Name: DJ

Age: 22

School/Job: Project SOS performance specialist and waiter extraordinaire at Red Lobster

Interests: Worship, hip hop, theatre, chillin, movies, and chasing God

Accomplishments: “I’ve dropped several national CD’s, several bootleg CD’s, and have been on three nationwide tours. Leader of “The Lynk” college ministry at my church. Travel with SOS and change lives. But my biggest accomplishment has been being a part of ULTIMATE CHOICE CAROLINA!”

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life?
”To do a CD called ‘The Dark Side of the Light’, to have a variety TV show on MTV, and be the NEW Mr. Rogers. I’d just like to travel and do what I love to do….and never stop preaching!”

 

Name: Jason

Age: 18

School/Job: taking a year off; I'm now an intern for Youthquake Live; working at Carrabas; will attend FSU in June

Interests: traveling, music, religion, psychology, the great outdoors.

Accomplishments: being pretty much the coolest guy ever

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life?
”In the next 5 years I hope to have bachelors degree and be starting in a career. By then I hope to have taken three major trips including a missions trip, as well as a semester abroad. In the next ten years I hope to be happily married with a steady enough income to start a family.”

 

Name: Donovan

Age: 21

Job: Wal-Mart Distribution Center

Interests: “Playing basketball and education. I’d like to get back in college as soon as possible.”

Accomplishments: Graduated from Englewood High School in Jacksonville, FL. Honorable Mention All-State basketball player. Led city in 3-pointers, #2 in scoring senior year. Played one season at Pensacola Community College.

 

Name: Alicia

Age: 18

School: Freshman at the University of Florida, GO GATORS!

Interests: Shopping, make-up, theater, cheering/gymnastics, community service, reading, laying out at the beach, SKY-DIVING (because of the show), and hanging out with friends

Accomplishments: Accepted into the University of Florida, was a recipient of the Character Counts award, was chosen to be a cast member for Ultimate Choice, and went sky-diving from 15,000 feet!

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life?
”In the next 5 years I hope to be graduating from UF with a Masters Degree in Nursing, I want to become a Nurse Practitioner specializing in the neo-natal unit, and to have truly enjoyed my college years. I also hope to have met my future husband by then. In the next ten years I hope to be married, and to be absolutely in love with my husband. I want to become a successful nurse, and maybe even a mommy with my first child by then!”

 

Name: Latisha

Age: 24

School/Job: University of North Florida/Project SOS (Strengthening our Students) in Jacksonville, FL

Interests: Sports/Movies/Friends

Accomplishments: High School: 4 year basketball player and team MVP; participated in HOPE (Helping Other People Everywhere), serving the poor in Mexico City and Philadelphia; Worked with kids that have mental retardation. Colege: 2 years of Division I basketball at University of Cincinnati where I was the sixth man my freshman year and broke the 3-point percentage record (which still stands today), Dean’s List for 4 quarters at UC; Led a campus ministry at Pepperdine University; 2 year D-II basketball player at University of North Florida where I received best defense my first year and All Conference 2nd team and All Conference tournament team my second year.

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life? “Honestly, the only set plans I have for the next 5 years or ten years of my life is to receive my Bachelor’s Degree, learn Spanish, and get a bomb job where I either: 1. Work for Jacksonville Sheriff’s office, or Atlanta Police Department, or Los Angeles Police Department and 3 years after I work for one of them get on the SWAT team, or 2. Do another TV show or make a movie and become the black actress that kills all the barriers for African American actresses (where I’m not seen as the top black actress but the top actress); however, considering I have never taken an acting class in my life, it’s a long shot. Considering I can cry on demand and anything is possible through Christ who strengthens me, it’s a pretty good long shot.”

 

Name: Jesse

Age: 19

School/Job: Dance Teacher at Shoshannah Arts Center, and server at TGI Fridays

Interests: DANCE! It’s my whole life, I also love all the arts. I am obsessed with movies if I’m not at the movies I am renting one.

Accomplishments: “I guess my greatest accomplishment thus far is living in NY for 2 months and attending the Dance Theater of Harlem. I also went to High school at the Baltimore School for the Arts in Baltimore MD, wich is the same school TuPac and Jada Pinket Smith went to which I think is cool J.”

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life?
“In 5 years I hope to own my own dance school in the inner city to help get kids off the streets either here or in another city. In ten years I want to still be running the studio but be married with a few kids. I also want to back pack through Europe in that period of time.”

 

Name: Whitney

Age: 19

School/Job: student at new york university

Interests: sports, art, journalism, music, theater
Accomplishments: jacksonville student of the year, meninak leadership scholar, being accepted to nyu

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life?
“I hope to continue to play volleyball for nyu and graduate from here in four yrs. I would like to intern at a magazine in the city and eventually have a steady writing job or have my own column for one of the local papers. I am also very interested in broadcast journalism and would like to possibly pursue a career in that field.”

 

Name: Jeremiah

Age: 19

School/Job: I am a student, athlete at Florida Community College of Jacksonville

Interests: baseball, relaxing, hanging out with friends, and more baseball

Accomplishments: “I was a 34th round pick of the NY Mets in the 2004 MLB Draft. I consider being a part of UC Carolina a great accomplishment as well.”

What do you hope to accomplish in the next 5 years? The next 10 years of your life? “My goal now is to turn profesional in baseball, hopefully get an opportunity to sign with the Mets in a year or two, but also and just as important I am in school working towards a degree (still undecided) in order to have the opportunity to get a great job and be working in a field that I have great interest in.”

Courtenay Bowser
In addition to being the popular co-host of ULTIMATE CHOICE, Courtenay is the Founder and Executive Director of Shoshannah Arts in Jacksonville, Florida.

She has studied dance for twenty years and taught for six years. She has also studied drama for six years and taught for two years. When she was 19, Courtenay opened Shoshannah Arts. As Executive Director of Shoshannah Arts, Courtenay leads a staff of 16 people, continues to teach dance and drama locally, and travels around the world speaking to motivate young people to achieve their dreams and teaching the arts.

Her desire is to see people everywhere believe in themselves enough to impact the world around them. She is married to musician Jeremy Bowser.

Sean Yost
Sean is the creator of one of the most successful outreaches to young people in Jacksonville called YouthQuake Live. YouthQuake Live is best described as a Christian version of Saturday Night Live, featuring comedy skits, music, and other entertainment geared for teenagers and performed and produced by teenagers. At their first show in 1995 they had a cast of 12 and an audience of 40. They dreamed of one day performing for 500 people. As YouthQuake Live now enters its 8th season, it regularly reaches audiences of 2500-3500 people with a cast of over 150, six drama teams, two bands, a tech crew, a dance team, a ministry team and 12 interns. This year, YQL Radio hits the air with a three-hour interactive radio show every Saturday night on FM 88.1.

Sean's passion is to see young people established in the purpose and destiny that God has for their individual lives and for their generation. He believes that a new breed of teenagers is emerging. They are a generation looking for a cause worth giving their lives for; a generation poised to change the world.

Sean has traveled the world, visiting 12 countries in mission work, impacting teenagers wherever he has gone. He is currently the Pastor of Family Development at Christ the Redeemer Church. Sean and his wife Barbara, reside in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, with their three children, Gabriel, Lydia, and Josiah.