Senior Day — Ryon Flatt
Recognizing our senior athletes from the almost 2020 spring season
Today’s senior is Ryon Flatt of the Warren track & field team:
Parents: Dennis and Kimberly Flatt
Spring sport: Track
Events: 400 and 800
Coach: Kevin Dustin
Other sports: Soccer
Favorite sports memories: Being part of Caleb Lindell’s single soccer season, goal-record journey; building a bond with each team; summer kick-arounds.
What is your favorite thing about being involved in sports? Each year, getting to know a new group of people in different ways.
What will you miss most about high school sports? Making new memories every time I step on War Memorial Field
What has living through this crisis as a high school senior taught you? It’s shown me everything in life is fluid and nothing is really permanent.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would it be? United Arab Emirates — Dubai — Abu Dhabi
Cats or dogs? Dogs
Favorite hobby? Skiing every Saturday with my friends at Holiday Valley through the Ski Club.
Favorite social media platform? TikTok
If you could only have one artist/group on a repeat playlist, who would it be? Drake
What is something that people would be surprised to know about you? I am a Type 1 Diabetic
What is the best piece of advice that someone has given you? My boss at Cameron Energy Company, Dan Swanson, explained to always find what makes you happy in life and don’t settle for unhappiness.
Plans after graduation: Attend Slippery University for Safety Management and then attend the University of South Florida for an MBA. I want to travel the world and settle down somewhere warm, preferably in the south, and enjoy life and be happy.
Message to underclassmen: Embrace the laid-back atmosphere of WAHS and follow your own path.