HEARTTHROB: Jerry D. 'Tripp' Looper III
Saturday, June 21, 2008School: 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.
