Athlete of the Week: Brendan Talarczyk, Oakwood High School

Brendan Talarczyk

Brendan Talarczyk

Name: Brendan Talarczyk

School: Oakwood

Grade: Senior

Age: 18

Sports: Basketball, football

Claim to fame/honors: Basketball co-captain; will play football and major in business at Brown University; cornerback received first-team all-district honors in football; earned Academic All-Ohio honors for football; member of National Honor Society

Bet you didn’t know … I have lived in Texas and Oregon

Words you live by: Sleep when you’re dead

Toughest opponent: Franklin in football or basketball

Biggest influence: My dad because he’s always there at all of my athletic events

Game-day rituals: Get lunch with teammates on game days

What’s on your bedroom walls? Football jersey mounted, some action photos from youth up to senior year compiled

When I’m bored I like to … socialize with friends; I don’t like sitting around very much

Favorite movie: White Chicks

Person who would play you in a movie: Jake Gyllenhaal

Favorite TV show: How I Met Your Mother

Favorite musical artist: Post Malone

I can’t live without: Food

I can live without: Electronics

Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl

Favorite book: The Stranger

Favorite home-cooked meal: Steak and mashed potatoes

Favorite restaurant: Chipotle

Favorite smell: Fall atmosphere

Favorite cereal: Cap’n Crunch

Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Brooks Brothers

Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus

I’d love to trade places for a day with … Elon Musk

Whose mind would you like to read? Albert Einstein

Place where you’d love to travel? Italy

Talent you’d like to have? Be ambidextrous

Favorite school subject: Math

Favorite athlete: LaDainian Tomlinson

Favorite team: The Cavs

Favorite Olympic sport: Half-pipe

Something in the world I’d like to change: Racial tension

Favorite sports moment: Beating Mariemont in week one this year

Favorite junk food: Root beer float

Best thing about football and basketball: Relationships you make through the sport itself

In 10 years, I hope to be … happy and have a family

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