Grade: Just graduated
Age: 18
Sport: Volleyball
Claim to fame/honors: Middle hitter on three straight state championship teams; earned honorable mention all-state as a junior and second-team this year; plans to major in mechanical engineering at Wright State
Bet you didn’t know … soccer is actually my favorite sport
Words you live by: Put forth your best effort now so later on you won’t regret anything
Toughest opponent: Moeller
Biggest influences: My father, Matt, and volleyball coach Craig Erford
Match-day rituals: Listen to music to get me ready
What’s on your bedroom walls: Indianapolis Colts flag, Cristiano Reynaldo and Chance the Rapper posters
When I’m bored I like to … look up random sports facts
Favorite movie: Caddyshack or Shawshank Redemption
Person who would play you in a movie: Matt Damon
Favorite TV show: Seinfeld
Favorite musical artist: Maroon Five
Favorite book: A Prayer for Owen Meany
Favorite home-cooked meal: Pork tenderloin, asparagus and mashed potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Red Lobster
Favorite smell: The ocean
Favorite cereal: Reece’s Puffs
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Nike or Polo Ralph Lauren
Vegetable you won’t eat: Canned spinach
I’d love to trade places for a day with … LeBron James
Whose mind would you like to read? Andrew Luck
Place where you’d love to travel? Spain, especially Madrid
Talent you’d like to have? Ability to sing well
Favorite school subject: Chemistry or history
Favorite athlete: Peyton Manning
Favorite team: Colts
Favorite Olympic sport: Curling
Something in the world I’d like to change: World hunger or how our generation is so caught up in technology instead of experiencing things fully
Favorite sports moment: Beating Elder on their senior night last year; we’d won state titles but had never won against the big three in Cincinnati — Elder, Moeller or St. X; we lost the first two games, but came back to win the last three
Favorite junk food: Swedish fish
Best thing about volleyball: If your teammate does something really cool or impressive, to congratulate them for it and get them fired up
In 10 years, I hope to be … a mechanical engineer looking to start my own business; hopefully to have married or found my future wife
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