Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Basketball
Claim to fame/honors: First-team GWOC and first-team District 9 as a senior; honorable mention GWOC as a junior; third-year varsity letterman
Bet you didn’t know … I like to skateboard
Words you live by: Always do something good because you never know when someone’s watching
Toughest opponent: Trotwood-Madison
Biggest influence: My mother
Game-day rituals: I always pray and think about my cousin, who passed away before the season. He was always very supportive.
What’s on your bedroom walls? Jerseys, pictures of friends and family
When I’m bored I like to … play 2K and I like to cook
Favorite movie: Drumline
Person who would play you in a movie: Mike Epps
Favorite TV show: Bob’s Burgers
Favorite musical artist: J. Cole
I can’t live without: Basketball
I can live without: Soccer
Event you’d like to attend: A Drake concert or a Los Angeles Lakers game
Favorite book: October Sky
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken Alfredo
Favorite restaurant: Sake
Favorite smell: Seafood
Favorite cereal: Cap’n Crunch Very Berry
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Flight Club
Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Kobe Bryant
Whose mind would you like to read? The President
Place where you’d love to travel? Rome
Talent you’d like to have? To run very fast
Favorite school subject: Language arts
Favorite athlete: Kobe Bryant
Favorite team: Los Angeles Lakers
Favorite Olympic sport: Basketball
Something in the world I’d like to change: Racism
Favorite sports moment: Winning the sectional championship
Favorite junk food: Twizzlers
Best thing about basketball: Being around friends
In 10 years, I hope to be … overseas playing basketball
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