Congratulations to our eighth Mike Williams Sports Mom of the Month for the 2018 season! Jacksonville’s Amy McCombs will be automatically entered for the Sports Mom of the Year Grand Prize as well! Be sure to come back and vote in January of 2019.
If you want to nominate a sports mom for this honor, you can do so HERE!
Who are your kids and what sports do they play/played at what school?
Name: Andi McCombs
Sports: 2 years volleyball at Turner Jr. High, 4 years varsity golf at JHS, 4 years varsity soccer at JHS, 4 years golf at IC (played travel soccer with Jacksonville Soccer Club)
School: Jacksonville Turner Jr. High, class of 2013 / Jacksonville High School, class of 2015 / Illinois College, class of 2019
Name: Brandon McCombs
Sports: 2 years basketball at Turner Jr. High, 1 year cross country at Turner Jr. High, 2 years track & field at Turner Jr. High, 4 years varsity soccer at JHS, 4 years (3 years varsity) basketball at JHS, in second year of basketball at Lewis University (played travel soccer with Jacksonville Soccer Club and SASA, played travel basketball with Illinois Blaze and Illinois Irish)
School: Jacksonville Turner Jr. High, class of 2015 / Jacksonville High School, class of 2017 / Lewis University, class of 2021
Name: Nathan McCombs
Sports: 2 years basketball at Turner Jr. High/Jacksonville Middle School, 2 years cross country at Turner Jr. High/Jacksonville Middle School, 2 years track at Turner Jr. High/Jacksonville Middle School, 1st year varsity soccer at JHS, plans to play basketball (played travel soccer with Jacksonville Soccer Club and SASA)
School: Jacksonville Middle School, class of 2018 / Jacksonville High School, class of 2022
Name: Ryan McCombs
Sports: 1st year cross country at Jacksonville Middle School, plans to play basketball and run track at Jacksonville Middle School (plays travel soccer with Jacksonville United)
School: Jacksonville High School, class of 2025
Amy’s family has also hosted three foreign exchange students through the Jacksonville Rotary Club. Each has participated in sports at JHS as well:
Sofie Mølgaard (JHS Class of 2014) – swimming and track
Nico Guerrero (JHS Class of 2016) – soccer
Benedict von Hunefeld (Class of 2018) – soccer, swimming and tennis
Favorite Mothers Day Gift: When I can get my entire family to help work in the yard for the day. Being so busy with all their sports, it is hard to find time to take care of it. So, my favorite Mothers Day Gift is when I get them all at home to help do yard clean-up for the day.
Best Way To Be Pampered: One word – pedicure!
Favorite Meal: Favorite meal to eat – a really good filet mignon with melted garlic butter to dip it in. Favorite meal to fix a team – pasta with homemade red sauce, garlic bread, salad, and brownies.
Hidden Talent: Began taking pictures of my own kids playing sports and ended up taking pictures of all the kids….not so hidden anymore, as I actually went ahead and started a public Facebook page (Amy McCombs Photos) where I post lots of pictures of sports (sometimes thousands of pictures per week). Mostly Jacksonville Middle School and Jacksonville High School teams, IC Golf, Lewis Basketball, and travel teams my kids play on. However, I also can often be seen taking pictures of teams that do not include one of my own children.
Favorite Movie: Pretty much any movie with Kevin Costner (except Waterworld!)
Dream Vacation: Beginning in 2010, our family began a quest to attend a baseball game in every MLB stadium. We are one trip away from completing this and will be doing the final stadiums in summer 2019. As a result, our children have ridden in the car with us in every one of the 48 contiguous states. We watch baseball games, eat at restaurants from Diners, Drive-ins, and Dives, and visit historical sites. Our kids call this travelling, not vacationing. My husband Shawn and I have hiked the Grand Canyon, visited Alaska, and Hawaii together. Would love our next vacation without the kids to be an all-inclusive resort somewhere.
Best song to rock out with in a car full of kids: Radio is always playing country music in my car.
My best sport in high school was: I played soccer (on the boys’ team), basketball and ran track (hurdles and high jump). Was co-captain of the boys’ varsity soccer team my senior year.
