Hello my name is Gavin Degroat, I am a sophomore at Valley View Highschool. I live in a small town in Ohio called Germantown. I live on a farm and my goal everyday of my life was to work harder than anyone else and take advantage of every opportunity I could get. Since the fourth grade I would get up before school and feed the animals and sometimes run or do push ups. From a young age I have been a three sport athlete, and in every sport I have been noticed for my work ethic and hustle. Along with being a three sport athlete, and having to help on the farm, school was and is always my number one priority. I strive to be the best student I can be. I have always had straight A's my entire life. As I got older just helping around the farm changed to a full time job. Doing all of this, I have to always have good time management. Since I was little I have always helped take care of my uncle's farm that he can’t take care of himself. I always mow it in the summer and feed his animals year round. As I got older I realized that I wasn’t going to have a future in basketball, so I dropped in the eighth grade and began to lift and work out 5 days a week and work on baseball in the winter. I dedicated any freetime I had to lifting, or working on baseball, I wanted to focus hard on baseball, and football. In seventh and eighth grade I used my study hall to tutor my classmates when they needed help. When my freshman year came around my number one goal aside from getting straight As was lettering in football and baseball. I achieved this goal in football, but my baseball season was cancelled because of COVID- 19. But, I didn’t let the quarantine slow me down. I continued to work out at my house and run. I also worked on speed and agility during quareteen. As soon as they gave us the green light I was right back into practicing with the football team and playing baseball. My goal going into sophomore was to start in football and baseball aside from my grades. So far I have completed the football goal and the season is going pretty good. Looking forward, hopefully I will get to play baseball and achieve my goal. I continue to try to work harder than everyone by still practicing and playing baseball on the weekends while I am starting middle linebacker for my football team. My sophomore year is off to a great start for me and I’m excited to see what the future holds.
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