Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame/honors: Team captain; earned first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors; one of top scorers in conference with 20 goals and 11 assists; member of National Honor Society; second-team All-Ohio; play for Ohio Galaxies FC
Bet you didn’t know … I fell out of a window when I was 6
Words you live by: Be kind to everybody and respect everyone always
Toughest opponent: Tippecanoe or Springboro
Biggest influence: Zach Vargo; he runs a workout place in Tipp City where I’ve worked out since I was in seventh grade; and definitely my parents
Match-day rituals: I get an iced coffee before every game
What’s on your bedroom walls: Pictures of my friends and memories I’ve made with them, and pictures that my dad has taken
When I’m bored I like to … watch Netflix
Favorite movie: Silver Linings Playbook
Person who would play you in a movie: Melissa McCarthy
Favorite TV show: Friends and The Office
Favorite musical artist: Justin Timberlake
I can’t live without: My mom
I can live without: My phone
Event you’d like to attend: The Grammys
Favorite book: Misery by Stephen King
Favorite home-cooked meal: Homemade chicken and noodles
Favorite restaurant: Panera
Favorite smell: Coffee
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Taylor Swift
Whose mind would you like to read? My pets, Duke and Tasha, both Newfoundlands
Place where you’d love to travel? Greece
Talent you’d like to have? Play the guitar
Favorite school subject: American Sign Language
Favorite athlete: LeBron James
Favorite team: Ohio State football
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming or gymnastics
Something in the world I’d like to change: All of the hate
Favorite sports moment: When we beat Tipp City this year; it really gave us the lead in the GWOC North
Favorite junk food: Doritos
Best thing about soccer: The feeling after and being able to be with friends
In 10 years, I hope to be … happy, successful, educated and able to have a job that I love
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