Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sport: Diving
Claim to fame/honors: Won Greater Western Ohio Conference with meet record; placed second at sectional meet; placed fifth at state championships junior year; WTRC dive team; will dive for Miami University and plans to major in biology
Bet you didn’t know … I used to be a breaststroker for the WTRC Sharks
Words you live by: For I know the plans for you, says the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future (Jeremiah 29:11)
Toughest opponent: Definitely my club teammates, Austin Flaute and Caleb Keck
Biggest influence: Definitely both my parents, and my siblings and my club coach, Patti Hickey
Meet-day rituals: I always stretch; I close my eyes and picture myself doing a dive; I have a pair of lucky socks that I wear between each dive
What’s on your bedroom walls: Posters of this year’s CHS swimming and diving team; picture of me diving at 2015 state meet.
When I’m bored I like to … listen to music and read
Favorite movie: The Jason Bourne series
Person who would play you in a movie: Taylor Lautner
Favorite TV show: Grey’s Anatomy and Criminal Minds
Favorite musical artist: Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Jason Aldean, Taylor Swift
I can’t live without: My phone
I can live without: Drama
Event you’d like to attend: 2020 Olympics in Tokyo
Favorite book: Lone Survivor
Favorite home-cooked meal: My mom makes really good quesadillas
Favorite restaurant: Bravo
Favorite smell: New car
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Broccoli
I’d love to trade places for a day with … The Rock. That would be pretty interesting.
Whose mind would you like to read? I’d like to see what Taylor Swift is thinking, what song she’s going to write
Place where you’d love to travel? Bora Bora; my cousin just came back from there
Talent you’d like to have? Drawing
Favorite school subject: Exercise science
Favorite athlete: Olympic diver David Boudia
Favorite team: My family is originally from Michigan, so I say Go Blue
Favorite Olympic sport: Diving
Something in the world I’d like to change: Violence and war
Favorite sports moment: Winning the GWOC title this year and breaking the record
Favorite junk food: Pringles
Best thing about diving: The team; diving is a real family sport; everyone is so supportive and encouraging
In 10 years, I hope to be … a physical therapist or occupational therapist
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