I soared through school by excelling in physical fitness, math, science, and foreign language (especially Spanish, because it is my first language);
That don't loving count. I excelled in learning the language I was already fluent in.
I am assuming foreign language in this sense means learning to speak/read/write/listen to a foreign language, not study it as you would English (as in, reading/brown townysing literature, plays, speeches, media, or learning more complex grammar rules)?
No wonder this dumb bird ended up in the military and then NSA. All he had going for him was PE, maths and science (not even a specific science), and a language he could already speak.