Grade: Senior
Age: 18
Sport: Baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Varsity player at first, pitcher and outfield; plan to study social work and play baseball in college
Bet you didn’t know … I have Crohn’s disease
Toughest opponent: Beavercreek
Biggest influence: My dad because he’s really the one who taught me to play and got me interested in baseball
Game-day rituals: I always put my left sock on before my right
What’s on your bedroom walls? Lot of hockey posters; I used to play hockey
When I’m bored I like to … practice baseball
Favorite movie: Field of Dreams
Favorite TV show: SpongeBob
Favorite musical artist: AC/DC
I can’t live without: Baseball
I can live without: School
Event you’d like to attend: World Series
Favorite book: The Hunger Games
Favorite home-cooked meal: Bourbon salmon with steamed vegetables
Favorite restaurant: Archer’s
Favorite smell: Vanilla
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Cabela’s
Vegetable you won’t eat: Squash
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Matt Carpenter
Whose mind would you like to read? Pete Rose
Place where you’d love to travel? The Bahamas
Talent you’d like to have? Flying
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Greg Maddux
Favorite team: St. Louis Cardinals
Favorite Olympic sport: Ice hockey
Something in the world I’d like to change: Poverty
Favorite sports moment: Getting to go to Arizona to play for the Diamondbacks scout team
Favorite junk food: Swedish fish
Best thing about baseball: The strategy
In 10 years, I hope to be … starting a family
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