By By SPIROS GALLOS / Niles Daily Star
NILES - Adrian Davis has a great attitude.
Ask any one of his teachers at Niles High School, and the first thing they'll tell you about the 17-year-old senior is he has one of the best attitudes they've ever seen.
Whether he's working with children or catching passes playing wide receiver for the high school football team, Adrian keeps a positive attitude.
VanDalsen, or "PV" as Adrian calls her, has high hopes for him.
Adrian credits his mother, Treada Davis, with instilling him with a strong work ethic and positive attitude.
When Adrian isn't playing football, basketball, or baseball for Niles High School, he can be found training to improve his skills.
In addition to being a three sport athlete, Adrian is also a member of the high school show choir, Counterpoints, and he's always working with kids.
Over the summer, Adrian was part of the Niles City Parks Program at Eastside Park where he played games with children ages five to 12.
Adrian likes listening to R &B and lists Usher as his favorite artist.
When it comes to being star player on the team, Adrian has been on both sides of the fence. Adrian starts as a right fielder on the baseball team, starts at wide receiver on the football team, and plays off the bench on the basketball team.
Adrian said adjusting to not being the "go-to-guy" was difficult, but like everything in life, Adrian turned a negative into a positive.
Adrian's situation on the basketball team is a working example of his personal philosophy, which Adrian claims, he got from his mother.
Adrian's work ethic on the football field paid off. Last year, he was a back up wide receiver, this year he is starting wide receiver.
Adrian admits sitting the bench on the basketball team bothers him the most because it takes him out of his element.
Adrian described his ideal sports setting as being at bat in the final inning of a baseball game, bases loaded, two outs against his team, down one run, and all the weight of the game resting on his shoulders.
Although the numbers he wears in football and basketball, 33 and 24 respectively, don't hold any meaning to him, he wears the number eight on his baseball uniform to honor his uncle, Terry Davis, who has played a huge role in Adrian's life.
Adrian can't imagine his life without the support of his aunts, uncles, mother, and grandmother, Mamie Davis.
Adrian's younger brother, Aaron, is one of the reasons Adrian tries to set a good example for the children in his neighborhood, near Seventh and Cass streets.
Adrian also credits his teachers and coaches at Niles High School with much of his success.
Niles High School Assistant Principal Molly Brawley got to know Adrian over the summer, when Adrian volunteered to work with her husband's 13-year-old travel baseball team.