Lexi Fatheree
By Linda K. Eaves –
Foster High school senior Lexi Fatheree was recently nominated for the 2013 McDonald’s Girl All-American Game, which will be played on April 3rd at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois. This year, 340 of the top high school girl basketball players in the nation made the list of nominees.
With an overall record of 13-17 and a district record of 8-4, the Lady Falcon Varsity Basketball team and Coach Fatheree captured the Bi-District Championship this year. Lexi was named District 23-4A Most Valuable Player, 1st Team All-District and Academic All-District player. In addition to playing basketball at Foster where her mother is coach of the Lady Falcon Varsity Basketball team, Lexi also plays volleyball and participates in track.
Her most memorable moment in her high school basketball career was in her sophomore year. The Lady Falcon varsity basketball team made it to the third round of district playoffs for the first time. “It was really unexpected, so to do that in my sophomore year was really exciting,” she said.
Lexi comes from a family of talented athletes. Her mom and dad played basketball in college, and her aunts and uncles played basketball in high school. She adds that her younger brother, Deuce, supports the team as water boy. “He supports us big time. He’s at every one of my games,” shared Lexi.
Lexi Fatheree
She admits she struggled a bit with the fact that her mom is the coach of her basketball team. “I balance school and sports pretty well,” said Lexi. “Having my mom as a coach is sometimes hard to separate the mom and the coach,” but, she added, they have managed to work out the kinks in their mother/coach – daughter relationship.
Coach Fatheree said, “It is a blessing and honor to coach Lexi. She works hard on and off the court. All of her teachers would agree. She is a natural leader and a beautiful person inside and out. I wish I could clone her.”
At Foster High School, Lexi is a member of the National Honor Society and was also a member of the Student Council. Although she stays busy with sports, Lexi finds time to volunteer through National Honor Society at the Women’s Shelter sorting hangers, folding clothes and sorting shoes from the abundant donations.
In the fall, Lexi will be attending Stephen F. Austin on a full ride basketball scholarship and will major in nursing. Her career plan is to become a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist).
Lexi has words of advice for anyone playing sports: “Make sure you have fun,” she stressed. “If you’re not having fun, then stop doing it because it should always be fun. Even competitively, in college, it should still be fun.”
Lexi is the daughter of Reuben and Lorraine Fatheree.