Since the age of three, senior Noah Broglio has played soccer, both for his school and for his club team, Tri-Cities United. Playing at the high school for four years and captain for three, he says that it has been “the best part of his high school career.”
However, at the start of his senior year, Broglio decided to pick up an entirely new sport: football.
“It was lots of fun,” said Broglio. “I wish I had played longer.”
Considering his background in soccer as a center-back and/or attacking midfielder, Broglio had the speed, strength, and endurance for the sport. So, naturally, he was the starting place kicker.
“Junior year, I started realizing that my leg was actually kind of strong, so I realized I might have a chance when [sophomore] Max [Holt] wanted me to do it,” said Broglio. “I ended up not being great at the kickoff, so Knox Arrington ended up doing it, and I ended up being placekicker just cause I was faster than he was.”
Alongside both school soccer and football, Broglio also ran for the school cross-country team all four years of high school. This past year, Noah did both football and cross country in the fall season, which caused some overlap.
“I went to cross country once a week, on the hardest day, and every other day I went to football games and football practice,” said Broglio. “It was rough because I’d go to football games on Friday and then the next day I’d have to turn around and drive somewhere crazy for a cross-country meet.”
While Noah excels in athletics, he is also widely known for his intelligence. His high school career has been filled with Honors, AP, and Dual Enrollment classes. He credits his smarts to St. Anne’s Catholic School: his elementary and middle school.
“St. Anne’s really set me up for success,” said Broglio. “Every single class I took, I picked and planned out freshman year.”
His junior year, Broglio scored a 32 on his ACT, and he explains that he “didn’t study once [for the ACT]. [He] went to a few ACT bootcamps, but they never really helped [him].”
Rarely does an individual excel in both academics and athletics; however, Broglio does just that. Further, he does it without hardship. He has “never really had to [balance school and sports].”
“I never really noticed,” said Broglio. “Tennessee High has been pretty easy ever since I graduated from St. Anne’s.”
Broglio will attend the University of Tennessee in Knoxville in the fall, where he plans to major in Computer Engineering, a major that requires his dedication, intellect, and perseverance—skills he has come to know through his time at THS.
