Editor’s note: This is a regular feature profiling senior athletes at Bryant High School.
NAME: Brandon Parish
DATE OF BIRTH: Dec. 20, 1991
PARENTS: Monica and Gary Parish
SIBLINGS: I’ve got a twin sister named Brooke.
FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: Math.
WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO IN YOUR SPARE TIME? I like to play basketball.
FAVORITE FOOD: Mexican food.
FAVORITE MUSIC ARTIST OR GROUP: I’d probably have to say Hillsong.[more]
FAVORITE MOVIE: Waterboy.
FAVORITE TV SHOW: Sportscenter
WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE TOY AS A KID? Any kind of basketball or football or something like that.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS AFTER HIGH SCHOOL? I want to go to UCA. I plan to be a heart surgeon.
OTHER THAN YOUR PARENTS, WHO HAS HAD THE BIGGEST INFLUENCE ON YOUR LIFE? I’d have to say my sister. We’re pretty close. She’s just a good role model. She’s a good kid.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT FOOTBALL? Winning.
POSITION: Wide receiver.
WHAT DO YOU FEEL LIKE IS YOUR PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY ON THE FIELD? Catch passes and make plays after I catch the pass.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE SEASON SO FAR? We’ve had a pretty good season. We’ve had two disappointing losses but, hopefully, during the post-season we can get it done. We worked real hard this summer and we’ve got a pretty good team chemistry and I think that helps us out a lot.
WHAT'S BEEN THE HIGHLIGHT TO THE SEASON SO FAR? Beating Cabot, definitely.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE FOR THE TEAM TO BE SUCCESSFUL THE REST OF THE SEASON? We’re just going to have to stay focused against Central and get the win that we need to get there and then, in the post-season, we just need to keep working hard and stay focused, know that we want the goal, we want the State championship and we’ve got to go get it.
INDIVIDUALLY, WHAT ABOUT YOUR GAME ARE YOU MOST CONFIDENT ABOUT? I’m really good at actual catching. I run pretty good routes and I’m kind of fast but I’m not the fastest kid. I’ve got pretty good hands so I just concentrate on catching it.
WHAT DO YOU WORK HARDEST TO IMPROVE? Coming off the ball as hard as I can, try to explode off the ball.
AFTER YOU'RE THROUGH PLAYING FOOTBALL AT BHS, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'LL REMEMBER MOST FONDLY ABOUT IT? My coaches and all my friends. This is the best thing in the world just to come down here every day.
