Ericka Gordon

By Bradley Hildreth

Standing at a whopping five foot five and three quarters, Ericka Gordon, Houston Sophomore, has loved the sport of volleyball for years and in 2008 her and fellow teammates took Clear Creek high school to the state finals. Gordon has played volleyball since the age of eight and it may come as a surprise that she quit volleyball and has gone to college to follow her life long dream of Journalism.

Upon arrival at SFA she made the bittersweet decision to give up volleyball and commit fully to academics. “I have always like to read and write…” Gordon said and she does enough to show it.

She is an active member of the NAACP and a strong supporter of the Women of Virtue organization. Every other Thursday through Saturday night students could possibly be getting picked up by her as she serves as a member of Driving Jacks, an on campus group that gives free rides to those who don’t want to drive drunk. Gordon said that she has experienced everything from passengers passing out to people mooning her as she drives the mooner’s friends’ to their home.

Gordon is optimistic about her future she said, “My true dream and aspiration is to be a world renown author.” Gordon plans on getting into the book writing industry by going after the teenage girl population and slowly but surely breaking away from that format. Gordon said “I kind of want to do the whole Harry Potter/Twilight thing but not with the whole mythical creatures topic.” Whether if it is fiction or non-fiction Gordon seems to be up for the challenge. Between Gordon’s active life and passion for writing one could say that her dreams are just a rough draft away.