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Student Athlete Profile: Brent Beals

Student Athlete Profile:  Brent Beals
by Millikin senior Alora Goodey
 
This week's featured student athlete is freshman baseball pitcher Brent Beals of Effingham.  Brent threw two scoreless innings to help the Big Blue defeat the University of Illinois 6-3 in a fall scrimmage held on September 27.
 
What pre-game ritual or song do you listen to before a game?
        I don't really have much of a pregame ritual. I will listen to music on the bus ride to games.
 
What is your favorite athletic memory?
        When I was 10 years old the baseball travel team I was playing on went to Branson, Missouri for a World Series and we ended up winning it capping off a 40-4 season.
 
What is your major and career objective?
        My current major is business undecided. I am still thinking about what career path will be best for me.
 
Beside your sport, what do you love to do?
        I like to disc golf, I got into disc golf when I was a sophomore in high school and have been playing ever since. I have gotten pretty good.
 
If you could pick a superpower, what would it be? Why?
        I would want to have super strength, because my favorite super hero growing up is the Hulk. He is basically indestructible, and I always thought it would cool to have the ability to turn into that. 
 
What is your favorite food or meal and why?
        I love wings. I could eat them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner every single day especially sweet barbecue wings from Buffalo Wild Wings.
 
What is your athletic background?
        I have played baseball and basketball since I was about five years old. For baseball my travel team was the Effingham Young Guns and the basketball team was the Effingham Lightning. Both teams had kids from around the Effingham area where I am from. In high school my junior and senior year I played baseball for the Decatur Commodores.
 
Why the Big Blue?
        I chose the Big Blue because I liked the campus and the fact that the classrooms have 20-25 students in a class. It is also not too far from home and my family can come see some games. Also seeing how the baseball team is getting better and better each year, I wanted the chance to come help and be a part of something special.
 
What is your favorite memory or moment here at Millikin University?
          My favorite memory here at Millikin is beating the University of Illinois.
 
 
 
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