Five Questions With Jonah Pataki

Jonah Pataki is a first year football player for the Queens University Gaels.

After winning multiple Kent Football Championships, and being named a league All-Star and MVP, Pataki moved on to the OUA and immediately made an impact, scoring a rushing touchdown in his first career game, and a special teams touchdown two weeks later.

Here are Jonah Pataki’s answers to CKSN’s Five Questions:

1. What is your career sports highlight/top memory?

It was definitely traveling to Austin, Texas for Team Ontario to play Team USA. I also loved my signing day with Queens.

2. Who is your favourite professional sports team and athlete?

My favorite sports team is the Minnesota Vikings and athlete Adrian Peterson

3. If you could achieve one goal in sports, what would it be?

I would like to become an All-Canadian running back, and lead the league in rushing one year.

4. Who has been your biggest sports influence and why?

My biggest sports influence was and is Kevin Allaer he helped me train this off-season to get me where I am now.

5. What do you love most about playing sports?

I love being part of a group of men that are all in pursuit of a common goal (Vanier Cup, Yates). I also love being the center of attention in front of a huge crowd.

Five Questions is a new weekly feature on the Chatham-Kent Sports Network. We’ll ask athletes from across Chatham-Kent Five Questions, and post their answers every week. If you know an athlete or coach we should question, or you’re an athlete or coach who would like to participate in “Five Questions,” please email us at ian@cksn.ca.