Travis Scott’s “Sicko Mode” is blasting in Patrick Adler’s Jeep Liberty. In the passenger seat next to Adler sits Ryan Banas. It is 2020 and the two are high schoolers.
Banas turns his phone to Adler and films him rapping along with the song before a Loyola Academy golf match; a normal hype-up ritual for the pair.
The two have been playing golf together since grade school, and the first-year Banas joined the junior Adler at Marquette this fall.
Adler said Banas following him to Marquette has been like a dream come true.
“Ryan was one of the only guys who had the same aspirations as me on the high school team,” Adler said.