Wade Collins. 4 October 1986 -

			My name is Wade Adam Collins and I was born on the 4^th October 1986 at the Mercy Hospital in East Melbourne. Mum and Dad raised my three brothers (Brenton, Tyson, Darcy), my sister (Carly), and I in our current house in Wantirna South, where I have lived my entire life. We also have a great dog. Her name is Whoopi and she is 10 years old now.
When I was 4 years old I began school at St. Jude’s Primary School in Scoresby. After completing 7 years there, I moved on to Aquinas College in Ringwood. I completed my VCE there in 2004 with an ENTER rank of 95.15. In 2005 I was enrolled into Bachelor of Commerce-Sport Management at Deakin University in Burwood. I was lucky enough to be accepted into the Dean’s Scholar Program, which was great, and I am currently in my final semester of study before graduating at the end of this year hopefully. I have been working as a casual employee at Target in Knox City since September 2001. I am a customer service assistant and mainly work in the home entertainment department, which I actually really enjoy. I have also worked some temporary jobs for extra cash such as factory work, coaching, promotions, and poker (I wish!)
My main interests include sports, TV, music, going out, and spending time/having beers with mates. I love the summer (it goes way too quick) and the only good thing about the winter is the football season.
I play football for the Knox Falcons with Darcy and Tyson and I really enjoy being a part of the club and playing alongside my brothers. Love the social side of it too! In the AFL we all madly support the Essendon Bombers. Other sports I really enjoy are cricket and golf. I had a short stint in cricket with Boronia Hawks, actually played basketball with Wantirna Jetbacks for 9 years, and I always look forward to having a round of golf with dad and my brothers. The only cricket I get up to now is backyard cricket with my mates in the summer! I also love to play pool at home, especially with Brenton, as he is a challenge for me.
		Some of my greatest sporting achievements include: Best and Fairest awards in basketball in ’95, ’96, and ’97. Best and Fairest awards in football in ’97, and, ’98 (I was also awarded “Club Champion” in that year). Reaching my 100 game milestone for the Knox Junior Football club in ‘98, and receiving the bowling award for cricket in ’03.
I can’t wait to travel after I graduate from university and as soon as I have the money I will head overseas to Europe and see as many countries as I can. The furthest I’ve ever travelled would be to Bali in 2006, which was an amazing experience. Within Australia I have been to Queensland on our family holidays in 1991, and 1998, and to Central Australia with the school in 2003. Like everybody I love a holiday and every year I look forward to the annual weekends away such as footy trip, golf trip, and Easter trip and also the end of year holiday to Phillip Island. I can’t say what the future will hold for me but at the moment I am absolutely loving what I’m doing and just hope I can keep achieving my goals.

Last update by Wade Collins 7 August 2007