go. But don’t forget to enjoy the journey.” -Michael Josephson. I love this quote because I feel like you always have to make time for personal reflection and set goals no matter how crazy your life may get and make time to enjoy the little things everyday. 

What is the most memorable goal you made in soccer? Describe. 

I didn’t score my first goal until sophomore year, kinda embarrassing, but it was a header against Northern Lehigh and my mom got a photo of it and I’m a good three feet up in the air above everyone else and I just think it’s a great goal to remember.  

Who would you say were your biggest supporters throughout High school? How did they help you? 

Definitely my parents were my biggest supporters. From being at every game they could to taking me to practices and fundraisers, they never complained and always allowed me to be involved in things they knew would make me better and I am forever grateful for them.   

What is the best experience you had while playing softball for Bangor? 

Overcoming my freshman year injury to having the best sophomore season I could ask for. I made First Team Colonial League, the Lehigh Valley Carpenter Cup team, First team All-Area and First team All-State. My stats were nothing I could ever imagine myself achieving and I owe all that to my coaches and teammates. 

If you could go back in time and change one thing about your High School experience, what would it be? and why?  

I think I would tell myself to be more outgoing and confident during school and in my sports. I think that would have made me even more ready for college to put myself out there. I recently found a quote that I wish I’d found earlier because it’s how I wish I would have thought during high school “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.”