Getting to
Know ... Ryan Mostyn
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Q: What baseball memory stands out the most for you?
A: Beating The Boyertown Bears at their home stadium in the opening round of the
American Legion State Playoffs.
Q: What is the best part of being a college athlete?
A: Getting the opportunity to compete at a high level after high school. Not
everyone has that chance.
Q: What are some of your favorite things to do in your spare time when you
are not playing baseball?
A: Hunting and fishing in my hometown. Also, working out and spending time with
my family.
Q: What is the best advice you have ever received from a coach?
A: Work hard, train hard, and play hard. Success will come after.
Q: Who is your most influential role model?
A: My Father.
Q: Do you have a favorite type of music you listen to?
A: Country Music
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Joe Dirt
Q: What is your favorite sports movie?
A: Major League I
Q: Do you have a favorite food or meal?
A: Chicken Parmesan
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A. Christmas, because it brings the entire family together.
Q:
What is your favorite professional baseball team?
A: Pittsburgh Pirates. I think they have a shot every season and yet they
haven’t made the playoffs for fifteen years.
Q:
Who is your favorite professional baseball player?
A: David Eckstein
Q: What is the place that you haven’t traveled to, that you would most like
to visit?
A: Italy
Q: What would be your dream job?
A: My dream job would be to continue on the financial path and secure a job as a
commodities broker. Although I feel I would be happy with anything in the
financial field.
Q:
What is it that attracted you to IUP?
A: The size was a definite factor, when compared with other PSAC
schools it is much larger. Also, the Eberly College of Business and Information
Technology played a key role. It is an excellent facility for anyone that wants
to major in business.
Q:
What do you like most about the city of Indiana?
A: It has everything you could want in a town. There are plenty of
things to do from bowling, shopping, to mini golf and great restaurants. It is
an active place that never gets boring.
Q:
What baseball team in the PSAC would you most like to beat?
A: This upcoming season I would particularly like to beat Cal. Our games
with them are always battles, and come down to a clutch hit or to win the game.
In the past few years, we have been on the losing end of those games. That is
soon to change.
Q:
What is your favorite thing about the sport of baseball?
A: The fact that you never really know who is going to win. Any team can
win on any day.
Q:
What is your earliest baseball memory?
A: Having a catch in the yard with my dad, since I was about five years old.
Q:
If you could play any other sport in college, what would it be?
A: Football. I really enjoyed playing high school football.
Q:
What pre-game superstitions or rituals do you have?
A: If I have a good game in game one of a doubleheader, I do the exact same
pre-game routine prior to the second game.
Q:
What was your favorite TV show growing up?
A: Saved by the Bell
Q:
What is your favorite TV show now? Do you have a favorite character on that
show?
A: ESPN Sportscenter
Q:
What are your career goals
A: I would like to start brokering in the commodities field immediately upon
graduation. I want to retire by the time I am sixty and take care of my family.
Q:
What does it take to be academically successful at IUP?
A: You first must want to be successful. Without some type of inner drive or
determination to get good grades it is not possible. You must attend class, take
good notes, and study for all exams. Our coaches do an excellent job in
motivating us to excel in the classroom.
Q:
What does it take to be athletically successful at IUP?
A: Hard work on the field and in the weight room. Everyday your competition is
getting better and you have to work just as hard if not harder to rise above
their level.