Manu Bala is a freshman this year and is in PE tennis. Manu started tennis and basketball at a young age but was not a competitive player until his eighth grade years. He also did crypto currency during his seventh and eighth grade year. He used to volunteer at a pet shelter until Covid hit. He then went to online school for a year and a half. It was hard during his eighth grade year to socialize with other students, but after a while he got used to it and did well that year.