By Hunter Moore ’15

I was a freshman entering a big high school, and I didn’t want to be like the rest of the freshmen. I wanted to stand out … but how?  I thought about this a great deal. I ran for class VP (and won), which was a start, but it wasn’t different enough and I just ended up having an extra workload on top of sports.  But it all changed when I was watching an independent film and one of the main characters was strolling around in a bright red tracksuit, and an idea kicked my head.

I saved up money, compiled $200 and purchased a bright red throwback Adidas tracksuit with matching kicks and wore it to school the next Tuesday, deeming it “Tracksuit Tuesday.”  I became known around school as the tall awkward freshman who wore a tracksuit. This got people to believe that I had a sense of humor, which led to me being awarded the Class Clown, and gaining enough popularity to be the SGA Secretary for two years.

Without that tracksuit, I wouldn’t be the man I am today. Well, maybe that’s not true, but I just love that tracksuit, and you bet your hinny I will be bringing it to college. High school has been a four-year long journey, and I’ve valued every second of it. I will miss being coming to Sherwood everyday (although I will not miss waking up at 6:15).  I will be a Warrior for as long as I live; I will have my tracksuit for as long as I live. I will always do what I can to stand out in a sea of people who do not know much about me.