Sporting events in the U.S. always begin the same way, with the national anthem, but just a few weeks ago there was a technical glitch that nearly changed that tradition in a small Ohio high school.

Isaac Bryant, a seventeen-year-old junior was napping before the district championship meet began and did not hear the announcer ask if anyone could sing the national anthem after the recorded version on the computer would not play over the sound system.

No one was stepping up to sing, so a teammate woke Bryant up and serendipitously said, “you sing.”

Still a little groggy from his nap, Bryant took the mike and began singing “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

A huge fan of Hank Williams and shy choir member, Bryant’s dulcet baritone wowed the audience as he sang with gusto.

In an interview with Inside Edition, Bryant says music has always been something he loved and that he began singing in the eighth grade.

“I’d always been around music my entire life, my grandpa, my mother, and church, but that was when I really started singing,” he said.

Since he stepped up to the mat – in more ways than one that day – folks are singing his praises. His boldness and his singing moved the whole audience. In addition to that, the entire thing was captured on video and has gone viral.

He loves country music, so maybe one day we will hear more from this young man in the future.