Athlete of the Week: Jake Gilbert, Lebanon High School

2:30 PM Monday, June 29, 2009

Sport: Football.

School: Lebanon High School.

Class: Senior.

Age: 17.

Claim to fame: “I was named first team all-GWOC South last season.”

Toughest opponent: “Fairmont, because they usually beat us.”

Talent you’d most like to have: “Invisibility.”

Biggest influence: “My dad, Mike, because he showed me how to play football.”

Person whose brain you’d like to pick: “The Pope, because he’s an interesting man.”

I can’t live without ... “My J-chain (a cross necklace).”

Person who would play you in a movie: “Brad Pitt, becausse I look just like him.”

Favorite book: “Soldier’s Heart” by Gary Paulsen.

Favorite smell: “Oranges.”

Favorite musical group: Casting Crowns.

Favorite home cooked meal: “Vegetable soup.”

Favorite TV show: “House.”

Favorite movie: 
“Finding Nemo.”

The words you live by: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

When I’m bored, I like to ... “Go swimming.”

Favorite school subject: Physiology.

Favorite junk food: Oreo cookies.

Worst habit: “I have no faults.”

On your bedroom walls: “Texas Longhorns. Hook ’em, baby.”

Nothing annoys you more than: “My dogs barking when I’m trying to sleep.”

Favorite pro athlete: “Brian Urlacher, because he’s the best linebacker in the NFL.”

Most embarrassing moment: “Tripping twice running out before the game on a Friday night. That’s why I now come out to the field last.”

Game day rituals: “I sleep before the game.”

Vegetable you just won’t eat: Beets.

Last video game that you bought: “Call of Duty: World at War.”

Best thing about football: “Hitting someone.”

Worst thing about 
football: “Losing and waking up Saturday morning to get yelled at.”

In 10 years I’ll be ... “A sports trainer.”

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