Grade: Recent graduate
Age: 18
Sports: Track and field, football
Claim to fame/honors: Sprinter was team MVP for Firebirds; running back named best offensive player for football; won regional and district in 100; five varsity letters; second-fastest 100 time in school history (10.84); ran school record indoor time of 7.01 in 60-meter dash; plans to walk on with football team and major in civil engineering at Bowling Green State University
Bet you didn’t know … I’m from Nairobi, Kenya
Words you live by: I’m a champion, I turn tragedy to triumph make music that’s fire spit my soul through the wire.
Toughest opponent: Tyler Johnson from Stivers; in football sophomore year it was senior teammate Chris Rhoades, a running back and linebacker
Biggest influence: My older brother, Brian; Frank Baxter, Fairmont’s head wrestling coach; Aaron Bake,; and my dad.
What’s on your bedroom walls: Pictures by my brother; one is a fighter jet and one is a car; all my hats and medals
When I’m bored I like to … go to my best friends Garrett Fogel’s house to play Star Wars Battlefront or just to hang out.
Favorite movie: In this order it’s Star Wars episode 5, Star Wars episode 6, and Star Wars episode 1.
Person who would play you in a movie: Kevin Hart
Favorite TV show: SportsCenter
Favorite musical artist: Kanye West
I can’t live without: Chicken
I can live without: Soda
Favorite book: History books in general
Favorite home-cooked meal: Potatoes and chicken and salad
Favorite restaurants: Chipotle, Rapid Fire Pizza
Favorite smell: When you smell a good burger
Favorite cereal: Frosted Flakes
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Nike, Pole Ralph Lauren
Vegetable you won’t eat: Spinach
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Kanye West
Whose mind would you like to read? Albert Einstein
Place where you’d love to travel? England, California, Texas, New York and Sweden.
Talent you’d like to have? Sing
Favorite school subject: Math
Favorite athlete: Walter Payton, then Marcus Allen, then Le’Veon Bell
Favorite team: I am currently looking for a new NFL team to root for. For basketball it’s Cavs nation over here.
Favorite Olympic sport: The sprint events
Something in the world I’d like to change: All the violence
Favorite sports moment: When I won regional
Favorite junk food: Brownies
Best thing about sports: You get to compete with all these great athletes that Ohio and the Dayton area has. Almost all of my friendships are from sports. You get to meet people who come from all different backgrounds who all want the same thing and that’s to be great. Sports is a great way to bring about the best of you, not only that but you could go from a zero to a hero.
In 10 years, I hope to be … in the NFL
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