Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sports: Baseball, basketball, golf
Claim to fame/honors: Team captain pitches and plays shortstop and center field; earned second-team SWBL honors; collected .450 on-base percentage and .320 batting average; member of National Honor Society; carries 3.9 grade-point average
Bet you didn’t know … I like to wakeboard and wake surf
Words you live by: Never be a prisoner of the past; it was just a lesson, not a life sentence
Toughest opponent: Brookville in basketball
Biggest influence: My dad; he gives me good life lessons
Game-day rituals: Listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls: Posters of my favorite athletes, LeBron James, Ken Griffey Jr., Kyrie Irving
When I’m bored I like to … play basketball and work out
Favorite movie: Ride Along 2
Person who would play you in a movie: Adam Sandler
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter
Favorite musical artist: Need to Breathe
I can’t live without: The grace of God
I can live without: Snakes
Event you’d like to attend: A Cavs game
Favorite book: The Bible
Favorite home-cooked meal: Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Buffalo Wild Wings
Favorite smell: Black Ice car scent
Favorite cereal: Reece’s Puffs
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Cabela’s
Vegetable you won’t eat: Avocado
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Donald Trump
Whose mind would you like to read? LeBron James
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Skateboarding
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: LeBron James
Favorite team: Ohio State
Favorite Olympic sport: Track and field
Something in the world I’d like to change: Racism
Favorite sports moment: First time hitting a home run
Favorite junk food: Chocolate ice cream
Best thing about baseball: You can’t predict what’s going to happen next
In 10 years, I hope to be … an engineer
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