#7 Vern Powell
IUP Baseball
Q: What baseball memory stands out the most for you?
A: Winning the Diamond Classic in 2006.
Q: What is the best part of being a college athlete?
A: Your always doing something, you never get bored.
Q: What is the best advice you have ever received from a coach?
A: Always hustle, don't disrespect the game.
Q: Who is your most influential role model?
A: My parents.
Q: What celebrity would you most like to meet?
A: George Strait.
Q: Do you have a favorite type of music you listen to?
A: Country.
Q: What is your favorite movie?
A: Tombstone.
Q: What is your favorite sports movie?
A: Bull Durham.
Q: Do you have a favorite food or meal?
A: Broiled Shrimp.
Q: What is your favorite holiday?
A: Christmas.
Q: What is your favorite professional baseball team?
A: Philadelphia Phillies.
Q: Who is your favorite professional baseball player?
A: David Wright
Q: Name one thing that people would be surprised to learn about you.
A: I surf.
Q: What is the place that you haven’t traveled to, that you would most like to
visit?
A: Montana.
Q: What would be your dream job?
A: Major League Baseball Player.
Q: What is it that attracted you to IUP?
A: The surrounding area.
Q: What do you like most about the city of Indiana?
A: Its got everything that you could want.
Q: What baseball team in the PSAC would you most like to beat?
A: Kutztown.
Q: What is your favorite thing about the sport of baseball?
A: There is no rush, 27 outs everyday.
Q: What is your earliest baseball memory?
A: My first hit in t-ball.
Q: If you could play any other sport in college, what would it be?
A: Golf.
Q: What pre-game superstitions or rituals do you have?
A: Too many to name.
Q: What are some of your favorite things to do in your spare time when you are
not playing baseball?
A: Hunting and being outside.
Q: What was your favorite TV show growing up?
A: Gilligan's Island.
Q: What is your favorite TV show now? Do you have a favorite character on that
show?
A: Friday Night Lights.
Q: What are your career goals
A: To be happy and successful.
Q: What does it take to be academically successful at IUP?
A: Go to class and do your work.
Q: What does it take to be athletically successful at IUP?
A: Work hard and never be satisfied.