Aug 18, 2013

NAME: Parrish Gaines

HOMETOWN: Smyrna, Tenn.

MAJOR: Political Science

FAVORITE MEAL: Thanksgiving Thursday

FAVORITE TEAM GROWING UP: Tennessee Titans

FAVORITE PLAYER GROWING UP: Andre Johnson

YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT I: can play every type of saxophone.

TO RELAX I LIKE TO: be by myself.

RIGHT NOW MY SERVICE SELECTION WOULD BE: Undecided

AFTER MY SERVICE COMMITMENT I HOPE TO BE: Undecided

IF I COULD EAT DINNER WITH ANYONE IN HISTORY IT WOULD BE: Christina Milian

IN HIGH SCHOOL I DREAMED OF BEING: An All-Pro Receiver in the NFL

ON MY IPOD IS: A lot of R&B

MY FIRST THOUGHT STEPPING ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY CAMPUS WAS : I wonder when football will start.

WHAT I LOVE ON GAME DAY IS: The adrenaline rush you feel.

WHICH TEAM NOT ON NAVY'S SCHEDULE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO PLAY AND WHY: at Vanderbilt, because it is close to home and I would have a lot of support.

MY FAVORITE CLASS IS (NAME AND WHY): Chemistry for a reason unknown.

THE FIRST TIME I RAN OUT OF THE TUNNEL AT NAVY-MARINE CORPS I: Expected to win.

THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES A NAVY FOOTBALL PLAYER IS: Clutch

THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE IS 2013 IS: James Britton

THE MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2013 WILL BE: Tanner Fleming

THE MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2013 WILL BE: Cody Peterson

THE TOUGHEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Michael Tuimavave

THE FASTEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Ryan Williams-Jenkins

THE STRONGEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Jake Zuzek

THE ONE PLAYER ON THE CURRENT TEAM THAT EPITOMIZES NAVY FOOTBALL: Cody Peterson