Grade: 12
Age: 17
Sports: Basketball, soccer, track
Claim to fame/honors: Named second-team All-Greater Catholic League in basketball last year; ran on 4x200 relay team that qualified for state meet; carries 3.3 grade-point average
Bet you didn’t know … I was named after the Dallas Cowboys
Words you live by: Plan the work and work the plan
Toughest opponent: Alter Knights
Biggest influence: My mother because she stands with me in all I do. My stepfather who encourages me to do my best and be the best. My brother and sister who stand with me through the ups and downs.
Match-day rituals: Putting on my Beats headphones and listening to Beyonce’s Lemonade album
What’s on your bedroom walls? My name plaque, 8th-grade graduation picture, and a poster of Lebron James
When I’m bored I like to … Read and listen to music
Favorite movie: The Matrix
Person who would play you in a movie: Keke Palmer
Favorite TV show: The Fosters
Favorite musical artist: Beyonce
I can’t live without: My family
I can live without: Homework
Event you’d like to attend: Olympics
Favorite book: The Giver by Lois Lowry
Favorite home-cooked meal: Mac ‘n cheese and steak
Favorite restaurant: Olive Garden
Favorite smell: Dolce & Gabbana “Desire” perfume
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Macy’s
Vegetable you won’t eat: Asparagus
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Jada Pinkett Smith
Whose mind would you like to read? My brother
Place where you’d love to travel? London
Talent you’d like to have? Drawing
Favorite school subject: English
Favorite athletes: LeBron James and Allyson Felix
Favorite team: Cleveland Cavaliers
Favorite Olympic sport: Track and field
Something in the world I’d like to change: Poverty
Favorite sports moment: Getting 18 points against Carroll
Favorite junk food: Sour Patch Kids
Best thing about basketball: Improving, scoring, shutting people down on defense, and winning
In 10 years, I hope to be … a film writer making my major debut in Hollywood on the big screen
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