HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Stratford Senior Foard Polley stands out wherever he goes and whatever he does.
“I love being me, and I love being big. I stick out, but I’m used to sticking out,” he said.
He first caught ABC13’s Joe Gleason’s eye as a 13-year-old working out at BME, then at summer camps, where he continued to improve his craft.
“This is just a stepping stone to help me improve my game,” Polley said.
All that work has led the 6’5” offensive tackle to earn All-District honors the last two years.
“If I’m having a bad game, we can’t have a good game,” Polley said. “But if I have a good game, then I trust my guys, and it’s all up to them to get us down there and score.”
He also stands out in the classroom with a 6.3 GPA on a 6.5 scale. He’s committed to furthering his athletic and academic career at the University of Pennsylvania next year.
“One thing I couldn’t pass up about Penn was their business school, which is where I intend to major in business. It is the number one business school in the country,” he said.
In the spring, when football season is over, he stands out on a different stage — doing school, theater, and choir.
“I love cracking people on a football field, but the theater is just it’s a different thing,” Polley said. “I was always in choirs, because my dad forced me to, and then in middle school, I was ‘half forced’, ‘half recommended’ to audition for the musical. We did 47th Street in my sophomore year. I got looped into it, and I was like, ‘Wow.’ Last year, we did The Little Mermaid, which I was King Triton, which is Ariel’s father, and that was a blast. I’ve always been comfortable with who I am in my own shoes, no matter where I am, if it’s on the stage or if it’s on the football field.”
Congratulations to Foard Polley — student-athlete, singer, and thespian. And we can add one more thing: our ABC13 Athlete of the Week.
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