Grade: Junior
Age: 17
Sports: Wrestling
Claim to fame/honors: Won GWOC championship this year; placed sixth at state at 152 pounds; member of the Business Academy at Centerville High School
Bet you didn’t know … I’ve been wrestling since kindergarten
Words you live by: Opportunities don’t happen, you create them
Toughest opponent: Jake Marsh, Marysville
Biggest influence: My dad and Craig Kuhr, both have had a big impact on my life as a wrestler and as a person
Match-day rituals: After I weigh in, I always have mini chocolate donuts from a gas station
What’s on your bedroom walls: Soccer jerseys, wrestling medals
When I’m bored I like to … play FIFA
Favorite movie: Hacksaw Ridge
Person who would play you in a movie: Seth Rogan
Favorite TV show: Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Favorite musical artist: Drake
I can’t live without: My family
I can live without: Cutting weight
Event you’d like to attend: World Cup soccer
Favorite book: Where the Red Fern Grows
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken on the bone
Favorite restaurant: Skyline
Favorite smell: Early morning pancakes and bacon
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Pacsun
Vegetable you won’t eat: Carrots
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Bill Gates
Whose mind would you like to read? Jordan Belfort
Place where you’d love to travel? Italy
Talent you’d like to have? Fly
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Cristiano Ronaldo
Favorite team: Manchester United
Favorite Olympic sport: Wrestling
Something in the world I’d like to change: Rude people
Favorite sports moment: Winning the GWOC tournament in the last second
Favorite junk food: Ice cream
Best thing about wrestling: No one else to blame but yourself and you can’t run it away and blame it on someone else
In 10 years, I hope to be … successful person and a family man
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