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Accountant, divorced when amanda and her sister were still very young. >> and 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. >> 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. >> oh, yeah, at the age of 8. you know, the 8-year-olds who don't know anything but call each other all kinds of funny nicknames gave her foxy knoxy. >> she was not a typ...

Amanda was driven and focused, unlike most eighth graders, amanda wanted an academic challenge. so for high school, she chose seattle prep, a prestigious private school that her parents could not afford. amanda was scholarshipped out to seattle prep, so it's not like she was given a silver spoon or anything by any means. >> chris johnson, an english teacher at seattle prep recalls 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. >> and as ...

Don't know anything but call each other all kinds of funny nicknames gave her foxy knoxy. >> she was not a typical teenager. amanda was driven and focused, unlike most eighth graders, amanda wanted an academic challenge. so for high school, she chose seattle prep, a prestigious private school that her parents could not afford. amanda was scholarshipped out to seattle prep, so it's not like she was given a silver spoon or anything by any means. >> chris johnson, an english teacher at seattle prep recalls a girl who was different from her classmates. >> she was so diligent that she signed up for...

>> chris johnson, an english teacher at seattle prep recalls 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. >> and 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. >> she knew very early on that she wanted to see the world. >> i think amanda started talking even in middle school about wanting to travel and to see different places. >> ...

>> she was not a typical teenager. amanda was driven and focused, unlike most eighth graders, amanda wanted an academic challenge. so for high school, she chose seattle prep, a prestigious private school that her parents could not afford. amanda was scholarshipped out to seattle prep, so it's not like she was given a silver spoon or anything by any means. >> chris johnson, an english teacher at seattle prep recalls 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...