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Lila Asher 17, Ballard High, senior, Most Likely To . . . win an Olympic medal. Lila earned a perfect 36 on the ACT, is a medal-winning fgure skater and maintains a 4.25 GPA. She also coaches some beginners in fgure skating. How did you get into fgure skating? "I saw skating on TV when I was six, and I knew that it was something I really wanted to do the moment I saw it. I asked my dad to sign me up for lessons and he did. Twelve years later, I'm still skating." Where do you compete? "I go to Michigan a lot; I go to Ohio, Indiana. But I've been farther away to Rhode Island and Colorado and places that are a litle more of a trek." Did you have to study a lot for ACT? "I prety much just took it. I had taken it as a freshman and got a 33, so I wasn't even going to take it again. But Ballard made me because it's like a state requirement." What else interests you? "I really want to go into environmental science and conservation. Planet saving and stuf. My grade school, St. Francis Goshen, is surrounded by acres and acres. They focused a lot on being sustainable and I think it just sort of stuck with me. Then when I went to other places that weren't as conscious of that, it stuck out. We're living in these closedof buildings and walls while our planet's geting all polluted." Murari Srinivasan 10, Brandeis Elementary, ffh grade Most Likely To . . . be the next Steve Jobs. Murari received a distinguished award at his school's science fair for his creation of a Rube Goldberg machine. He has competed in the Mayor's Cup for quick recall and problem solving and has won writing awards. Outside of school, he plays chess, piano, tennis, is a red belt in tae kwon do and is a student at the Hindu School of Kentucky. Tell me about your Rube Goldberg. "It's a project using the six simple machines — the lever, the pulley, the wheel, axle, the incline plane and the wedge. You had to use at least three of them and had to raise an American fag. You had to have a theme for your project. Mine was the moon, like Neil Armstrong puting an American fag on the moon." You play chess? How have you done? "Sometimes I have good tournaments. Most of the time I'm just learning and not winning." What do you want to be when you grow up? "Either a businessman or an engineer." Interesting combo. "I like coming up with new products and ideas, so I like engineering, but I also like helping people, just the business part of it. Trying to take afer my dad. He works at GE." College? "I think I have six colleges in mind. Either — follow along with me — Princeton, Harvard, Yale, MIT, Stanford or U of L." Tyler Smith 12, Walden, sixth grade Most Likely To . . . travel. As a ffh-grader, Tyler came in sixth in the state out of 100 students grades fve through eight in the National Geographic Bee, becoming the highest-scoring ffh-grader for last year. What do you like about geography? "I've always been interested in traveling and diferent cultures. I've traveled quite a bit — mostly to Europe, Mexico, England, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy. Been to 12 diferent countries." Any other passions? "I like nature a lot. I've always liked the feeling of being at one with nature. A lot of my family is in Montana, so we'll hike, fsh, raf, zipline." What else do you like to do? "I play baseball, basketball and lacrosse. I like to hang out with my friends." 11.13 LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 53