athletes. his older bother dj was a sports hero, too. bob montgomery covers high school sports for the bristol press. aaron did track in audition to football he also did basketball. he was described in any sport he played as a man playing with children. he was just kind of goofy and fun. kind of had a baby face and all the teachers loved him. brad mcmillan and andrew played basketball with aaron beginning in middle school. he was twice the size of me. we were the same height but he was more athletic obviously. he practiced all the time. practiced because his father dennis pushed him, constantly. his father was pretty strict. i mean, he told me his father used to make him shoot 500 shots before he could play with friends. his dad clearly kept him anchored. i saw a closeness with them that i had never seen before.