HEARTTHROB: Jerry D. 'Tripp' Looper III


Saturday, June 21, 2008

School: Bowman Academy

Grade: 12th (graduated 2008)

Have you done anything newsworthy? Made The T&D SCISA 2008 Player of the Year

Church: Wightman United Methodist

Birthday: March 19, 1990

Height: 6 feet, 4 inches

Weight: 225 pounds

Zodiac sign: Aries

Strongest subject in school: Math, science

Fears: God and failure

Turn-offs: Negative attitude/personality

Turn-ons: Positive personality and great sense of humor

Favorite song and artist who performs it: "Find Out Who Your Friends Are" by Tracy Lawrence

Favorite movie: "Facing the Giants" and "Wedding Crashers"

Lifelong dream: Play college basketball and/or football and to be healthy and successful

If I were an animal, I would be: A tiger

If I were a food, I would be: Strawberry cheesecake

Words to live by: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." "If Christ is for me, who cares who is against me!"

Favorite place to go on a date: Wherever she wants to go!

Favorite place to eat: Carrabba's

Favorite thing to do with friends: Play sports and just hang out

How would you describe your crowd? Spontaneous and unpredictable

Plans for the future: Attend Charleston Southern University to study law and play baseball

Plans for the weekend: Work and hangout with friends and family and go to church

Hobbies or talents: Baseball, football, basketball and water polo

Parents: Jerry II and Teresa Looper

Siblings: Jarrett, Jonathan and our dog "Gracie"

An interesting fact about you: Ranked fourth in my class, have played ball since I was 4 years old, participated in 2007 S.C. Farm Bureau Youth Leadership Conference, attended Palmetto Boys State

Want to be the next T&D Heartthrob? Just complete a nomination form, available at The Times and Democrat's Broughton Street office in Orangeburg, and submit it with a recent photograph. Heartthrobs are published on Saturday's Orangeburgers and Fries page, C1.