ap

Skip to content

Breaking News

Shane Opitz
Shane Opitz
PUBLISHED: | UPDATED:
Getting your player ready...

Height: 6-feet-2.

Weight: 185 pounds.

Age: 18. Born: Jan. 10, 1992, in Englewood.

High school sports: Football (2009 All-Colorado wide receiver by The Denver Post), basketball (guard) and baseball (shortstop, 2009 Class 5A all-state first team).

Grade-point average: 3.5.

Class: Senior.

My favorite subject: Mathematics.

My favorite athlete: My brother Jake Opitz, who is in the Cubs system.

My favorite team: Nuggets.

What I listen to: Rap.

The best things on my training table: Qdoba.

Pregame ritual: I’ve gotten dressed the same way for as long as I can remember.

Time management tip: Go to school, then practice, then come home and do homework every night. And don’t get behind. If you do, you’ll stay behind for a while.

Planned career: Undecided; signed to play baseball at Nebraska.

My family: Parents Melanie and Jeff, brothers Jake and Casey, sister Jessie.

I would love to visit: Turtle Bay Resort in Hawaii.

What I like most about high school sports: Just the atmosphere it brings: All your friends and peers in the school are there, and you see them the next day.

What I like least about high school sports: I don’t have any complaints about it, but it would be nice if it didn’t snow in the spring.

RevContent Feed

More in Sports