SIDELINES

Spotlight: Devin Burns

Springfield senior plays soccer and baseball

10/9/2013
Devin Burns
Devin Burns

School: Springfield

Year: Senior

Sports: Soccer, baseball

Notes: Soccer — offensive midfielder/​outside defender has scored one goal and has five assists; has helped the Blue Devils set school record for wins in a season (12-2-1, 4-1-1 NLL), breaking record of 11 set last year; baseball — center fielder; All-NLL second team and all-district first team; hit .390 last season with 30 RBIs, 29 runs scored, and 13 stolen bases for 19-9 team; hopes to play college baseball and plans to study sports medicine or business management

FAVORITES & MORE

School subject: Math

Car: Cadillac

Facebook or Twitter? Twitter

Store: Dick’s Sporting Goods

Musical artist: Wiz Khalifa

Song: “One of Those Nights” by Juicy J and The Weeknd

TV show: SportsCenter

Movie: White House Down

Actor: Will Ferrell

Actress: Sandra Bullock

Magazine: Sports Illustrated

Radio station: 107.3 FM

Food: Chicken chunks

Beverage: Gatorade

Fast food: Taco Bell

Can’t resist snack: Snickers

Place to visit: South Carolina

Athlete: Curtis Granderson

Baseball team: Tigers

NFL team: Lions

NBA team: Thunder

Person I most admire: My grandpa, Ray

Person I’d like to meet: Curtis Granderson

It really bothers me when: People chew really loud on their food

In 10 years I hope to be: Graduated from college and working at a good job

My No. 1 goal this year: To win NLL baseball championship

Top sports moment: Freshman year when we upset Clay in the sectional final in baseball

Ohio State or Michigan? Neither