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Willy Reichert 17, DeSales, senior Willy, a straight-A student, scored a perfect 36 on his ACT. Matthew Lanning 10, St. Patrick, fifth grade With his Quick Recall skills and grades, Matthew made Governor's Cup, an academic competition typically reserved for older students, as a fourth-grader. How did you get, interested in Quick Recall? It's just because I know a lot of stuff. I like to compete. What do you have to do to be good at it? Be smart. What's your favorite book? Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. It's the longest book I've read. It's 870 pages. Did you think you'd nailed the ACT? I was confident I did well, but I wasn't sure it was 36 material. It was crazy. Did you study a lot? I looked over an ACT book for about a week, but I didn't really study a lot. Where do you want to go to college? I'm looking at places like UK — and Harvard's in mind. You're a musician, too? I've been playing guitar for a few years. We had a little garage band but our drummer moved away. What's your favorite TV show? Impractical Jokers. Not exactly intelligent TV, but it's pretty funny. Jerry Simpson 9, Coral Ridge, fourth grade Will Eskridge 8, Brown School, third grade Will scored 140 on an IQ test, which puts him among the top 2 percent who take the test and earned him membership into Mensa. What do you want to be when you grow up? A soccer player. You're awfully young, but have you thought about where you want to go to college? Spalding University. What do you want to study? Science. How hard was the IQ test? I don't remember. What makes someone smart? Their mom. Jerry is ranked No. 1 in the state for his weight class in wrestling. He has never lost a match in elementary school against his own age or weight class and often wrestles kids up to the age of 14. Do you remember your first match? Not really, but I know I won. What hobbies do you have? Fishing. I caught a 52-pound catfish once at a lake right next to our house. Did you eat him? No, we put him back. He died though. Favorite food? Hamburger Helper. Any memory from a particular match that sticks in your mind? When I won state. The last kid I wrestled, he had beaten everybody. And I beat him. He didn't even smile when the camera took pictures because he was so mad. Mitchell Tyler 8, Walden, third grade Mitchell has won a scholarship through his art teacher at Walden from the Louisville Visual Arts Association. He gets to take 10 weeks of free art classes at the Carnegie Art Center in New Albany. He is color-blind, which his teacher at Spot5 in Clifton says allows him to see texture and value, while most kids his age separate everything with color. What do you want to do with your art? Sell it on eBay. For how much? $25. What will you spend it on? College. Where? IUS. Favorite artist? Van Gogh. What's your favorite part of school? Lunch. Besides lunch? Recess. [74] LOUISVILLE MAGAZINE 11.12 Ally Morcus 13, St. Albert the Great, eighth grade Alley has won the Archdiocese Spelling Bee two years in a row. What's one of your winning words? It wasn't that hard, but it was entrepreneur. What's a word that kept you from winning? Um, I don't remember how to pronounce it. How do you practice for a spelling bee? They'll give us lists of words, so my mom and I will just study the words every night until I've memorized, like, all of them. Any good luck charms? I usually wear lucky socks. They're blue and they have pandas on them. Favorite book? The Book Thief.