Grade: Junior
Age: 16
Sports: Football, basketball, track, baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Carries 3.8 grade-point average; third-year varsity outside linebacker; third baseman for varsity baseball; plays small forward in basketball, and competes 100 and 200 in track
Bet you didn’t know … I’m a very respectful person
Words you live by: It is always easy to quit, but it is never easy to finish; dedication and hard work are everything
Toughest opponent: First-round of playoffs Goshen
Biggest influence: Coach (James) Lacking; he always has a positive attitude and always says this one thing: “When things aren’t going your way, how are you going to respond? Find a way to get it done.”
Game-day rituals: When I wake up, I find my jersey. I take it with me into the bathroom when I brush my teeth; I go downstairs for a protein bar; go back to my bedroom to get dressed, then sit in corner and listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls: Picture of me in my baseball jersey; basketball Coaches Award; two Dunbar basketball caps with white D on it; Varsity D for football
When I’m bored I like to … exercise; push myself to the limits when I don’t feel like doing anything
Favorite movie: Coach Carter
Person who would play you in a movie: Dwayne Johnson
Favorite TV show: New edition of Fuller House
Favorite musical artist: Kevin Gates
I can’t live without: Food
I can live without: Pop; it’s bad for the body
Event you’d like to attend: Super Bowl with Patriots vs. Cowboys
Favorite author: Dr. Seuss; it never gets old
Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Chipotle
Favorite smell: At 4 or 5 o’clock in the morning; it smells like a fresh air
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Wal-Mart;
Vegetable you won’t eat: Squash
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Marshawn Lynch
Whose mind would you like to read? My coach before a practice so I know what we have to do
Place where you’d love to travel? Africa
Talent you’d like to have? Sing
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Ray Lewis
Favorite team: New England Patriots
Favorite Olympic sport: Track
Something in the world I’d like to change: All the violence
Favorite sports moment: When we played Goshen in the playoffs; it was the fourth quarter and we were down; coach said we had to find a way to get it done, and we did
Favorite junk food: Doritos
Best thing about football: How violent it is
In 10 years, I hope to be … in the NFL
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