Getting To Know ... Jeff Lluberes
Q:
What baseball memory stands out the most for you?
A: My last high school home game, it was a walk off win vs my rival high school
Wilson and crowd stormed the field.
Q: What is the best part of being a college athlete?
A: Registering for classes early.
Q: What is the best advice you have ever received from a coach?
A: Play hard all game because you never know who is watching.
Q: Who is your most influential role model?
A: My father.
Q: What celebrity would you most like to meet?
A: Derek Jeter.
Q: Do you have a favorite type of music you listen to?
A: Hip Hop.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Dark Knight.
Q: What is your favorite sports movie?
A: Remember the Titans.
Q: Do you have a favorite food or meal?
A: Rice and Beans with some fried chicken.
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A:
Christmas.
Q:
What is your favorite professional baseball team?
A: New York Yankees.
Q:
Who is your favorite professional baseball player?
A: Derek Jeter.
Q: Name one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I was born in New York City and I learned how to speak English in school.
Q: What is the place that you haven’t traveled to, that you would most like
to visit?
A: Hawaii.
Q: What would be your dream job?
A: Professional Baseball Player.
Q:
What is it that attracted you to IUP?
A: Education.
Q:
What do you like most about the city of Indiana?
A: The University.
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: The competitiveness.
Q:
What is your earliest baseball memory?
A: Getting my first hit when I was about 5 or 6.
Q:
If you could play any other sport in college, what would it be?
A: Football.
Q:
What (if any) pre-game superstitions or rituals do you have?
A: Never step on the white line before a game.
Q:
What are some of your favorite things to do in your spare time when you are
not playing baseball?
A: Hang out with friends.
Q:
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
A: Fresh Prince.
Q:
What is your favorite TV show now? Do you have a favorite character on that
show?
A: Sports Center.
Q:
What are your career goals
A: Be a successful person.
Q:
What does it take to be academically successful at IUP?
A: The mind set to succeed.
Q:
What does it take to be athletically successful at IUP?
A: Hard work and the commitment.