Name: Charlie Almoney
School: Oakwood
Grade: Senior
Age: 17
Sports: Soccer
Claim to fame/honors: Team captain and four-year varsity defender for Oakwood High School; played for Ohio Galaxies Club Soccer for three years; four-year Honor Roll; member of National Honors Society; National Merit Commended Scholar
Bet you didn’t know … I founded Pass It Back Soccer, which is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that collects new and gently used soccer equipment and donates it to youth in the Dayton area. To date, we have given away over 300 pairs of cleats, shin guards, and socks to kids in the Miami Valley.
Words you live by: “The best leader is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what needs done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” –Theodore Roosevelt
Toughest opponent: Alter
Biggest influence: My dad, who also played soccer for Oakwood High School
Match-day rituals: Listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls: Mini basketball hoop
When I’m bored I like to… Watch Sports on TV
Favorite movie: The Other Guys
Person who would play you in a movie: Ed Helms
Favorite TV show: The Office
Favorite musical artist: Zac Brown Band
I can’t live without: Fly fishing
I can live without: College applications
Event you’d like to attend: World Cup final
Favorite book: Unbroken
Favorite home-cooked meal: Steak and potatoes
Favorite restaurant: The Oakwood Club
Favorite smell: New car
Favorite cereal: Lucky Charms
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Great Miami Outfitters
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cauliflower
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Jeff Bezos
Whose mind would you like to read? My mom’s
Place where you’d love to travel? Australia
Talent you’d like to have? Whistling
Favorite school subject: Biology
Favorite athlete: Cesar Azpilicueta, Chelsea FC Defender
Favorite team: Chelsea FC
Favorite Olympic sport: Curling
Something in the world I’d like to change: I would like to see a better understanding between different cultures as well as working together between the different nations of the world
Favorite sports moment: Ohio State’s 2014 National Championship
Favorite junk food: Graeters Black Raspberry Chip ice cream
Best thing about soccer: The constant play and how the clock never stops, anything can happen at any moment
In 10 years, I hope to be … A biomedical engineer with a focus in cancer research
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