Maggie Basta’s claim to fame is her speed. As a forward on the soccer field for Greenwich Academy she scored twenty goals in twenty games last season, many of them on breakaways. The New Canaan teen plays for Region 1 on the Olympic Development Program team, an experience that sent her to Italy last spring to compete in an international U-19 tournament. (Her team, the only one representing the United States, went undefeated.) The Connecticut Girls Soccer Coaches Association selected Maggie to its All-State team. It’s when she slows down, though, that Maggie really shines. In the classroom, she earned high honors and a 4.0 GPA as a freshman, sophomore and junior, even with a full load of AP courses. She loves art and graphic computer design, and excels in Spanish and biology, both of which she puts to good use when she drops in at Rainbow Pediatrics, her mother’s practice in Stamford, to spend time with the patients. “My mom [born in Korea] uses Spanish a lot in her workplace and she’s always helped me with it,” says Maggie, who often reads to children in the waiting room. “I’m happy to do it. The kids are adorable.” Maggie hopes to become a doctor one day, but she knows that a pre-med curriculum will require a lot of time and commitment, which she’ll be short of since she plans to continue playing soccer. Maggie, a senior, has verbally committed to Harvard University.