Grade: Recent graduate
Age: 18
Sports: Baseball, hockey
Claim to fame/honors: Played center on two-time state champs with Dayton Stealth hockey team; regional baseball semifinals as a junior; .333 batting average this year; played third base and right field; plan to attend Ohio State and major in chemical engineering.
Bet you didn’t know … I was valedictorian
Words I live by: You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take
Toughest opponent: Vandalia-Butler
Biggest influence: Chuck Harlow, Northmont baseball coach
Game-day rituals: Listen to music
What’s on your bedroom walls? Picture of Sidney Crosby
When I’m bored I like to … play video games
Favorite movie: Miracle
Person who would play you in a movie: Tom Cruise
Favorite TV show: Family Guy
Favorite musical artist: Kenny Chesney
I can’t live without: Popcorn
I can live without: Vegetables
Event you’d like to attend: Stanley Cup finals
Favorite book: The Percy Jackson series
Favorite home-cooked meal: Steak and cheesy potatoes
Favorite restaurant: Sake
Favorite smell: Apple pie
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s Sporting Goods
Vegetable you won’t eat: Cucumber
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Wayne Gretzky
Whose mind would you like to read? My dad
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Dance
Favorite school subject: Biology
Favorite athlete: Sidney Crosby
Favorite team: Pittsburgh Penguins in hockey and Cleveland Indians in baseball
Favorite Olympic sport: Sand volleyball
Something in the world I’d like to change: All of the bombings
Favorite sports moment: Winning state in hockey as a junior
Favorite junk food: Reese’s Cups
Best thing about hockey and baseball: Winning and losing and battling with your best friends
In 10 years, I hope to be … living more south with a nice house and a wife and kids
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