Featured Athlete:

Nick Petrolla

PROFILE:

Name: Nick Petrolla

Sport: Baseball

Position: Catcher and Third Base

Height/Weight: 5’11” – 225lbs

Key Stat(s): .395 batting average, 2nd Team All Conference

PRE-GAME:

Meal: Chick-fil-A

Music: Trap music, country, heavy metal, gospel, screamo, electronic dance music, Traditional New York songs, Mariah Carey Christmas Album, SpongeBob Movie Track List

Key Motivation: Proving the haters wrong

POST-GAME:

Seminarian: Is baseball your favorite sport?

Nick: “Yes”

Sem: Why do you play?

N: “I’ve always had a dream of playing in the MLB and to do that you have to play baseball.”

Sem: What do you do in the offseason to make yourself a better player?

N: “Get a bicep pump in, do some baseball drills”

Sem: How do you feel having very successful seasons the past two years?

N: “I feel great; unfortunately, I am injured right now. My come back will be greater than Lebron coming back to the CLE #WaitOnIt.”

Sem: Finally, how would you like this current season to end?

N: “Win state”