UM Baseball: Around the Horn with Stephen Perez

Dec. 22, 2010

Coral Gables, Fla. – Miami baseball student-athlete HurricaneSports.com about his off-season workouts, as well as the fall season and expectations he has for the upcoming 2011 campaign.

Around the Horn with Stephen Perez…
Hometown… Miami, Fla.
High School… Gulliver Prep
Draft Information… Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 18th Round of the 2009 MLB Draft
Favorite Baseball Players… Rafael Furcal and Ozzie Smith
Favorite Athlete in Another Sport… Michael Jordan
Favorite Pro Sports Team… New York Yankees
Favorite Movie… Inception
The farthest place from home I’ve been is… Canada
My favorite memory playing baseball is… Going to Cooperstown (Little League World Series) when I was 12 years-old
My favorite show growing up was… Anything on ESPN
When I was little, I always wanted to be… A Major League Baseball player
My favorite thing about being part of the “U” family is… Being a student-athlete
The most influential person in my life is… My parents — Maritza and Silvio Perez
No one can believe that I… Can achieve anything
My favorite midnight snack is… Vanilla milkshake
An artist no one would believe I have on my iPod is… Michael Jackson
If you walked into my bedroom, the first thing you would notice is… I’m a baseball player
If I were a superhero, my name would be… Flash… and my power would be… Speed
If I could eat one meal for the rest of my life, it would be… Chicken Fried Rice
My favorite class at UM is… ESS 102 (Sports Management class)
A pre-game ritual of mine is to… Pray
I hate to admit it, but I love… Watching women’s basketball
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be… Miami, Fla.
If I could play any other sport at UM, it would be… Football
To me, being a Hurricane means… Everything because I grew up watching them
A secret talent of mine is… Playing paintball
My nickname is… Stevo