Austin Conway, Overland
Height: 5-foot-10. Weight: 160 pounds.
Age: 17. Born: Nov. 26, 1996, in Denver.
High school sports: Football (quarterback, 2013 All-Colorado athlete by The Denver Post) and basketball (guard, averaging 9.4 points and 4.3 rebounds for the Class 5A No. 6 Trailblazers).
Grade-point average: 4.0. Class: Junior.
My favorite subject: English.
My favorite athlete: Allen Iverson.
My favorite team: No favorite.
What I listen to: Rap, hip-hop and R&B.
The best things on my training table: Chicken and pasta.
Planned career: Journalism and law school.
My family: Parents Rhonda and Earl, brothers Justin and Korey Askew, sister Michaela Conway.
I would love to visit: Spain.
Are high school sports necessary? Yes. High school sports build character, and they teach you accountability and responsibility. They give you teammates, basically a second family you can trust, and the play transfers over to life.
