Age: 16

Grade: Junior

Event: Social Studies

How long you’ve been competing: Three years, since my Freshman year

What’s the most challenging/nerve-wracking thing about your event: Just all the material, it sometimes covers up to forty years of history and there are very detailed things that some history teachers have never seen before, and I’ve always been the guy that everyone beats early in the practice meets (3rd at everyone) and I have to take the verbal abuse but when it counts I win.

First thing you’ll do when you win: I’m not there yet, I’ve got to win first.

Past honors in the event: 2005 2nd place team district, 2006 2nd place Individual District, 1st place Team District, 2006 5th place Individual Regional, 2006 1st place Team Regional, 2006 3rd place Team State, 2007 2nd place Individual District, 2007 1st place Regional

Extracurricular activities/other UIL events: Football, Powerlifting, Woodworking, Reading

College plans: Major in History, minor in Accounting

Birthplace: Abilene, Texas