Grade: Incoming senior
Age: 17
Sports: Golf
Claim to fame/honors: Four-year varsity golfer; shot career-best nine-hole score of 38 on par 36 in recent tournament at Hueston Woods; acted in several school musicals, most recently as Triton in The Little Mermaid
Bet you didn’t know- I have an amazing singing ability and I’m a history fanatic
Words you live by: Even in your darkest hour, never despair
Toughest opponent: Troy golf team
Biggest influence: Conrad von Hötezndorf, an Austro-Hungarian general of World War I who faced a considerable amount of adversity and took the words “If you don’t succeed try, try again” to heart.
Match-day rituals: I draw a different country’s flag on each of my golf balls
What’s on your bedroom walls: Baseball cards and signed golf balls
When I’m bored I like to: Read and watch history videos
Favorite movie: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Person who would play you in a movie: Young Mark Wahlberg (Marky Mark )
Favorite TV show: SpongeBob SquarePants
Favorite musical artist: Freddie Mercury
I can’t live without: YouTube
I can live without: Bad singers
Event you’d like to attend: The Super Bowl
Favorite book: All Quiet on the Western Front
Favorite home-cooked meal: Pancakes
Favorite restaurant: J. Alexander’s
Favorite smell: Chocolate
Favorite cereal: Life
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Grandpa’s Cheese Barn
Vegetable you won’t eat: Kale
I’d love to trade places for a day with: Xi Jiping
Whose mind would you like to read? My girlfriend’s
Place where you’d love to travel? Germany
Talent you’d like to have? To ride a unicycle
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Usain Bolt
Favorite team: Pittsburgh Stealers
Favorite Olympic sport: 100-meter sprint
Something in the world I’d like to change: Kurdistan independence
Favorite sports moment: 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey win
Favorite junk food: Five Guys fries
Best thing about golf: When you hit a pure shot and just watch it fly
In 10 years, I hope to be- I want to have a happy fulfilling job and be in a happy marriage.
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