Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sports: Football, swimming, baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Ronald Reagan Student Leadership Award, Dayton LaSertoma Youth Service Award; three-sport athlete; helped football team win SWBL title with unbeaten regular season, losing only to eventual state champion Coldwater in the playoffs; set school record with 101-yard interception return for touchdown; district qualifier in swimming for three years in breaststroke and relays; starting center fielder in baseball, Golden Glove Award, SWBL Honorable Mention; SWBL Scholar Athlete all four years; posted over 4.0 grade-point average; president of National Honor Society, Co-President of Key Club; team captain for Brookville’s Relay for Life team; plays keyboard for church worship team; volunteers with special needs children at school; plans to major in mechanical engineering at University of Dayton
Bet you didn’t know … I play piano, guitar and drums
Words you live by: These three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Toughest opponent: Coldwater
Biggest influence: My parents
Match-day rituals: Listen to music and be very quiet
What’s on your bedroom walls: Sports memorabilia and Bible verses
When I’m bored I like to … listen and play music or play with my dog
Favorite movie: Remember the Titans
Person who would play you in a movie: Vin Diesel
Favorite TV show: The 100
Favorite musical artist: David Gilmour
Favorite book: The Bible
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken kabobs
Favorite restaurant: Sake
Favorite smell: Fresh cut grass
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
I’d love to trade places for a day with … A.J. Green
Whose mind would you like to read? Albert Einstein’s
Place where you’d love to travel? Australia
Talent you’d like to have? Solve a Rubik’s Cube
Favorite school subject: Science
Favorite athlete: Brandon Phillips
Favorite team: Cincinnati Reds
Favorite Olympic sport: Archery
Something in the world I’d like to change: Hatred toward others
Favorite sports moment: Going undefeated in the SWBL
Favorite junk food: Kit Kat
Best thing about baseball: Running the bases
In 10 years, I hope to be … married and successfully planted in a job with minimum debt.
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