Listed on his Twitter bio are a selection of activities you might expect to see from an impressive high school athlete: 400-meter in track, wide receiver in football, catcher/out elder in baseball. While that’s a heavy load for anyone, the real eyebrow-raising statistic is buried beneath them — his SAT score and a quote that reads, “Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.”
Considering his score puts him in the 99th percentile nationally, it’s clear that Kasen has put in some hard work. He is also a member of Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Southlake Young Men’s Service League and Green Jackets. This summer, he received an offer to play football from his No. 1 college choice, Colorado School of Mines.
“Ever since my back injury kept me out of last year's football season, I had been worried that I would not be able to attend a school with great academics and a football program to match,” he says. “The offer from Mines was an answered prayer.”
He plans to study mechanical engineering and play football at either Colorado School of Mines or Johns Hopkins University. With one more year of varsity football ahead of him, Kasen is looking forward to his senior year and another year under the guidance of head coach Riley Dodge.
“When Coach Dodge got the coaching job at Carroll, I was ecstatic because I knew that he would be bringing that same type of con dent leadership I had seen from him at a young age,” Kasen recalls. “Through his coaching, he has revived my love for the game and shown me how to be a better man in the process.”