What an interesting fellow!
Here are some highlights that coaches and teachers may find useful in teaching character and life skills.
Great at Several Sports
Kaepernick was nominated for all state in football, basketball, and baseball his senior year in high school. He also loved playing competitive four square with his buddies in high school.
About Those Tattoos
His tattoos are mostly bible verses, from Psalms. According to his dad, "He was baptized Methodist, confirmed Lutheran and went to a Baptist church in Reno." (Reno is where he attended college.)
On Setting Goals
In the fourth grade, he wrote a letter to himself. In it, he said he planned to be 6-foot-4 inches (he nailed it). He also wrote:
"I hope to go to a good college, then go to the pros and play on the Niners or Packers, even if they aren't good in seven years."
His Pet
When he was 10, he got a pet turtle, which he could hold in his hand. Now the turtle, named Sammy, is 115 pounds.
On Working Hard When You Don't Feel Like It
Although he played well in high school, no colleges wanted to offer him a football scholarship. But finally, after football season his senior year, some assistant coaches from Nevada dropped in to see him play basketball.
"Colin, a shooting guard, jumped center, got the tip, took a backdoor alley-oop pass and barely missed a dunk attempt. One coach turned to the other and said, 'That's our guy.' Kaepernick was playing with a 103-degree temperature."
"Colin once pitched a no-hitter, rode the team bus back to Pitman [his high school] and was taken directly to the hospital with pneumonia."
On Having a Good Reputation
"Just before the draft, an ESPN researcher gathering info on Kaepernick asked coach Harris about the tattoos. Harris told her, 'Look, he's a 4.3-GPA guy, from Wisconsin, with a pet tortoise. If you're looking for a story about a player overcoming the thug life, you've got the wrong guy.'"
"Trouble? Mischief? None. As in: zero. No chewing-gum-in-class incidents, not a single tardy. Nada. Zip ... until Kaepernick's last day at Pitman, when the dean of students caught Colin wearing a non-authorized cap and confiscated it. Seriously."
Find more character stories at Legacy Educational Resources at www.character-education.info.
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