Name: Joel David Pensworth
School: Greenon High School
Grade: 12
Age: 18
Extra-curricular: National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Varsity G (Treasurer), Student Council (Treasurer), Cross Country (Co-Captain) and Track
Claim to fame/honors: A-honor roll award (all of high school), Perfect Attendance award, Three Royal Knight awards (Cross Country-2, Track-1) and National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence
Words you live by: “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” - Steve Prefontaine
Toughest challenge: Waking up for school
Biggest influence: Mom and Dad
School-day rituals: After school: search the pantry for snacks, go for a long run outdoors, eat dinner, play the piano, play with my dog, Bono and do my homework
What’s on your bedroom walls: Cross Country senior banner, picture of the Cross Country team, Linderhof Palace poster, album covers for Boston, Dave Matthews and Peter Frampton and The Beatles poster
When I’m bored I like to: Play pool or the piano
Favorite movie: Interstellar
Person who would play you in a movie: Daniel Radcliffe, because we looked identical growing up
Favorite TV show: The Flash
Favorite musical artist: Coldplay
Favorite book: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Favorite home-cooked meal: Chicken Parmesan
Favorite restaurant: Piada
Whose mind would you like to read: My dog’s
Place where you’d love to travel: France
Talent you’d like to have: Ambidexterity
Favorite school subject: Physics
Favorite athlete: Steve Prefontaine
Favorite team: USA soccer team
Something in the world I’d like to change: People’s indifferent and apathetic attitudes toward other people
Favorite high school moment: The whole Cross Country team wore suits to school, except we wore our uniform short shorts and crazy, knee-high socks
Favorite junk food: M&M’s
Best thing about high school: All the friends I have made and my experiences with them
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