Athlete of the Week Southeastern High School

Wade Eriksen is the Athlete of the Week from Southeastern High School. CONTRIBUTED

Wade Eriksen is the Athlete of the Week from Southeastern High School. CONTRIBUTED

Name: Wade Eriksen

School: Southeastern High School

Grade: 12th

Age: 18

Sports: Football, Basketball

Claim to fame/honors: 3-time Team captain, 2-time 2nd team all OHC

Words you live by: When you can do something others can’t, and bad things happen, they happen because of you.

Toughest opponent: Clayton Minter

Biggest influence: Barstool Big Kat

Game-day rituals: tie my shoes multiple times before going out to play

What’s on your bedroom walls: Legos and sports posters

When I’m bored I like to… build Legos

Favorite movie: Top Gun

Person who would play you in a movie: Chris Pratt

Favorite TV show: New Girl

Favorite musical artist: Kayne West

Favorite book: One Fish Two Fish, Red Fish Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss

Favorite home-cooked meal: Norwegian Meatballs

Favorite restaurant: Chipotle

Whose mind would you like to read: my dog Trippy

Place where you’d love to travel: Avengers Campus at Disneyland in California

Talent you’d like to have: to sing or dance

Favorite school subject: Physics

Favorite athlete: Peyton Manning

Favorite team: Indianapolis Colts

Something in the world I’d like to change: There should be a regular person in the last lane during Olympic races, that way we can truly capture how elite the athletes are.

Favorite sports moment: LeBron James’ chase down block in game 7 of the 2016 NBA finals.

Favorite junk food: Brownies

Best thing about your favorite sport: nothing will ever match the brotherhood I have built with my teammates.

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