Destiny Thomas
John J. Bishop female Scholar-Athlete
Destiny Thomas
Africentric
Grade-point avg.: 3.8
$8,500
Encova Insurance
Sports played: Track (4 years), bowling (4), cross country (3)
Academic highlights: Columbus City Schools Spirit of Success award winner; National Honor Society member
Athletic highlights: First-team all-league in track and cross country
Leadership highlights: Student council president; two-time team captain in three sports; volunteer for Columbus City Schools Lead to Serve program
College choice: Miami University (anticipated major: kinesiology)
Photo location: At the Columbus Park of Roses. The cross country course there is my favorite place to run.
Home front: I live with my mother, Alaishia, and I have four siblings: Tationa is 16, Na’sere is 9, Mi’Amor is 7, and Myla is 4.
Favorite subject: History, mostly Greek mythology and World War II stuff.
Least-favorite subject: My least favorite is math, and there really is not a reason why. I’m actually good at it, but I just don’t like it.
Prized possession: A book about Harriet Tubman. I got the book when I went to see my uncle before he died. It has his handwriting all over the pages.
Favorite book: I could never choose one, because I read way too much. I will say, though, that my favorite author is V.C. Andrews. The stories she wrote are so twisted.
Favorite movie: Any type of comedy. I like to laugh, and those movies usually have a good storyline.
Favorite television show: “Grey’s Anatomy.” I like shows with strong female leads.
Favorite musician: Coi Leray is a hip-hop artist who makes great songs of a wide variety.
Essential app: My Kindle app is everything to me. I wouldn’t know what to do with myself if I didn’t have it.
Favorite home-cooked meal: This is going to sound weird, but I love my grandma’s breakfast. Whether it’s oatmeal or pancakes, she makes the best.
My cooking specialty: My specialty is seafood. From salmon to lobster, it tastes amazing when I cook it.
Favorite restaurant: Cracker Barrel, where the pancakes are amazing.
Guilty pleasure: White chocolate chip cookies. They are seriously a piece of heaven.
Proudest sports moment: Making first-team all-City in my first year running cross country.
Sport I’d like to try someday: I would love to try softball — if I can ever get over my fear of balls flying toward me.
Story behind my uniform number: My track uniform number is 807. All of the team jerseys start with 8, and I chose the number 7 because it’s my favorite number.
Favorite athlete: I have never played basketball, but my favorite athlete is Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm. She is the best guard, in my eyes, and I love watching her play.
Inspiration: There are a lot of strong, independent women in my family, and that is who I want to be like.
Dream job: Working for a professional women’s team.
Place I’d like to travel: I really want to go to Vancouver.
Something most people don’t know about me: I am named after my aunt, and we have the same middle name.
Least-favorite household chore: I hate doing the dishes. If it wasn’t so bad for the earth, I would use paper plates for everything.
Something I can’t get right no matter how hard I try: Knitting is something I tried at the beginning of the quarantine. and I suck at it.
Words to leave by: “Music is moonlight in the gloomy night of life.” — Jean Paul Friedrich Richter
By Ray Stein
rstein@dispatch.com