By Ken Hansard
Independence High School junior point guard and student-athlete Javen Colbert spoke to VYPE SPORTS in a recent interview.
VYPE SPORTS: What are your personal goals for the year?
Colbert: My personal goals for next year are to have A’s and B’s in the classroom and to improve in the sports I play.
VYPE SPORTS: What is your favorite memory about your association with this team?
Colbert: My favorite memory was beating Labette at home. It’s kind of a rivalry game, so it’s always nice to beat them.
VYPE SPORTS: What teammate has left the biggest impression on you and why?
Colbert: All my teammates have left a good impression. However, Kellen Lanning and Heston Smith have been particularly influential, because we push each other, and all our skills have improved since last year.
VYPE SPORTS: What is your favorite part of being a part of this team?
Colbert: My favorite thing about being a Bulldog is the hard work we all have put in as a team and the friendship we all have with each other.
VYPE SPORTS: What clubs, community groups, or campus groups are you involved with and why?
Colbert: I am currently not in any clubs, but I also participate in football as a quarterback and safety.
VYPE SPORTS: What accolades (in any sport or non-athletic activity) are you most proud of?
Colbert: I was named to the All-Tournament team in our first basketball tournament this year.
VYPE SPORTS: What has this sport taught you that you use in your daily life?
Colbert: This sport has taught me that if I am patient, good things will come.
VYPE SPORTS: What is the best advice that anyone has given you?
Colbert: My dad tells me all the time that I need to give everything I have in anything I do, because at any given time, anybody could be watching.
VYPE SPORTS: Who inspires you and why?
Colbert: My uncle, Tate Turner, inspires me because he was really good at basketball, and he set a good example of how an athlete should train and carry himself.
VYPE SPORTS: Here is your chance to give a shout out or say thank you to anyone you wish.
Colbert: I would like to thank all my family members because their support allows me to do all the things I get to do. Thank you!
