Portage Super Fan Rudy Azcona has a love for his school and a love for their beloved sports teams. As a one of four members of the Portage High School Spirit and Support team, the PHS Superfans, Azcona is dedicated to helping his school and their students keep spirit and morale high during games.
With each of the four members being administrators on the PHS Superfan's social media pages, their duties include tweeting and updating information during games, getting students and staff excited for big matches and being the support that each of the teams need during critical moments.
"To me it's more than just supporting the sports team, it's supporting the school as a whole," says Azcona. "Just showing pride in our school is what I like the most."
Azcona enjoys being able to take pride in his school and as an athlete understands the importance of showing support for the home team and letting athletes know that their hard work is appreciated.
"As an athlete myself I know that fans play a big role in performance either when they are with you or against you," says Azcona. "So we try our best to help our peer student-athletes perform at their peak level."
Becoming a leader of the Superfans has been an event that Azcona has waited for since his freshman year. Now that he is a senior at Portage High School, he enjoys the opportunity to lead the group after 3 years of watching and being involved in Portage High School athletics.
"It's just nice to be a senior and waited all this time to lead when you've stood on the bleachers for 3 years," says Azcona.
When Azcona isn't working with the Superfans, he's enjoying his time outside of school with friends and family along with watching sporting events. Along with these activities, Azcona enjoys wrestling for the Portage High School wrestling team, an active he has actively been part of for ten years.
For Azcona and the rest of the Superfans, they will continue to support their school's athletes and teams, carrying on the legacy of their high school and being there to give their during their greatest triumphs and most difficult defeats.
"I just love the teachers and administrators at PHS and just the diversity of our school," says Azcona. "There really isn't an ethnicity we don't have at PHS and our administrators allow us to do a lot of things, where at other schools they wouldn't be able to do."