Athlete of the Week: Troy Brewer, Centerville High School

Name: Troy Brewer

School: Centerville High School

Grade: 2017 graduate

Age: 18

Sport: Volleyball

Claim to fame/honors: Two-year varsity; honorable mention GWOC as a junior; will attend University of Cincinnati to study engineering

Bet you didn’t know … I played volleyball since sixth grade

Words you live by: Don’t take yourself too seriously

Toughest opponent: Alter

Biggest influence: My grandfather because he just always lives his life to the fullest and never lets anyone’s opinion put him down

Match-day rituals: I always go to a really quiet area by myself to focus

What’s on your bedroom walls: Volleyball posters of past years and pictures of airplanes

When I’m bored I like to … read

Favorite movie: Top Gun

Person who would play you in a movie: Leonardo DiCaprio

Favorite TV show: The Office

Favorite musical artist: The Weekend

I can’t live without: Music

I can live without: Homework

Event you’d like to attend: West Palm Beach Air Show

Favorite book: The Percy Jackson series

Favorite home-cooked meal: Mac and cheese

Favorite restaurant: Skyline

Favorite smell: Blue raspberry speedy freeze

Favorite cereal: Cheerios

Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods

Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus

I’d love to trade places for a day with … the president

Whose mind would you like to read? Abraham Lincoln

Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii

Talent you’d like to have? Ability to spin a ball on a finger for a long time

Favorite school subject: Math

Favorite team: Green Bay Packers

Favorite Olympic sport: Men’s volleyball

Something in the world I’d like to change: The travel system, how hard it is to travel from country to country

Favorite sports moment: When we beat Alter this year

Favorite junk food: Ice cream

Best thing about volleyball: Definitely the people; anywhere you go you can connect as friends

In 10 years, I hope to be … an airline pilot

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