Grade: 11, Junior
Age: 17
Sports: Baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Vandalia resident helped Eagles reach state championship game last year; earned second-team All-Greater Catholic League honors
Bet you didn’t know … our team has carried an African stick with us to every game since last year’s season
Words you live by: Isaiah 60:22 “When the time is right, I, the Lord will make it happen.”
Toughest opponent: Badin Rams
Biggest influence: Mike Hoendorf
Match-day rituals: Pray, listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls: Ohio State pictures
When I’m bored I like to … hang out with friends
Favorite movie: The Sandlot
Person who would play you in a movie: Jackie Chan
Favorite TV show: Stranger Things
Favorite musical group: Midland
I can’t live without: Family
I can live without: Homework
Event you’d like to attend: World Series
Favorite book: Heaven is for Real
Favorite home-cooked meal: Meatloaf and mashed potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Raising Canes Chicken Fingers
Favorite smell: Raising Cane’s chicken
Favorite cereal: Fruity Pebbles
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: All of them
I’d love to trade places for a day with … my parents
Whose mind would you like to read? My teachers
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Good impersonations
Favorite school subject: Engineering
Favorite athlete: Javier Baez
Favorite team: Cincinnati Reds
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: War
Favorite sports moment: 2017 State tournament run
Favorite junk food: Gummy Bears
Best thing about baseball: My teammates
In 10 years, I hope to be … happy with no regrets
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