Sidelines: Spotlight athlete - Corey Witker

4/10/2008
Corey Witker
Corey Witker

• School: Woodmore

• Class: Senior

• Sports: Baseball,basketball

• Notes: Baseball fourth-year starter at shortstop; All-SLL first team in 2006 and second team in 2005 and 2007; batted .424 last season; opened this season by pitching a one-hitter in 6-1 win over Mohawk; Basketball three-year varsity player, averaged 15 points per game as senior

FAVORITES

• School subject: Math

• Car: Grand Prix

• MySpace or Facebook: MySpace

• Store: American Eagle

• Musical artist: Def Leppard

• Song: Smile in Your Sleep, by Silverstein

• TV show: Fresh Princeof Bel-Air

• Movie: Grandma s Boy

• Actor: Adam Sandler

• Actress: Jessica Alba

• Magazine: People

• Radio station: 92.5 FM

• Food: Fried chicken

• Beverage: Mountain Dew

• Fast food: Arby s

• Place to visit: St. Louis

• Sport: Baseball

• Athlete: Kobe Bryant

• Baseball team: Tigers

• NBA team: Lakers

• NFL team: Rams

• Pet peeve: Somebody horsing around in a close game

• Person most admired:My dad, Blake Witker

• Person you d like to meet: Jim Carrey

• Pregame routine: I listen to loud music

• Top sports moment: Last summer I hit two grand slams and two doubles and had nine RBIs in an American Legion game for Fremont Post 121

• Ohio State or Michigan? Ohio State