NEIGHBORS SPORTS
NIC BRUDER, CENTERVILLE
Name: Nic Bruder School: Centerville Grade: Senior
Age :18
Sports: Football, baseball Claim to fame/honors: Wide receiver, defensive back and kick returner rarely left the field for the Elks; earned first-team All-Greater Western Ohio Conference honors in football and baseball; infielder was one of the GWOC’s top hitters with a .430 average
Words I live by: If you want to buy something without looking at the price tag, you have to be willing to work without looking at the clock.
Toughest opponent: Springfield
Biggest influence: My Dad
Game-day rituals: Wear game-day socks throughout the whole day
What’s on my bedroom walls: Michigan and Detroit Tigers players who have made great accomplishments
When I’m bored I like to … hang out with my friends
Favorite movie: “Pitch Perfect 2”
Person who would play me in a movie: My little cousin, Aven
Favorite TV show: “Stranger Things”
Favorite musical artist: Polo G
I can’t live without: My family
I can live without: Computers
Event I’d like to attend: Michigan vs. OSU football game
Favorite book: “To Kill a Mockingbird”
Favorite home-cooked meal: My dad’s steak
Favorite restaurant: Smash burger
Favorite smell: My Dad’s cooking Favorite cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Store where I’d like a shopping spree: Dick’s
Vegetable I won’t eat: Onion
I’d love to trade places for a day with … Mike Trout
Whose mind would I like to read? Mom
Place where I’d love to travel? Hawaii
Talent you’d like to have? Solving a Rubik’s Cube
Favorite school subject: Science
Favorite athlete: Terry McLaurin
Favorite team: For college, Michigan; for pro, Bengals
Favorite Olympic sport: Bobsledding
Something in the world I’d like to change: Four-day work weeks
Favorite sports moment: My senior night catch to beat our rivals with less than a second on the clock
Favorite junk food: Mini Starburst
Best thing about football: The bonds you create through pain and suffering
In 10 years, I hope to be …getting out of med school to become a doctor or playing in the MLB