Getting To Know ... Josh Hildebrand

 

 

 

Q: What baseball memory stands out the most for you?
A: Breaking my throwing arm so I couldn’t play my first year of tee ball.

Q: What is the best advice you have ever received from a coach?
A: Think about what you’re going to do with the ball before each pitch.

Q: Who is your most influential role model?
A: My dad.

Q: What celebrity would you most like to meet?
A: Taylor Swift or Megan Fox.

Q: Do you have a favorite type of music you listen to?
A: I like it all.

Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: The Band of Brothers series.

Q: What is your favorite sports movie?
A: Rookie of the Year.

Q: Do you have a favorite food or meal?
A: Hot wings.

Q: What is your favorite holiday?

A: Independence Day.

Q: What is your favorite professional baseball team?
A: Baltimore Orioles.

Q: Who is your favorite professional baseball player?
A: Justin Verlander.

Q: Name one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I live on a farm.

Q: What is the place that you haven’t traveled to, that you would most like to visit?
A: France.

Q: What would be your dream job?
A: Playing Baseball.

Q: What is it that attracted you to IUP?
A: The larger campus then other state schools.

Q: What do you like most about the city of Indiana?
A: The scenery.

Q: What baseball team in the PSAC would you most like to beat?
A: California.

Q: What is your favorite thing about the sport of baseball?
A: Walk off homeruns.

Q: What is your earliest baseball memory?
A: Breaking my arm for my first year of tee ball.

Q: If you could play any other sport in college, what would it be?
A: Lacrosse.

Q: What are some of your favorite things to do in your spare time when you are not playing baseball?
A: Video games, hunting.

Q: What was your favorite TV show growing up?
A: Tom and Jerry.

Q: What is your favorite TV show now? Do you have a favorite character on that show?
A: Baseball Tonight ,John Kruk.

Q: What are your career goals
A: Have a well paying job and a family.

Q: What does it take to be academically successful at IUP?
A: Dedication to each class.

Q: What does it take to be athletically successful at IUP?
A: A good work ethic.

 

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