By Jada Lister

From baseball and football, to Wheat Ridge High School’s National Honor Society, Sylas Anderson has kept a busy schedule.

Additionally he has volunteered at both of his families’ businesses, Anderson Die Casting and Blue Flame Powdercoat. He has also volunteered for Topps Soccer.

Outside of school Anderson can also be found watching baseball, updating his coin collection, or hiking. He greatly enjoys the outdoors and believes that visiting the State and National Parks are one of the best ways to spend his free time.

Anderson’s friends and family say that he is unique because he transcends the social strata and is able to get along with a multitude of people ranging from kids in calculus to the guys on the football team. He believes his best quality is his ability to maintain balance in his life. As many high schoolers know, it is very difficult to balance AP classes, athletics, and have a social life though Anderson believes he does this in a way that few are able to do.

If he were given the opportunity to relive high school, Anderson would try to meet new people and expand his social circle because he thinks this would have made him a better person. His most memorable moment in high school was when WRHS beat Denver South for the first time. It was the most exciting football game he had ever been a part of.

His biggest dream is to be able to eventually make money doing what he loves, either managing a science corporation or chasing his dreams on the baseball diamond. His one wish would be to read the minds of people around him so that is able to learn and make fewer mistakes in the future.

Both baseball Coach Adam Miller and math teacher Janet Villani have inspired him to succeed. They have taught him to work hard for what he wants as well as aspire for greatness, even under extreme pressure. Anderson’s plans for the summer include celebrating graduation with his friends and family, playing lots of baseball, and traveling to a few national parks with a friend or two. Next fall he will be attending the University of San Diego, where he hopes to both play baseball as well as study both economics and either physics or chemistry.