Ariel Hsing, a ponytailed 16-year-old who became pals through table tennis with billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates, won her first-round match in the Olympics on Saturday in a style befitting the two heavy hitters she calls “Uncle Warren” and “Uncle Bill.” We at NXTFactor are here to bring Ariel to the world. One of the main goals of the new website was to connect fans, media and the world to a budding table tennis star.

Hsing’s table tennis career is wrapped up in a precarious deal she struck with her parents: If her grades slip below straight A’s, the sport will be withheld. With the 2016 Olympics weighing on her mind as a real possibility, the rising high school senior will soon be forced to choose between attending college immediately following high school or postponing to focus on her athletic career.