Sport: Wrestling
Class: Senior
Age: 17
Claim to fame: My work ethic and wrestling
Bet you didn’t know: I sing
Toughest opponent/why? Myself; if you are able to beat the man in the mirror then you’ve won the battle. Everything starts off mental. So, if you can’t get your mindset right, how will you compete?
Favorite book: Hatchet
Favorite movie: Saving Private Ryan
Favorite TV show: Supernatural
Favorite musical artist/song? Artist: A Day to Remember/Turn Off The Radio
Favorite pro athlete/why? Conor McGregor, he has a good view on what it takes to be a champion.
Favorite smell: Creme Brulee
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken and dumplins
Match-day rituals: Weigh-in, then walk around to get my mind right.
Person who would play me in a movie/why? Mark Wahlberg, because he is short and has a good sense of humor.
Words you live by: Everything starts with a mindset
Biggest influence/why? My brother — if not for him I would have never known the sport of wrestling.
I am most annoyed by: When people smack their lips together.
I can’t live without: My dog Bubba
Most embarrassing moment: When my swimming trunks came off in Kings Island waterpark.
In 10 years, I’ll be: Engineering things that people will hopefully be able to use one day.
Best thing about wrestling: Getting your hand raised in front of hundreds of people; it’s the ultimate victory
Worst thing about wrestling: Having to maintain your weight for months.
Vegetable I just won’t eat: Carrots
Favorite junk food: Snowballs
Favorite school subject: Math
Last video game I bought: Dead Rising 4
Person whose brain you’d like to pick: Steve Jobs
Love to trade places for a day with: Adam Richman
When I’m bored, I like to: Play the guitar
Worst habit: Leaving the front door to my house open.
On your bedroom walls: Wrestling awards, a Shawshank Redemption poster, Conor McGregor poster
Talent I’d most like to have: Swallowing swords
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