Jan. 10, 2005
My teammates call me: Rio
Favorite food: Breakfast food and Grandma Pat’s cornbread
What I want to eat most when I go home: Chinese food
Favorite class at Georgia Tech: Marketing
Name a professor that has had an impact on you here at Tech: William Johnson (Spanish)
Latest music CD I bought: 50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Favorite musical artist: My cousin Chris Pride
Last movie I rented or watched in the theater: Saw
Favorite actor and actress: Denzel Washington and Halle Berry
Favorite thing to watch on TV: ESPN and Court TV
Last book you read: The Purpose Driven Life
Favorite website: www.ramblinwreck.com
Favorite pro sports team: Philadelphia 76’ers
Person I would most like to meet (dead or alive): Tupac
Person whose shoes I would like to fill for a day: My mom and dad
My favorite place I have visited out-of-town: San Antonio
Team I would like to add to the schedule: Kentucky
My favorite arena other than the Thrillerdome: Cameron Indoor
My first impression of Georgia Tech was: That it was a hard school
My biggest fear: Failure and not reaching my fullest potential
The most famous person to attend my high school: Me, of course
News topics that interest me most other than sports: The war and the law
Favorite sport to watch other than basketball: Football
Most memorable moment in basketball: The Final Four
Most memorable moment in your life (not basketball): The passing of my grandfather
Best non-athletic talent: Singing
Thing I wish I was better at: Singing
Who had the greatest influence on your athletic career? My parents
Athlete you most admire? Michael Jordan
If there was another sport at Tech you could play, what would it be? Football
What was the most interesting thing you did last summer? I worked two jobs, one at a country club and the other was Georgia Tech Housing
If you could communicate with any type of animal, which would you pick? Lion
If you had to exchange wardrobes with someone on the team, whose clothes would you want? B.J. Elder’s
If you could have season tickets for any team, sitting in any place in the stadium, which team would it be and where would you sit? Falcons tickets sitting in the suites so I could see Michael Vick
When I was a youth growing up, I pretended to be like… Michael Jordan
If you were forced to give up all of your possessions but one, what would it be? My 2000 Ford Explorer
If you were a pro wrestler what would your name be? Bodeen
Post-school ambition (other than NBA): Be in a position to take care of my parents
