The Story of Scott

This is Scott. He is a student at Millard’s South in Omaha. Scott is an active athlete and in September he will turn 18. He has traveled to 34 out of the 50 states of the United States.

The first thing that strikes you about Scott is that he is very talkative. During my interview he went above and beyond what I was asking but it wasn’t a bad thing. It made it more interesting than what I had first an anticipated it to be. He is also very adventurous. He has traveled beyond the border of the United States. He has gone to Canada. ‘A clean New York’ is how he described Montreal; one of the many places he was in Canada.

This story is about an adrenaline junky who isn’t satisfied doing the same old thing for the rest of his days. If he does something for too long he drops it completely and tries something new. This interesting character has done almost every sport to get an adrenaline rush and if he hasn’t done it he’ll get to it eventually.

Who is Scott? He has played tennis, soccer, football, basketball, swimming, lacrosse, and baseball. In the summer of eighth grade he shattered his patella in football. He spent three days in a wheelchair and had his leg in a brace. Thankfully, it healed on its own so there were no surgeries needed, but he can never play football again. He has recently gotten into snowboarding. Even though he has played in a lot of sports he has never considered going pro and doesn’t plan on it.

“Not too long ago I was a committed soccer player. Several months later I committed to football. Some weeks after that I took an interest in tennis, days later I came to the decision that lacrosse could possibly be my next jump.”

Of course, what makes Scott interesting is that he keeps jumping from decisions to decision to decision to decision. The question is where he’ll land and if he’ll stay there, or will he jump miles from where he thought he’d go?