Alejandra Orozco is a senior at Madill High School. Her proud parents are Reyna Gutierrez and Alvaro Ramirez. She has three siblings named Christopher Ramirez, Javier Ramirez, and Luis Gutierrez.
She is a boys’ football and soccer trainer and is also the girls’ soccer team co-captain. Her freshman year, she placed fourteenth on the girl’s cross-country team as well as sixth place in the 3200 for the girls 4A track team.
Her favorite high school memory is from her first-time playing soccer her junior year. She said the coach put her as a starting forward and she ran into the goalie from the other team.
“I didn’t know I was allowed to do that,” Orozco said. “All I remember was half of the boy Madill soccer team cheering and yelling at me to do it again while the other team was screaming boo and kick her off the field. Part of that group was my boyfriend!”
She attributed her sports and academic accomplishments to her cousin Rodolfo Ramirez. He was diagnosed with cancer at a young age and never got the chance to play in the sports he wanted to. Unfortunately, he passed away at the age of eleven.
“Every time I feel like giving up, his memory is what gives me strength to keep playing,” she said. “I play for him!”
“My parents have also been a big inspiration,” she continued. “They have taught me to never give up in life no matter how hard it gets. They both came from a rough childhood, and they’ve fought for everything they have now. They never gave up on their goals no matter the obstacles in their way, and they’ve taught me to never give up on my goals.”
Orozco is very thankful for her soccer coaches. She said they have helped her see her potential that she never knew she had. She said they were always pushing me to never give up.
“Thank you, I couldn’t have achieved this much without you two by my side.”
Her plans for after high school are to attend Murray State College and major in nursing and then to start her own family.
“I’d like to one day have a happy small soccer family of my own with a hot husband,” Orozco said with a smile.
She warns underclassmen to never “take your time in high school for granted because it passes faster than you think.”