You can soon see Jamie's boyfriend on the big screen. He is an extra as a male cheerleader in the film The 5th Quarter. The true story is about Wake Forest linebacker Jon Abbate, who's almost 16 year old brother, Luke, was killed in a car wreck right before his junior year season in 2006. Jon changed his jersey to his brother's former number, 5, and always held up five fingers at the beginning of every 4th quarter. His family started The Five Foundation in Luke's memory.
Anyways, as the sister of a Wake student, I vividly remember that season when they went all the way to the ACC Championship and the Orange Bowl. The film is being directed by Rick Bieber and stars Ryan Merriman (my former Disney-channel star crush) as Jon Abbate. Here's the entry on imdb so far and a local news report. I think its cool that they are using some actual game footage and some people from the real-life story. The movie is due in theaters May 2009.
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