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The day before i turned 25. our birthdays are one day apart. >> reporter: born into a middle class family, her mother a schoolteacher, her father an accountant, divorced when amanda and her sister were still very young. >> so growing up it was i spent the majority of my time with my mom. it was every other weekend that me and amanda went to our dad's. >> reporter: always active, amanda why earned her mick name foxy knoxy at a young age and not from where you might have thought. >> and soccer is where she earned that nickname that -- >> oh, yeah. >> that's come back to haunt her. >> at the age ...

>> reporter: born into a middle class family, her mother a schoolteacher, her father an accountant, divorced when amanda and her sister were still very young. >> so growing up it was i spent the majority of my time with my mom. it was every other weekend that me and amanda went to our dad's. >> reporter: always active, amanda earned her nickname foxy knoxy at a young age and not from where you might have thought. >> and soccer is where she earned that nickname that -- >> oh, yeah. >> that's come back to haunt her. >> at the age of 8. you know, the 8-year-olds who don't know anything but call e...

The day before i turned 25, so our birthdays are one day apart. >> reporter: born into a middle class family, her mother a schoolteacher, her father an accountant, divorced when amanda and her sister were still very young. >> so growing up it was i spent the majority of my time with my mom. it was every other weekend that me and amanda went to our dad's. >> reporter: always active, amanda earned her nickname foxy knoxy at a young age and not from where you might have thought. >> and soccer is where she earned that nickname that -- >> oh, yeah. >> that's come back to haunt her. >> at the age of...

Amanda was scholarshipped out to seattle prep, so it's not like she was given a silver spoon or anything by any means. >> reporter: chris johnson, a teacher at seattle prep, israels a girl who was different from her classmates. >> she was so diligent that she signed up for an extra english class at a time when she could have had a free period. she took an extra class so she stood out. >> reporter: as for boys, did she have many serious boyfriends before? >> no. she was definitely a very late bloomer. i don't even remember a boyfriend until college. >> reporter: she knew very early on that she ...