Senior profile: Domonic Micochero
Question: What are some of your strengths as a football player, and what are some of the things you’ve had to work at the hardest to become the player you are?
Answer: My experience and knowledge of the game is a big factor. My size is something I had to work on hard during the off-season by lifting every day.
Q: What does it mean to you to be a Chieftain and what do you want your legacy to be?
A: It’s an honor being a Chieftain. When I step onto the field, I just think about all of the other players who stepped on the field wearing purple and white. I want to be a part of the class that everybody remembers.
Q: What are some of the ways that you show senior leadership to your underclassman teammates?
A: I try to treat the underclassmen just like one of the older guys and I always talk to them about anything they need to talk about.
Q: What other sports do you play, besides football, and what is your favorite sport and why?
A: I’ll only be able to play one sport this year because I tore my UCL in my elbow, but I would say football is my favorite sport.
Q: What are some of your top athletic accomplishments or memories?
A: My fumble recovery that I ran back for a TD last year is a big memory for me.
Q: Do you have any pregame rituals or routines?
A: Before every game I get my wrists wrapped and then get my brace on and then suit up.
Q: Hobbies?
A: Drinking Kroger chocolate milk. I have finished a gallon with dinner on multiple occasions.
Q: What do you want to do when you are an adult, and why?
A: I’m still trying to decide.
Q: If you could meet one person from any era of history, who would it be and why?
A: Abraham Lincoln, because he changed a lot of bad things and was willing to fight for what’s right.
Q: Who has had the greatest influence on your life, and why?
A: My parents have been a major influence on my life. They focused me to be polite and responsible and I think more people need parents like mine.
Q: Do you have a nickname?
A: Mocha.
Q: Favorite college team?
A: Ohio State.
Q: Favorite movie?
A: The Rocky series.
Q: What's your favorite school subject, and why?
A: Science has always been really interesting to me.