Player Profile

Name: Shawn Traywick

Age: 17

School: Victory Christian School

Years playing football: 5 years

Other sports participated in: baseball, track and basketball

What got you started: “I saw that I had an athletic gift.”

Other personal information you would like to share: “I have two little brothers, and I am their role model.”

What is your biggest accomplishment in football? “Scoring five touchdowns and rushing for 300 yards in one game.”

What one or two things do you currently do in your training that are keys to your success? “Lift weights, running and listen to criticism from my coaches to get better.”

What would be your ultimate achievement? “Winning Running Back of the Year.”

How do you set your goals? “I set them as high as I can to make myself better.”

What is the biggest challenge you have overcome, and what do you do to manage this challenge? “I have had three concussions and I try not to use my head playing in order to avoid a direct hit.”

What 1-2 things do you believe differentiates you from those you compete against? “I have the will to win and I have more heart for the game. That is what is different about me and those I compete against.”

What is your diet like? “I eat fruit, a lot of protein and drink plenty of water.”

What was the best advice you were ever given? “You can do anything you want to as long as you set your mind to it.”

Do you have a saying or motto that you life your life by? “Philippians 4:13 ‘I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me’ … and hard work beats talent.”

Where do you draw your inspiration from? “Our defensive coach.”

Besides your current head coach, who was or is your best coach and why? “Coach Holliday, because he just has a way of talking and makes us believe we can do more than we thought we could do.”

…On a lighter note-

What was your favorite toy as a child? “Superhero action fighters.”

If You won $10 million, what would you do? “I would give some to charity and pay my mom back for everything she has done for me and my family.”

If you could have three people over for dinner, who would they be? “Bear Bryant, Russell Wilson and Ray Lewis, because they are an inspiration to football and now to me.”

If you could do one thing to change something happening in the world, what would you do to change it? “Eliminate child hunger or abusive environments. I would give money to charity and work for an organization that helps those people..”

If you were down to your last $20, what would you spend it on? “Food and water.”