Height: 5-foot-9.
Weight: 145 pounds.
Age: 18. Born Nov. 5, 1988, in Blackwell, Okla.
High school sport: Wrestling (three-time Colorado Class 2A champion, 126-6 in his career entering the weekend).
Grade-point average: 3.95
Class: Senior.
My favorite subject: Weights, because it most benefits me for wrestling.
My favorite athlete: Rulon Gardner, because he has achieved top honors in wrestling along with facing all kinds of adversity.
My favorite team: Bucknell Bison, because that’s where I’ll be going to wrestle.
What I listen to: A lot of rock, a little country.
The best thing on my training table: AdvoCare products, a series of nutritional supplements.
Prematch ritual: I’ve got a lot of superstitions – I warm up the exact same way and do the exact same routine: I stretch in the same order; I drill with the same teammate; have my Spark energy drink; then I begin pacing anywhere from 15-20 minutes before the match.
Time management tip: I just don’t procrastinate.
Planned career: Undecided, but definitely get into some sort of wrestling coaching.
My family: Parents Dan and Tammy, sister Dani.
What I like most about high school sports: The competition.
What I like least about high school sports: My pet peeve is when athletes don’t take their sport seriously.
Preps
The Denver Post recognizes a female and male student-athlete of the week. At the end of the school year, 10 finalists will be chosen. Ultimately, The Post and The Denver Athletic Club will select one boy and one girl as student-athletes of the year, and a substantial donation will be made to a local charity in their names.
