Grade: Incoming junior
Age: 16
Sports: Baseball
Claim to fame/honors: Kettering resident posted 6-1 record with 1.47 ERA and 34 strikeouts; compiled .295 batting average; earned honorable mention all-area as a pitcher, first-team Greater Catholic League, second-team all-state (PBR); helped team win 2018 Division 2 state championship; played summer ball for Miami Valley Prospects
Bet you didn’t know: I am a transfer from Arizona
Words you live by: “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up” - Babe Ruth
Toughest opponent: Wapakoneta
Biggest influence: My dad
Match-day rituals: Drawing DoodleBob in the dirt in front of the dugout before every home baseball game
What’s on your bedroom walls: Posters of every baseball playoff game from this year
When I’m bored I like to: Go swimming
Favorite movie: The Sandlot
Person who would play you in a movie: Chris Pratt
Favorite TV show: Parks and Rec
Favorite musical artist: Drake
I can’t live without: Pizza
I can live without: School
Event you’d like to attend: World Series game
Favorite book: Green Eggs and Ham
Favorite home-cooked meal: My grandma’s spaghetti
Favorite restaurant: Raising Canes Chicken Fingers
Favorite smell: Warm brownies right out of the oven
Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where you’d like a shopping spree: Pacsun
Vegetable you won’t eat: Mushrooms
I’d love to trade places for a day with: LeBron James
Whose mind would you like to read?: My mom
Place where you’d love to travel: Hawaii
Favorite school subject: History
Favorite athlete: Mike Trout
Favorite team: New York Yankees
Favorite Olympic sport: Swimming
Something in the world I’d like to change: Hunger and starvation
Favorite sports moment: Hitting a go-ahead two-run single in the state championship against Wapakoneta
Favorite junk food: Donuts
Best thing about baseball: Being able to have fun and play with your close friends and
In 10 years, I hope to be: Playing professional baseball
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