Grade: 2016 graduate
Age: 18
Sports: Lacrosse, football
Claim to fame/honors: Four-year letterman for lacrosse and three-year captain; honor roll student; defensive lineman for football team that was state runner-up and two-time league champion; plans to attend University of Dayton and will play lacrosse
Bet you didn’t know … I don’t have an ACL in my right knee
Words you live by: Life is too short
Toughest opponent: Fenwick in football and Worthington Kilbourne in lacrosse
Biggest influence: My grandfather, Col. Robert Pashjian, USMC
Match-day rituals: Eat spaghetti for breakfast
What’s on your bedroom walls: Football posters, lacrosse posters, St. Louis Cardinals baseball posters, 2016 football seniors banner
When I’m bored I like to … hang out with my friends
Favorite movie: A River Runs Through It
Person who would play you in a movie: Chris Farley
Favorite TV show: Impractical Jokers
Favorite musical artist: Kid Cudi
Favorite book: The Watsons Go To Birmingham
Favorite home-cooked meal: Spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Mamma DiSalvo’s
Favorite smell: New car smell
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Target
Vegetable you won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Ed Domsitz, Alter football coach
Whose mind would you like to read? My mom
Place where you’d love to travel? California
Talent you’d like to have? Singing
Favorite school subject: Government or theology
Favorite athlete: Jonathan Toews, Chicago Blackhawks
Favorite team: St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Olympic sport: Speed skating
Something in the world I’d like to change: Terrorism
Favorite sports moment: Watching the Cardinals beat the Texas Rangers in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series
Favorite junk food: Doritos
Best thing about football/lacrosse : The camaraderie, the brotherhood
In 10 years, I hope to be … a high school football coach
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