Jaleel Scott is a business marketing senior and sprinter for the UTRGV Menโs Track & Field Team. Scott enjoys playing video games, watching TV and listening to music, including Kendrick Lamar and Jay-Z.
Q: What do you do for fun outside of track and field?
A: โMainly I just play video games, watch TV, listen to music all day. Thatโs basically what I do on my free time.โ
Q: What kind of music do you like?
A: โMostly rap, sometimes R&B, a little bit of jazz and rock. I got a lot [of favorite artists], but Iโm going to name three. Kendrick Lamar โฆ Jay-Z and for R&B I would say, actually a lot of people. Itโs hard โฆ let me say New Edition.โ
Q: What movies or shows do you like?
A: โMostly crime type of movies. So like a bank robbery. So like โDen of Thieves,โ โThe Town,โ and if I want to go for action, all the Transformers and [The] Avenger movies. Right now Iโm watching a show called โ9-1-1โ on Disney+ โฆ but for my favorite all-time shows, you got โFamily Guy,โ โBoondocks,โ and โRegular Show.โโ
Q: What motivates you?
A: โMy parents. They want me to keep pushing everyday so thatโs what motivates me everyday.โ
Q: What are some current goals you have?
A: โFor track, I just want to have a good PR by end of the season and outside of track, just graduate college.โ
Q: Who is one of your role models?
A: โI would say my older brothers. I got an older brother thatโs playing basketball. โฆ Heโs in Costa Rica playing basketball. I got another brother, he got two degrees right now, so I look up to him.โ
Q: Would you want to keep playing or do something with your degree?
A: โItโs going to be up in the air. โฆ So last semester I was doing a little bit of photography with the athletics program and Iโve been continuing with that, so thatโs something else I want to do.โ
Q: What do you like about UTRGV and the Rio Grande Valley?
A: โI wonโt say itโs kind of a small school, but itโs easy to navigate around campus. Itโs just a nice area to be around, not a lot of people.โ
Q: Do you have a fun fact about yourself?
A: โIโm the funniest person that everybody knows.โ
–Compiled by Jose Medina
