By all scientific medical standards, I shouldn't be here.

The doctor opened me up and said he didn't know where to start.

I had to do it on my first year to prove that I didn't have fear. It's really easy to do something if you don't give yourself the option of not doing it.

If I'm not skiing, I'm dead. I'll always ski.

Negative things aren't negative unless you succumb to them.

They could do any project dealing with a scientific process as long as it goes by Ohio standards. We want them to do their project to the best of their ability, whatever their ability is. Students can keep their projects and add on to it each year. Then they have the opportunity to move on to the state level and win scholarships.