Grade: 2018 graduate
Age: 18
Sports: Volleyball, football
Claim to fame/honors: Team won state championship sophomore and junior years; earned honorable mention All-Ohio, team captain and outside hitter; played free safety in football; plans to attend University of Kentucky to major in business and play club volleyball
Bet you didnât know ⌠my initials special DAN
Words you live by: Failure is the first step to success
Toughest opponent: Fenwick
Biggest influence: My dad; he started his own company; it burned down and he started from nothing again; he showed me tenacity and the will to fight back from adversity
Match-day rituals: Like to get everyone smiling and happy; goof off a little bit
Whatâs on your bedroom walls: Poster of my grandpa, Joseph Callahan, who played football at University of Dayton
When Iâm bored I like to ⌠hang out with my friends and play golf
Favorite movie: Step Brothers
Person who would play you in a movie: Brad Pitt
Favorite TV show: Trailer Park Boys
Favorite musical artist: Post Malone
I canât live without: Music
I can live without: My phone
Event youâd like to attend: Running with Bulls in Spain; my dad did that
Favorite book: The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Favorite home-cooked meal: Any type of breakfast; my mom makes the best breakfast
Favorite restaurant: Jags
Favorite smell: New pair of shoes
Favorite cereal: Froot Loops
Store where youâd like a shopping spree: Urban Outfitters
Vegetable you wonât eat: Broccoli
Iâd love to trade places for a day with ⌠Donald Trump
Whose mind would you like to read? My mom
Place where youâd love to travel? Alaska
Talent youâd like to have? Speak another language
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: LeBron James
Favorite team: North Carolina basketball team
Favorite Olympic sport: Half-pipe
Something in the world Iâd like to change: Hunger
Favorite sports moment: Winning state sophomore year
Favorite junk food: Take 5 candy bar
Best thing about volleyball: How you have to rely on everyone on the court to do their job to win the rally or the point; you have to trust them
In 10 years, I hope to be ⌠a young entrepreneur
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