Name: Nathan Anderson
Age: 17
Hometown: Sherwood
Grade/school: Junior, Sherwood High School
Team: Varsity soccer
Coach: Monty Hawkins
Highlights: “My biggest accomplishment was definitely being selected as First Team All-League as a sophomore last year. It made me want to work even harder to see how far I could push myself.”
How he got started: “Ever since I can remember I always had a soccer ball at my foot. I started playing at a really early age and just developed a love for the game.”
Coach’s advice: “To always stay positive in the games; if the game isn’t going our way he tells us to push through and if we keep fighting eventually good things will come.”
Favorite part of sport: “Scoring goals! It’s the best feeling in the world for me when I see the ball in the back of the net.”
Favorite meal the night before the big game: “Spaghetti with meatballs.”
Offseason: “I play basketball and run track.”
Rules to live by: “Always put forth my best effort in anything I do, and enjoy and not take life too seriously.”
Hobby: Drawing.
On his iPod: Big Sean, Nas, Eminem, Wiz Khalifa, J.Cole, Lupe Fiasco.
On his bookshelf: “The ‘Harry Potter’ series.”
The one thing someone may not know about him: “Although I may not look it, I am actually a quarter Korean — most people don’t believe me when I tell them.”
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