Athlete of the Week: Aaron Hughes, Tippecanoe High School

Grade: Finished junior year

Age: 17

Sports: Baseball, football, basketball

Claim to fame/honors: All-conference football as a defensive back; pitcher selected All-Ohio second team in baseball as a junior and first team all-area and all-conference the past two seasons; posted 20 wins on the mound the past three seasons; sophomore year shut out Ben Logan, the state’s top-ranked team in sectional final; threw six shutouts this year; shooting guard in basketball; 4.0 grade-point average.

Bet you didn’t know: I can play the piano and guitar

Words you live by: Respect all, but fear none

Toughest opponent: Springfield Shawnee in all three sports

Biggest influence: My father, Brent

Game-day rituals: If an away game, I’ll sleep on the bus

What’s on your bedroom walls: A deer head

When I’m bored I like to: Go Frisbee golfing

Favorite movie: The Shawshank Redemption

Person who would play you in a movie: Jim Carey

Favorite TV show: Whose Line is it Anyway?

Favorite musical artist: John Mayer

Favorite book: Divergent

Favorite home-cooked meal: Hamburgers on the grill

Favorite restaurant: Skyline

Favorite smell: Homemade cookies

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: Phil Mickelson

Whose mind would you like to read? Bill Gates

Place where you’d love to travel? The Bahamas

Talent you’d like to have? Singing

Favorite school subject: Math

Favorite athlete: Stephen Curry

Favorite team: Ohio State football

Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming

Something in the world I’d like to change: Homework should be illegal

Favorite sports moment: Beating the top-ranked team in the state last year

Favorite junk food: Lay’s salt and vinegar chips

Best thing about baseball: Eating seeds and wearing eye black

In 10 years, I hope to be: A doctor

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