PREPS OF THE WEEK: Jan. 21 edition
Published 5:27 pm Friday, January 21, 2011
JARON HECK, Kentlake
Grade: Junior.
Sport: Basketball.
Accomplishment: Heck has been one of the SPSL North’s steadiest players. He entered the week having scored 10 or more points in Kentlake’s first 13 games, and with a 20.2 points-per-game average.
Favorite class: U.S. History.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (Teammate) Blake Griffin and I would serve barbecue chicken pizza. Greatest athletic moment: The first time dunking against Federal Way sophomore year.
Favorite movie: Ninja Assassin.
Most recent book read/author: “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. Currently playing on your iPod: Wiz Khalifa and Wale.
In 10 years I will be …: (Part of a) SWAT team.
JESSE DEHNERT, Kentwood
Grade: Junior.
Sport: Diving.
Accomplishment: On his 17th birthday two weeks ago, Dehnert, a diver, not only qualified for state, but also broke a 20-year-old school record. The Kentwood junior accumulated 333.50 points during the 11-dive Lakes Invitational, breaking the record of 328 established by Aaron Weston during the 1990-91 season.
Favorite class: AP Calculus.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: (Olympic diver) Greg Louganis. I am not sure what I would serve, but I would want to ask him what diving has meant to him through his life and if he would change anything if he could.
Most recent book read/author: “Freakonomics” by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.
Greatest athletic moment: When I got out of the water after my last dive, looked at the scoreboard and realized that I had broken the school record.
Currently playing on your iPod: Primarily the radio, 106.1.
In 10 years I will be … : Although I have yet to decide my profession, in 10 years I would like to have a steady income and to have started or be starting a family.
Also: Outside of the pool, Dehnert has many interests, including music. An accomplished violinist, Dehnert was a second-place finisher at the 2010 Beatrice Herrmann Young Artist Recital Competition, is part of National Honor Society, ASB and Conk Crew.
CHASE BUBLITZ, Kentridge
Grade: Freshman.
Sport: Swimming.
Accomplishment: Bublitz won the 50 free, the 100 free and was part of Kentridge’s winning relay teams in a victory over Mount Rainier Tuesday. The win helped the Chargers extend their unbeaten streak to 46 straight SPSL North dual meets.
Favorite class: Spanish.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: Ryan Lochte, my favorite swimmer. I would have spaghetti with my mom’s homemade meat sauce, spinach and some sort of fruit pie.
Greatest athletic moment: Breaking 50 in the 100 free for the first time.
Favorite movie: Young Frankenstein.
Most recent book read/author: “God’s Army” by Ward Harris.
Currently playing on your iPod: Shuffling through hip-hop.
In 10 years I will be … : Training for the Olympics.
Also: Bublitz is also a member of the Chinook Aquatic Club and plays the trumpet.
MEGAN WYNNE, Kentwood
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Basketball.
Accomplishment: Wynne scored a career-high 14 points, leading the Conquerors past third-ranked Auburn Riverside Jan. 11 in a South Puget Sound League North Division showdown between top teams.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: My whole team because they’re the best. (I’d take them to) Red Robin.
Greatest athletic moment: My career-high of 14 points against AR.
Most recent book read/author: “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold.
Currently playing on your iPod: Drake and Lil’ Wayne.
MATT BAILEY, Kent-Meridian
Grade: Senior.
Sport: Swimming.
Accomplishment: Bailey qualified for state in a pair of events, cruising to a time of 51.07 in the 100 free and delivering a 2:06.32 in the 200 IM.
Favorite class: Cooking.
If you could invite anyone in the world to dinner, whom would you invite, and what would you serve: I would invite Maurice Greene and I would serve smoked salmon and noodles.
Greatest athletic moment: Making state in a sport (cross country) that wasn’t swimming.
Favorite movie: Friday Night Lights.
Most recent book read/author: “Scoreboard, Baby: A Story of College Football, Crime, and Complicity” by Kent Armstrong.
In 10 years, I will be …: Owner of my own business.
Currently playing on your iPod: “Criminal” by Eminem.
