All about sam katzap

It all started 15 years and 327 days ago when my mother in Northshore LIJ Hospital gave birth to a 22in 7.5lb baby named Samuel. At the time nobody thought Samuel would become president of his Jewish youth chapter or become a tennis player but he did exactly that. Living in a house with 2 sisters and being the oldest puts a lot of responsibility on your shoulders, because like my parents always say you have to "Lead by example". I think my sisters look up to me because I have gotten pretty far in life at the moment becoming a leader in my Jewish community and a "very talented" scholar athlete.

I come from a Russian/Israeli background. I speak English and Russian fluently and I know parts of Hebrew but I am not able to carry a conversation. My family is filled with talented people in particularly one profession, Dentistry. My father, my uncle, my grandpa, my grandmother, my cousin are all or were dentists. Now you might ask would I like to be a dentist. Heck no blood is so gross and the thought of hurting people bothers me. I personally would like to become a broadcaster for espn, although my mother is forcing me to do dermatology so I guess that works too. 

One thing most people do not know about me are my contributions to the Jewish community in the metropolitan area. I am chapter president for my Jewish youth group H2I. The main goal of our youth  group is to give back to the community and have fun doing so. Some programs I remember that we did was establish a food drive. We totaled over $295 worth of food to give to the homeless shelters near by. Last year for all the hard work my chapter put in we won METNY USY chapter of the year. METNY USY is a region consisting of many Jewish youth group chapters across Long Island, westfhester, and New York City. Moving aside from the Jewish activities in my life, I also play tennis. I have been on the Francis Lewis boys varsity tennis team for 2 years now and I am the front runner to become captain in 2019. I have only lost 1 game in my 2 years of playing for the school with my record standing at 7-1. My goal is to bring Francis Lewis a division title in the future but  a lot of work must be put in to make that happen. 

Overall I love the life I live and the people god gave me to carry myself over every obstacle thrown at me. My main goal for this junior year is to have an average over 100 and get 4+ on both of my AP exams.