Your Name
Jake Wishousky

What High School do you attend?
North Hall High School

Please tell us a little bit about your family.
My dad is originally from a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania and moved to Georgia in the 90s. My mom grew up in Gainesville and her side of the family had been in Gainesville pretty long.

What are your plans after graduation?
I plan to study mechanical engineering at Penn State University.

What are two of your favorite restaurants in our community?
Stan’s is my favorite breakfast restaurant and Burger and Shake off Thompson Bridge is my favorite lunch and dinner spot.

If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would it be and why?
I would want to go to Switzerland to ski and snowboard the Alps.

What is one of your favorite movies? TV shows?
Got to be ‘That 70s Show.’

If you were asked to give advice to your senior class and the younger students at your school, what would you say?
Find a good balance of doing things that you have fun doing and doing school work.

If you were able to be cast as yourself into a television show or series, what show would you want to be in?
I think it would be cool to be in ‘Stranger Things.’

If you could choose anyone to have lunch with, who would you choose? Why? And where, locally, would you meet for this lunch?
I would want to have lunch with Billy Strings because he’s definitely my favorite live musician and has an amazing life story. I think he would like Mellow Mushroom.

What is your favorite thing about our community?
I like that a lot of the community knows each other.

Where do you see yourself in 5 to 10 years?
Starting up an engineering firm either out West or on the coast.

What is something on your bucket list?
I think it would be cool to go Montana and hike, camp, and trout fish for a week or two.

What is your go to band / singer when you cant decide what to listen to?
Widespread Panic.

Favorite month? favorite holiday? and best single day on the calendar?
My favorite month is April, favorite holiday is Thanksgiving, and best day on the calendar is July 4th.

What would you rate a 10 out of 10?
Porch’s chicken and waffles in St. Simons Island.

Who inspires you to be better?
My dad.