Michael Navalta
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I'm Mike, I love basketball and I'm a freshman at Sac State, go Hornets. I'm extremely excited for college, get to meet a ton of new people, new experiences, and just basically grow up some. I'm a very friendly person, so if you need help with anything high school related, like what you ought to do, go ahead and ask me, email me at m4hornets@gmail.com, I'll be more than happy to help, I check my e-mail almost everyday.
Extracurricular
- Club basketball
- I play basketball at the community rec center, it's fun, but still competive, and it's always the best when your friends sign up with you.
- Swing Club
- We organized a new club on campus called "Swing Club." Although many can take the name of our club in a bad way, we are nothing more than a group of students interested in swing dancing. Friday lunches are the best!
- Shotput, Discus, Long Jump
- I was interested in track and field and decided to check it out during the tryouts week. I did long jump and said "alright, this is ok, I can do this," and then went to the throwers' practice; when I got over there, I saw the throwers throwing discus and
- Wind Ensemble
- The Wind Ensemble is anybody who is in our 6th period band class. We are composed of mostly Juniors and Seniors, however, we do have a few underclassmen that play with us and they are truly talented individuals.
- Symphonic Band
- Symphonic Band is what we describe the entire band as. Typically we travel as two separate bands, but on occasion we are one band. The large size of our band (for a concert band) and large sound that we produce is typically unfitting for most pieces, so w
- Jazz Ensemble
- What can I say? We play a lot of really cool jazz music. We are outside of the Kenny G. type of jazz, and play the Duke Ellington and more upbeat, old school jazz.
- JV Football
- I tried football, and although I enjoyed it, it was too time consuming and had a MAJOR effect on my grades. I was an outside linebacker, I did not start at linebacker, but I did do special teams; punt return and punt team were my areas.
- volunteer line judge
- I spent my summer and thanksgiving break hours at the community rec center line judging volleyball. I learned you can only ref so long before you start losing your mind.
- Club Basketball
- Basketball at the community rec center.
- Jazz Ensemble
- I am one of the tenor saxophone players in our school Jazz Ensemble.
- Symphonic Band
- I am the second chair tenor in the Symphonic Band.
Experience
- Referee
- Valley Wide Recreation Park & District
- I ref all levels of youth basketball at the local rec center.
- Scorekeeper
- Valley Wide Recreation Park & District
- I scorekeep all levels of youth flag football.
Education
- High School
- College
Info
Basic
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Last Update:
November 2, 2010
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Birthday:
August 7
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Religious:
Agnostic
Background
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Ethnicity:
Hispanic or Latino
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Heritage:
Filipino
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Fluent Language:
English
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Hometown:
SACRAMENTO
Interests
- Management
- Teaching
- Performing Arts
- Visual Arts & Design
Favorites
- Movies:
Head of State, Superbad, Almost Famous, Lucky Number Slevin, Juno, August Rush, Driving Lessons, The Last Holiday, The Holiday, A Christmas Story, The Breakfast Club.
- TV Shows:
Mythbusters, A Haunting, Drake and Josh, It Takes a Thief, Cash Cab, Ace of Cakes, Rob and Big, Punk'd, MTV Cribs, Pimp My Ride, Sportscenter, Good Eats, NBA, NFL, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball.
- Music:
Anything other than screamo.
- Websites:
Myspace, YouTube, Bolttalk.com, Suns.com
- Quotes:
"I reject your reality and substitute my own." - Adam Savage
"Talent does what it can; genius does what it must." - Edward Bulwer-Lytton
"Change your thoughts and you change your world." - Norman Vincent Peale. - Books:
Hope Was Here, Harry Potter 1-7, The Great Gatsby, Catcher In The Rye, umm.... I have read so many books I can't even remember the names of the ones I loved. Yikes.
