Athlete of the Week: Michael Dockins, Alter High School

Name: Michael Dockins

School: Alter

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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