West Union senior Owen Yeager excels on field, in classroom

West Union High School senior Owen Yeager, in a senior profile published March 7, 2026, lists soccer, track and cross-country among his varsity sports and names soccer as his favorite. The profile records his most memorable high school sports moment as, "Scoring an equalizer with just a few seconds left in a game," and identifies his parents as Mark and Susan Yeager.

The profile captures Yeager’s team-first approach: his favorite thing about high school sports is "Being part of a team" and his least favorite is "Losing." Yeager also lists a singular aspiration for life after graduation: "Become a millionaire." The short Q&A places athletics alongside academics, noting math as his favorite school subject and video games as his preferred spare-time activity.

Yeager’s cultural preferences appeared throughout the profile: his favorite musical artist is Green Day, his favorite movie is listed as "Amazing Spiderman 2," and his favorite TV show is listed as The Spectacular Spiderman. The profile also notes that he would "love to trade place for a day with" Lionel Messi, and that the country he would most like to visit is Germany. His favorite restaurant is listed as Raising Cane’s.

The weekly senior feature that included Yeager is introduced with an editor’s note that emphasizes local coverage: "Each week, The People’s Defender will profile an Adams County senior student/athlete so our community and readers can get to know better these outstanding young people who participate both in athletics and academics in their high school." The March 7, 2026 entry presents Yeager’s short answers in a concise Q&A format, mirroring similar profiles of graduating students across Adams County.

Specific athletic statistics, team honors and coach comments were not included in the profile and remain to be confirmed. Recommended follow-ups for a fuller feature include verifying Yeager’s class year, documenting the date and opponent for the last-second equalizer, and gathering season statistics for soccer, track and cross-country. A high-resolution photo and a brief interview would add context to the profile’s one-line answers about teamwork, coping with losses, and his stated financial goal.

As a graduating senior active in three sports, Owen Yeager’s profile combines a defining late-game athletic moment with clear academic and personal tastes: math in class, Green Day on his playlist, video games off the field, and an ambition to translate his drive into long-term financial success.