Weight Class: 57kg
Height: 5'6"
Birthplace: Schenectady, NY
Hometown: Burnt Hills, NY
Rank: Shodan
Nicknames: The Banana & "TDA"
Hobbies: Sleeping, shopping, eating, working out, movies, texting, Weight Lifting, Running, Shopping, Tanning, Reading and Watching Movies.
Favorite Athletes: Lance Armstrong (Cycling), Derek Jeter (Baseball), Andy Roddick (Tennis),Roger Federer (Tennis), Misty May (Volleyball), Keri Walsh (Volleyball), Michael Phelps ( Swimming), Shawn Johnson ( Gymnastics)
Favorite Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Ashton Kutcher, Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz
Favorite Music: Taking Back Sunday, One Republic, and anything I can sing, run and dance to!!
Favorite Movie: Dirty Dancing, The Guardian, Batman Begins, Catch me if you can, Dirty Dancing, The Guardian, Transformers 1 and 2, The Dark Knight, and In Her Shoes, The Departed, How to lose a guy in ten days, and anything with Matthew McConaughey in it!
Favorite Website: www.realjudo.net
Favorite TV Shows: Greys Antamony, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Top Model, The bachelor/bachelorette, Friends
Guilty Pleasure: Iced Coffee....or anything Coffee in that matter
Goal: to become an OlympianWhy Did you Start Judo? Starting Judo was an accident, I just wanted to prove to my Dad that I was tougher than my younger brother who started before me.
Best Memory from Competiton: Competing at the Las Vegas Olympic Trials.
Worse Memory from Competition: Finland 2007-- Did my weight so bad that I felt like I was having a heart attack.
Hobbies: Weight Lifting, Running, Shopping, Tanning, Reading and Watching Movies.
Goal: to be an Olympic Medalist

2008 US Olympic Alternate

2007 Competition Record: 33-14
2006 Competition Record: 22-13
 

GOLD

• 09 Dallas Invitational 57kg
• 09 President's Cup (57kg) - Altanta, GA
• 09 Morris Cup (57kg) - Burnt Hills, NY
• 09 Pedro's Challenge (57kg) - Wakefield, MA
• 09 Starrett Cup (63kg) - Brooklyn, NY
• 08 Quebec Open (57kg) -Montreal, QC
• 08 US Open (57kg) - Colorado Springs, CO
• 08 Morris Cup (57kg) - Burnt Hills, NY
• 08 Liberty Bell Classic (63kg) - Philadelphia, PA
• 07 Northeast Invitational (63kg) - West Paterson, NJ
• 07 Northeast Invitational (70kg) - West Paterson, NJ
• 07 Quebec Open (57kg) - Montreal, QC
• 07 Ladder Tournament (63kg) - Coral Springs, FL
• 07 USA Judo's Fall Classic (57kg) - Coral Springs, FL
• 06 Jr. World Trials (57kg) - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• 06 USJF Jr. Nationals (IJF Jr. 57kg) - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

SILVER

• 09 US Sr. Nationals (57kg) - San Diego, CA
• 09 Ocean State International (63kg) - Providence, RI
• 08 Pedro's Challenge (63kg) - Wakefield, MA
• 07 Ontario Open (57kg) - Toronto, ON
• 07 US Sr. Nationals (57kg) - Miami, FL
• 07 Morris Cup (57kg) - Burnt Hills, NY
• 07 Starett Cup (63kg) - Brooklyn, NY
• 06 Ladder Tournament (63kg) - Harlingen, TX
• 06 Jr. US Open (IJF Jr. 57kg) - Ft. Lauderdale, FL

BRONZE

• 09 US OPEN (San Jose, CA)
• 09 Quebec Open (Montreal, Canada)
• 09 Rendezvous ( Montreal, Canada)
• 08 Rendez Vous Canada (57kg) - Montreal, QC
• 08 US Sr. Nationals (63kg) - Virginia Beach, VA
• 07 Finnish Open (57kg) - Vantaa, Finland
• 06 Ontario Open (17-19 63kg) - Toronto, ON
• 06 Ontario Open (Womens 63kg) - Toronto, ON
• 06 US Sr. Nationals (57kg) - Houston, TX