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In the spotlight
By MIKE CAMUNAS, Times Correspondent
Published December 28, 2007
Thomas Nelson
School: River Ridge Middle School
Grade: sixth
Sport: inline roller hockey recreation and travel team
Rec team: Scorpions travel team and U-12 rec team at Sportszone2 Inline Hockey
Athletic accomplishments: Top Defenseman awards, Top Dishman Awards and Rec MVP
Academic accomplishment: honor roll
Favorite class: Geography
Hardest class: Language Arts
Favorite musician/band: the Used
Cell phone ringtone: Pop Bottles
What's on your iPOD before a game? Pop Bottles
Favorite book: Holes by Louis Sachar
Favorite movie: Rush Hour series
A moment in history you would have liked to witness: Wayne Gretzky when he played
Favorite sports team: Tampa Bay Lightning
Do you have any pets? a dog and a cat
Dream vacation destination: California
Coolest place you've been: Bahamas
Who do you most admire? Lightning defenseman Dan Boyle
Dream date: Lightning Girls
Dream job: playing in the NHL
If they made a movie about your life, who would play you and why? I would pick Adam Sandler because of his sense of humor and because he could play a great defenseman.
Compiled by Mike Camunas, Times correspondent
[Last modified December 27, 2007, 20:49:43]
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