John Cortes '19 Recruiting Profile

From the beggining of junior high I averaged a GPA of 3.5 and above, I have been in clubs varying from cooking, to playing 2 years of basketball 7-8th grade in junior high, continuing into highschool making the junior varsity team freshman year and now being a sophomore. I completed my freshman year in honors magnet classes, while managing my time being in basketball, football, and volleyball. I am a hard worker, I like to believe that In life nothing is reached without hard work. I push myself and never give up, I don't cut corners, I don't take any easy way out, I have learned that it will show in season, in the way I play. I encourage myself and others to be leaders and push my teammates, encouraging, and helping to improve at all times. I like to set a good example and motivate my teammates, my teammates are my family. I'm different from the start of junior high school. I was the only one on my 7th grade team taking magnet honors classes and starting on the basketball team my first year through 8th grade. Managing and maintaining outstanding grades and performance in sport activity. Getting accepted into the magnet program with very limited room freshman year also shows my performance and recognition in grades. I made the football team, and even though joining late into offseason, I managed to start throughout the season. Finishing season, I made the basketball team and finishing basketball season I made the volleyball team. As soon as volleyball ended, I went right back to football and training. I started on both offense and defense this year playing linebacker and tight end. I aswell got asked to play For the varsity team by the coach to assist in their playoffs. My performance awarded me first team Jv all city. Then continuing into basketball again continuing my sport routine and passion. All these sports with countless homework full nights all year round, taking an ap bio class, and continuing to maintain my academics at a high level.