Indiana University Athletics
Mark Calkins Up Close
1/13/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Jan. 13, 2002
Mark Calkins Up Close
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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Senior Mark Calkins is a two-year starter in left field for the Hoosiers and turned in his best season yet in 2002. He finished ranked third on the team with a .357 batting average and 67 runs scored while knocking in 38 runs and hitting 12 doubles. A native of Portland, Ore. (Jesuit HS), Calkins played the first season of his college career at the The Citadel before transferring to Indiana. Calkins was an integral part of Indiana's fourth-place finish in the Big Ten Conference and appearance in the conference tournament in 2002. To learn more about Calkins off the field, read on...
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1. The best thing about playing baseball at Indiana is: my teammates
2. The thing that impresses me most about the coaching staff is: their dedication to their players
3. I came to Indiana because: I heard it was a good school and I played summer baseball with three players prior to transferring
4. What three words would you use to describe yourself? intense, competitior, loyal
5. Who was your sports hero as a little kid? Ty Cobb
6. Favorite pregame meal: A sandwich at Convenient Food Mart
7. Favorite magazine: Maxim
8. What is your greatest ambition? Win the lottery, buy a yacht and fish for the rest of my life
9. Favorite movie line, or the one you are constantly repeating, and what movie it’s from: ‘From what I hear you couldn’t hit water if you fell out of a boat.” -- Bull Durham
10. What’s the best advice you have ever heard and who it came from? “Never Give Up!” -- from my parents
11. What’s your most memorable sports moment? Hitting the game-winning home run at Xavier
12. What’s the TV show you never miss if you can help it? Sportscenter
13. The college or professional sports team (any sport) I follow is: Seattle Mariners
14. After graduation I want to: Play baseball professionally or move back to Hawaii and surf and fish
15. Person who has had the most influence on my athletic career: My dad and mom
16. If you could have only four CDs, none of them mixed, what would they be? Pearl Jam “Ten”; Pink Floyd “Division Bell” ; Led Zeppelin “Triology”; Red Hot Chili Peppers “By the Way”
17. Why did you choose your jersey number? Fred Graff, former player at IU, wanted me to wear it
18. What’s the last book you read that wasn’t for class? Of Mice and Men
19. Who is the funniest person on the team? Adam Pegg
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