Athlete of the Week: Jorden Zigo, Trotwood-Madison

Jorden Zigo

Jorden Zigo

Name: Jorden Zigo

School: Trotwood-Madison

Grade: Sophomore

Age: 15

Sports: Wrestling

Claim to fame/honors: Second-year varsity wrestler placed third in Greater Western Ohio Conference, fourth at sectionals, sixth at districts; carries 3.3 cumulative grade-point average; Trotwood’s highest sophomore district placer since 1997

Bet you didn’t know It’s my first year at Trotwood

Words you live by: Anything can be done through Christ

Toughest opponent: Greeneview

Biggest influence: My family, coaches and friends

Match-day rituals: Pray to God and create the mindset that I am the best

What’s on your bedroom walls: Pittsburgh Steelers items

When I’m bored I like to: Sleep

Favorite movie: Stand by Me

Person who would play you in a movie: The person who only appears in the climax of the movie

Favorite TV show: The Walking Dead

Favorite musical artist: Rick Ross

I can’t live without: My bed

I can live without: Homework

Event you’d like to attend: NCAA Wrestling Championship

Favorite book: To Kill a Mockingbird

Favorite home-cooked meal: Meatloaf and mashed potatoes

Favorite restaurant: Pappadeaux

Favorite smell: Food being cooked

Favorite cereal: Froot Loops

Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Ralph Lauren Corporation

Vegetable you won’t eat: Brussels sprouts

I’d love to trade places for a day with: Barack Obama

Whose mind would you like to read? My teachers

Place where you’d love to travel? Dubai

Talent you’d like to have? To be able to run fast

Favorite school subject: History

Favorite athlete: Antonio Brown

Favorite team: Pittsburgh Steelers

Favorite Olympic sport: Basketball

Something in the world I’d like to change: Racism

Favorite sports moment: The satisfaction of the work you put in paying off

Favorite junk food: Honeybuns

Best thing about wrestling: How it pushes you physically and mentally

In 10 years, I hope to be: Able to say I was an elite wrestler in college and getting a degree in business

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