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His freshman year, Miami Palmetto High School rising senior Bowen Young created The Batman Project.
“As athletes we outgrow the equipment fairly quickly,” he says.
In fact, when cleaning out the family garage he realized he had a substantial assortment of lightly used baseball equipment. He told his parents he could donate the gear.
“There are kids that have limited access to this equipment,” he says. “I was always switching cleats.
Baseball bats, I always needed a different size.
He put out boxes to collect sports equipment like baseball bats, baseballs, basketballs, cleats, clothes and so much more that they would give it to a variety of organizations.
Young also conducted collections for the victims of the California fires and the Carolina hurricanes.
He announces his projects through his Instagram page @thebatmanproject305.
Some of the companies he’s donated to include Pitch in Baseball and the Doral Animal Shelter.
Young played on the junior varsity team at Palmetto in his freshman year. However, he sustained a shoulder and arm injury and came to the realization that it was time to hang up his cleats.
“It’s good to try new things,” he says.
And he did. He joined the wrestling team for a season, and he went on to join the varsity bowling team.
Outside of sports, Young is President of Interact Club. One of the club’s biggest events is the talent show.
“It was a huge success,” he says. “We actually had a lot of participants show up this time.
In previous years it wasn’t that big, and we had to promote it better. I guess we got the word out.”
One way they got the word out was through a segment produced by the television production class. Young is in the TV Production class, doing a little bit of everything. He also works on the events that TV Production runs.
“We do Panther Prowl and Mr. Panther, Teacher Trivia and Panther for a Day for the young kids who come see the high school for a day,” he says.
He also participates in some of the shows.
“Like Mr. Panther, we have the opportunity to represent a club, we get voted on our personality and talent,” he says. “My first year I was Mr. Bowling, at the second Mr. FIA. It was super fun.”
The production was quite popular, selling out twice.
Young is in the Forensic Investigative Academy and Capstone program. The Capstone classes include a major research project. His topic was How Music Could Influence Academic Performance for High Schoolers.
His conclusion was that music can influence academic performance.
“My study was which type of music and when is the appropriate time to use it.”
He says it depends on the person’s preference of music.
“Does classical music help, does rock music help?” he says. “In conclusion, it was the person’s preference. It helps in all fields – during studying, doing homework.”
He used music to help someone in real life.
“I play guitar,” he says. “A close friend got injured. He had a physical therapist go over and work with him. I would go and play for him. It helped motivate him, playing music for him really helped him.”
He now has an internship with the physical therapist.
Working on the research paper helped him realize what he wants to pursue as a career.
“I’m very into health, and fitness,” he says. “I’d like to pursue a career in medicine and music therapy.”
He’s been looking into colleges with strong music therapy programs.
His list currently includes the University of Florida, the University of Arizona and James Madison University.
Linda Rodriguez Bernfeld
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