Mike was a castaway on Survivor: Redemption Island and was part of the Zapatera Tribe. He was part of the Zapatera 6 tribe that took out Russell Hantz and his alliance, only to go on a losing streak and enter the merge in the minority. He was the 9th person voted out but fought his way in the Redemption Island Duels, only to become the 13th eliminated at the final duel and the 7th jury member.
• Placement: 6th out of 18 | Challenge Wins: 7 | Votes Against: 6 | Days Lasted: 36
• Mike joined the Zapatera Six alliance early on in the game, along with Steve, Ralph, David, Sarita, and Julie; together they threw the challenge and took out Russell, followed by his two allies Krista and Stephanie
• In the pre-merge stage, he considered voting off Sarita over Stephanie to keep the tribe strong, only to keep Sarita in the end; he also debated between Sarita and David when they had to turn on their own, joining the majority in taking out Sarita
• When the tribes merged, Mike and his allies were unable to convince Matt and Andrea to flip to their side, so Ralph used his Idol on Mike, which proved to be a waste, since Mike received 0 votes and Matt was the one who went home
• At the second tribal council after the merge, Mike was voted out due to him being the biggest physical threat at Zapatera by a 6-5 vote
• For the next two weeks, Mike spent his game at Redemption Island, where he outlasted the rest of the Zapatera 6 members
• In a twist, he gave the players in the game time with their family, over the people in Redemption Island, which Ralph thought was dumb, and with Ralph’s elimination, Mike was the last Zapatera standing
• He beat Matt and Grant in the final duel but was unable to beat Andrea, which made his final placement 6th; as a jury member he voted for Rob to win
• He is a Marine and an Iraq War Veteran and was the youngest male on Zapatera
• He is the only Zapatera to outlast an Ometepe
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