Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sport: Soccer
Claim to fame: Four-year scholar athlete; earned second-team All-Southwestern Buckeye League and third-team all-area last year; will finish soccer career with the Ohio Galaxies U19 top elite team; plans to attend University of Dayton and major in business with a path toward law or criminal justice
Bet you didn’t know: I call my dad “Dan”
Words you live by: Eat More Bacon! & in the end we will only regret the chances we didn’t take
Toughest opponent: Myself at times
Biggest influence: My dad
Match-day rituals: My next soccer game opponent
What is on your bedroom walls? Trophies and pictures of past soccer events
When I’m bored I like to … play video games or play soccer
Favorite movie: Star Wars
Person who would play you in a movie: Derek Hough
Favorite TV show: Game of Thrones
Favorite musical artist: Billie Joe Armstrong
I can’t live without: Soccer
I can live without: The alarm clock
Event you’d like to attend: World Cup finals
Favorite Book: The Outsiders
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken and dumplings
Favorite restaurant: Matzaluna, Sanibel Island — spaghetti with lots of grated Parmesan cheese
Favorite smell: New cleats just removed from the box
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Best Buy
Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Lionel Messi
Whose mind would you like to read? Donald Trump
Place where you’d love to travel: Area 51
Talent you’d love to have: Super smart — genius IQ
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Lionel Messi
Favorite team: Barcelona
Favorite Olympic sport: Soccer and curling
Something in the world I’d like to change: All of the violence and wars
Favorite sports moment: Beating Bellbrook my senior year at our new Lane Field
Favorite junk food: Barbecue chips
Best thing about soccer: Scoring goals and assisting with the game-winning score
In 10 years I hope to be: A business CEO or lawyer earning my first million
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