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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