HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It is the perfect of each worlds for Strake Jesuit Faculty Preparatory senior Johnny Hebert.
“It is actually making ready you for the long run, for faculty and even past that”, Hebert stated about Strake Jesuit.
He is a wonderful pupil, making all A’s and a few B’s within the classroom.
“I at all times cherished the English courses right here. And in addition I’ve at all times sort of been the maths man,” he stated.
Along with being a classroom scholar, Johnny is on the sphere competing and producing speeding yards not often seen.
“I’ve 5 brothers, and so we play soccer on the road each single day,” Hebert stated. “I am grateful for my older brother, he is three years older than me, and since I obtained to play towards him, I feel that basically helped me develop the drive and the love for the game.”
In 2024, he ran for 3,542 yards, essentially the most within the state and the second-most within the nation.
“Having a bunch of siblings, you kinda study fairly shortly that it isn’t all about you”, he stated.
This 12 months, he is picked up proper the place he left off a 12 months in the past. He is run for 1,933 yards and 24 touchdowns in simply seven video games.
“I feel in the event you’re enjoying the sport simply to place up good stats, you are not enjoying the proper sport, like soccer will not be the proper sport for you”, Hebert stated. “It is a group sport. You possibly can’t do what you do with out different guys doing what they do. It is a selfless sport. I attempt to maintain that mentality once I play.
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Recent off an official go to, Johnny has dedicated to the College of Houston within the fall.
Q: “Is it what you hoped it could be?
A: It truly is. Every thing I hoped and much more.”
He is advised ABC13 that he’s excited to play at dwelling and values the bond he is constructed with operating backs Coach Jordy Joseph.
“The connection he is taken the time to construct with me has meant a lot to me”, he stated. “I already see him as a member of the family, now it is like an uncle, nearly.”
“What units this system aside is the tradition that they’ve”, Hebert stated.
“I feel Coach Fitz has completed an unbelievable job constructing that at UH, and I am unable to wait to be part of it.”
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