Up Close And Personal: Jessica Aditays
3/12/2003 7:00:00 AM | Softball
March 12, 2003
Favorite movie/TV show: Free Willy/Will and Grace
Favorite actor/actress: Reese Witherspoon/Ben Affleck
CD currently in my CD player: Christina Aguilera--Stripped
Favorite Food: re-baked potatoes
Favorite place to hang out on campus: my room
Favorite class: Mammalogy
Favorite place to go on vacation: Maui, Hawaii
Since coming to Maryland I've learned: the importance of friends
What is your greatest athletic accomplishment? pitching a perfect game with twenty strikeouts for my summer team
Who is your hero/role model? my family, each one has given me a special gift
Tell your favorite/funny softball story: A teammate tripped on her shoelaces running from first to second base and dramatically laid on the ground for a few minutes before getting up and trotting back to the dugout
I came to Maryland because: It's a lot warmer than New England and it has all the aspects I was looking for in a school
Few people know that I: am SCUBA certified
The craziest thing I've ever done is: have a random guy jump over me in his bicycle while I was laying down in the middle of Baltimore
One word to describe me on the field is: perfectionist
One word to describe me off the field is: perfectionist
After Maryland, I'd like to: be a dolphin trainer at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, get married, and live in a beautiful apartment overlooking the ocean
Three people I'd like to have dinner with (from past or present): the only person I would want to see again would be my friend, Danielle Simas
What do you want to accomplish this season? be a confident pitcher with an instrumental role and to win the ACC title
What are your superstitions/pre-game rituals? I have to wear my hair a certain way with particular colored elastics
If I were president for the day I would: decrease water pollution and increase acts against protecting marine animals
If I was Coach LaMandre for the day I would: have a practice at the beach
If I could switch places with any person (real or fiction) I'd be: Jenny Finch
