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Jaime Miranda

  • Award
    Central Close-Up
  • Week Of
    12/15/2016
  • Sport
    Men's Wrestling
  • Bio
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Senior
Aberdeen, Washington


Why Central?
After talking to my social worker and high school advisor, we realized Central offered the most help and had the most resources for me to finish college with a degree.

Favorite professor and why?
I do not really have a favorite, they are all awesome in their own way.

In your iPod?
Mariachi music, country, rap, R&B. Basically anything.

You’re majoring in sociology because?
I want to be a police officer, and maybe one day a social worker and I could use this degree for both.

What’s the biggest difference between Washington and Iowa?
It's so brown here and so green in WA.

What song best describes your work ethic?
Work hard play hard, I do what I have to and push myself. However, I play just as hard as I work. Hard!!!

If you were a famous WWE wrestler, what would your stage name be?
Too easy… Chocolate thunder from down under!! It was a name of a cake I saw at Applebee’s but I like it, it’s kind of sexy.

What is your hidden talent?
I can eat 6 bananas in less than minute or maybe 7 I forget.

Celebrity crush?
Ryan Reynolds, he is funny and handsome. 

If you could bring one fictional character to life, who would it be and why?
SpongeBob, because I would always be laughing and we could just make krabby patties and enjoy life forever.

Favorite TV Show?
Criminal Minds and SpongeBob.

The one thing people don’t about Coach Van Kley?
He has been sharing a towel with our assistant coach for seven years. It's kind of their thing, he says it brings them closer together.

Why do you love Central wrestling?
They are my family, I have two sets of parents who treat me as their own. The Moss’s and the Pike’s, they bring me food, cheer for me when I wrestle, both the mamas like to feed me. Sometimes mama Moss sends me my favorite hot sauce in the mail and mama and daddy Pike literally drive hours from solon to watch me wrestle even their own son is no longer a part of the team. The best part of these wonderful people win or lose they come find me after a match give me a hug and let me know they love me and proud of me. So, I may not have my own mother anymore or any blood around here, but you would be wrong to say I don’t have family here. I got multiple moms, dads and brothers.

“Ten years from now I’ll...”
Hopefully I will be starting my own program for youth at risk. Somewhere kids can hangout, eat, play games, get help on homework. Basically create a place where they want to be to keep them out of trouble and hopefully get them help with academics and etc. Still brain storming.

Favorite food from Central Market?
I love when they make those peanut butter and banana smoothies, freaking fuego!!


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1/18/2024 Cally Gibbs Women's Basketball
1/11/2024 Abby Alberti Women's Track and Field
1/4/2024 Colby Tool Men's Wrestling
12/28/2023 Samantha Scott Women's Basketball
12/21/2023 Brian Hart Men's Track and Field
12/14/2023 Kaleb Brand Men's Basketball
12/7/2023 Abbi Roerdink Women's Track and Field
11/30/2023 Duncan Delzell Men's Wrestling
11/23/2023 Austin Smith Men's Cross Country
11/16/2023 John Oltman Men's Golf
11/9/2023 Evan Hackett Men's Soccer
11/2/2023 MiMi Pavelka Women's Soccer
10/26/2023 Reece Miller Football
10/19/2023 Mitchel Benhart Men's Soccer
10/12/2023 Gracie Daniels Volleyball
10/5/2023 AJ Wilkins Men's Tennis
9/28/2023 Jenna Hernandez Women's Tennis
9/21/2023 Luci Laidlaw Women's Triathlon
9/14/2023 Elyse Johnson Volleyball
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