PLAYER: Trusten DeSoto
SCHOOL: West Fork
CLASS: Senior
HEIGHT: 6-6
POSITION: Forward
NOTABLE: DeSoto leads the Tigers in rebounding at 7 per game, and also averages 9 points per game. ... Also a member of the West Fork track team, where he runs the 1,600 and 3,200. He said his fastest time in the mile has been 5 minutes, 17 seconds. ... Has already landed a job at the Harps Food Store that is under construction in West Fork. ... Plans to attend Arkansas-Fort Smith and eventually become a physical therapist.
WHAT’S ON MY IPOD: Rap and country. My favorite rapper is Lecrae.
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Duck Dynasty (Si Robertson is favorite character)
FAVORITE ATHLETE: Chipper Jones
PERSON I ADMIRE MOST: My grandpa, Virgil Blackmon
FAVORITE SCHOOL SUBJECT: History
MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW: That I am afraid of heights. (Trusten is a deer hunter, but he does not climb into a deer stand. He prefers to hunt from the ground.)
I WISH I COULD: I wish I could jump
GADGET I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: iPhone
FRUITY PEBBLES OR FROSTED FLAKES: Fruity Pebbles
FAVORITE JUNK FOOD: Whales (sorta like Goldfish). They are the best
I’D LIKE TO VISIT: Olympic Park in Atlanta, Ga.
I’D LIKE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH: Chipper Jones
MOVIE I’VE RECENTLY SEEN: Momma
MY BIGGEST GOAL IS: To become a physical therapist
MY FAVORITE PLACE ON EARTH IS: Wherever my family is. I love my family.
MY PET IS: A 3-year old male cat named Pepper
IN 10 YEARS I WILL: Be a physical therapist
NIKE OR ADIDAS: Nike
DESCRIBE YOURSELF IN ONE WORD: Weird
AWAY FROM THE COURT, I LIKE TO: Besides hunting, hang out with my friends