FHS senior Kai Daron has proven to be an impressive and dedicated athlete, playing three sports throughout the school year: varsity water polo in the fall, varsity basketball in the winter and varsity baseball in the spring. Participating in all three seasons a year shows off his true sportsmanship, dedication and energy.

“Something that makes him stand out [from] others is his natural talent for water polo and many other sports,” FHS senior and water polo teammate Daniel Bobrovskye said.

In fact, varsity basketball Coach Jason Townsend praised Daron’s energy and other character traits.

“Kai is our energy guy… Kai is always feisty,” Townsend said. “He’s always into some sort of conflict with someone on the other team almost every game. He’s kind of our spark that gets everybody playing hard and competing and trying to win.”

As a two-year guard player on the FHS Boys varsity basketball team, Daron supplies good free throw shooting and is the best defender on the team, according to Townsend. Townsend added that Daron is very aggressive, making many steals per game. Daron’s favorite sport is basketball, due to the physicality compared to the other two.

As for water polo, Daron started his journey in his freshman year and has continued to play since. Bobrovskye shared that Daron always motivates his teammates by telling them how to improve or offering words of encouragement.

“[Kai] is always determined to win and play the best, and he shows that in the actual games by coming ready,” Bobrovskye said. “Playing with him is super super fun, he makes the practices and games a lot more enjoyable.”

Daron began playing baseball at just five years old, and has stayed consistent since, building a foundation and consistency early on. The baseball team has started preparing for the spring season up ahead, already starting to have games.

In order to balance sports and school, Daron has to maximize productivity.

“So you can’t really go on your phone […] you just gotta do your work and then go to sleep early so the next day you have energy to play your sport,” Daron said. “It’s just a lot of focus and commitment toward school and sports.”

From his experience as a three-sport and four-year athlete, Daron encourages younger athletes to commit to a sport for the friendships built over the years.

“My one message is just go out there and try to do as many things as you possibly can, because even if you’re not the greatest at it, you’re still gonna meet a bunch of connections and friends,” Daron said. “For me, that’s probably my favorite part, just meeting all these new people and new teammates I can grow with […] and the community building in sports.”