#7 Matt VanSlyke, OF |
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Position: OF
Date of Birth: 06/11/1991
Height: 5' 10" Weight: 180 lbs
College Experience: Christian Brothers University
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Oxford, Mississippi
Biography:
Matt comes to us from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tennessee as a major in Sports Management. He resides in Oxford, Mississippi and plans to graduate in 2013. His junior year in high school he batted .377 and his senior year .309 with a base percentage of .511 with 15 walks, 11 steals, 1 homerun, 3 triples and 6 doubles. We hope he does that well for his team at school and for the Power this season.
To view Matt's school website and profile visit:
http://www.gobucsgo.com/roster.aspx?path=baseball&
Each year we get to know a little bit about each player, before the season, by having them fill out a questionnaire! Enjoy!
Age: 18 (19 on June 11th)
Ideal Top 5 College Classes You Would Choose: Psychology, Management of Sports Industries, Business Law, Sports Industry Law, Philosophy
Biggest Thing That Has Surprised You About College: The amount of freedom you're allowed to have
What do you hope to do after college?: getting drafted or eventually owning my own baseball academy
Why do you want to play baseball in Niagara Falls?: To improve my baseball skills as well as learning things about Christ and learning how to be a Christ centered athlete
Favorite Type of Music: A little bit of everything!
Favorite MLB Player Ever: Josh Hamilton
Favorite MLB Team: Yankees
Do you have siblings?: Yes Brother(s)/Sister(s)?: 1 brother Jay, 1 sister Jessica
If you couldn't play baseball what sport would you play?: Track
Favorite Bible Verse: Philippians 4:13
Who has had the biggest positive influence on your life?: My mom and dad
If you could have dinner with three people, alive or dead, who would they be?: Josh Hamilton, Jesus and Derek Jeter
Do you have any non sports related talents? (ie singing, playing guitar, etc): Master at singing in the shower
Morning person or night owl?: Night Owl
Messy or OCD?: OCD (to a certain extent)
If you could step inside a Bible character's life for a day who would it be and why? Moses, I would love to see the separation of the Red Sea
How many minutes a day do you spend texting?: 17 hours out of the day haha
When did you start playing baseball?: 4 years old
Favorite Baseball Memory: Beating the #1 team (Tupelo) in the nation my junior year of high school
Ideal Vacation: Barcelona
Ideal/Favorite Pet: My golden retriever Jeter
If you had to eat only one food for an entire month what would it be?: Chicken fried rice
Most embarrassing and most proud moment: Proud moment - signing with CBU for baseball....Embarassing - whenever my mom or dad call me Matty |
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