Name: Wade Turner
School: Brookville
Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sports: Basketball
Claim to fame/honors: SWBL Southwestern Division first team honors; shooting guard averaged16 points last year and 21 this season
Bet you didn’t know … I have a brother, Westen, on my team who’s a starting center
Words you live by: Culture matters
Toughest opponent: Franklin
Biggest influence: Coach Davidson; He’s always there for me, not just about basketball; He’s an inspiration.
Game-day rituals: I usually come home and watch The Pistol; I’m fascinated about how his dad Press Maravich prepared him to play; I usually go to Subway, go to school and listen to music and watch the JV play; pray to Coach Mike Haley, who passed away in 2017
What’s on your bedroom walls: Elvis Presley pictures; LeBron James picture; some motivational quotes
When I’m bored I like to … read
Favorite movie: The Pistol: The Birth of a Legend
Person who would play you in a movie: Johnny Depp
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter
Favorite musical artist: My first song is always Lil Baby
I can’t live without: Basketball; I’ll always have it in my life
I can live without: Materialistic things
Event you’d like to attend: Final Four for college
Favorite book: Heir to a Dream
Favorite home-cooked meal: Hamburger and French fries
Favorite restaurant: Outback Steakhouse
Favorite smell: A brand new basketball
Favorite cereal: Cap’n Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Foot Locker
Vegetable you won’t eat: Broccoli
I’d love to trade places for a day with … LeBron James; I’d love to feel the pressure that he goes through every day
Whose mind would you like to read? Coach Davidson; he has a serious poker face
Place where you’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Play the guitar
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Pete Maravich
Favorite team: Favorite college team is Kentucky, and favorite pro team is LA Lakers
Favorite Olympic sport: Basketball
Something in the world I’d like to change: Rude people
Favorite sports moment: Cleveland finally winning the NBA championship for the first time
Favorite junk food: Flamin’ Hot Cheetos
Best thing about: How it brings everyone together
In 10 years, I hope to be … a good coach and a good father
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