Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Wrestling, football
Claim to fame/honors: Earned GCL first-team football honors at center; earned honorable mention All-Southwest District; district qualifier last year in wrestling at heavyweight; 10-2 record at mid-point this season; won Tipp City Invitational; carries 3.5 grade-point; plans to study aerospace engineering at University of Dayton
Bet you didn’t know … I used to play the clarinet
Words you live by: I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me
Toughest opponent: Biggest one in football was ourselves in overcoming adversity
Biggest influence: My family; my brother and sister are role models
Match-day rituals: Listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls? Senior poster for football and Bible quotes
When I’m bored I like to … play Xbox
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Person who would play you in a movie: Jonah Hill
Favorite TV show: The Simpsons
Favorite musical artist: J. Cole
I can’t live without: My younger brother
I can live without: Excuses
Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl
Favorite book: Percy Jackson series
Favorite home-cooked meal: Lasagna
Favorite restaurant: Red Lobster
Favorite smell: Tropical stuff
Favorite cereal: Honey Smacks
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Salad
I’d love to trade places for a day with … DJ Khaled
Whose mind would you like to read? My physics teacher
Place where you’d love to travel? Bahamas
Talent you’d like to have? Play the piano
Favorite school subject: Math and science
Favorite athlete: Antonio Brown
Favorite team: The Steelers and Ohio State
Favorite Olympic sport: Track
Something in the world I’d like to change: Poverty
Favorite sports moment: Beating Alter this year
Favorite junk food: Starburst
Best thing about wrestling: It’s not about the size, it’s about the heart and how hard you work
In 10 years, I hope to be … a successful engineer with a happy family
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