Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sports: Basketball, football
Claim to fame/honors: Team’s leading scorer (18) and rebounder (12); forward leads City League in rebounding and field goal percentage
Bet you didn’t know … I like to sing
Words you live by: Hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard
Toughest opponent: Myself because I can hold myself back
Biggest influence: My mom and great-granny
Game-day rituals: Listen to music and pray before each game
What’s on your bedroom walls? Basketball trophies and medals
When I’m bored I like to … be with my friends
Favorite movie: Stomp the Yard
Person who would play you in a movie: DeRay Davis
Favorite TV show: Fear Factor
Favorite musical artist: Boosie
I can’t live without: My family
I can live without: Homework
Event you’d like to attend: Grammys and the Olympics
Favorite book: Tear of a Tiger
Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Longhorn Steakhouse
Favorite smell: Fresh pair of new shoes
Favorite cereal: Cap’n Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Broccoli
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Steve Harvey
Whose mind would you like to read? Coach Pittman
Place where you’d love to travel? Paris
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Science
Favorite athlete: Carmelo Anthony
Favorite team: Pittsburgh Steelers
Favorite Olympic sport: Basketball
Something in the world I’d like to change: Homelessness
Favorite sports moment: When Odell Beckham Jr., caught the pass one-handed in the end zone
Favorite junk food: Snickers
Best thing about basketball: Being part of a team
In 10 years, I hope to … own my own construction business
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