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Thu, 12 Aug 2010 09:14:02 -0700 Sweet... http://mitvball.posterous.com/sweet http://mitvball.posterous.com/sweet

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Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:19:26 -0700 Paul Syta Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/paul-syta-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/paul-syta-survey
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Name:
 Paul Syta

Year in School: 
Freshman

Hometown:
 Fairport, NY

When you started playing volleyball: 
7th grade

Position:
 Setter

Number(if not college, your HS #):
 8

Favorite Volleyball Player:
 Pawel Zagumny/Matt Anderson

Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: Roofing a senior during my high school season as a freshman and almost getting my arm ripped off in the process

 

Major(or intended major):
 Mathematics and Management

What you want to do after college?:
 Get a job, preferably. Maybe as an actuary

Favorite Class:
 Math

Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman): 
CPW, also, enjoying a fine afternoon lunch and private tour of MIT courtesy of Benson and Garrett

Nerdiest thing about you: I make stupid puns a lot

 

Things you do other than volleyball: Play violin for school and mess around with guitar and piano on my own, play Kan Jam, mess around on my mac, or just chill

Things you are involved in around campus: Orchestra, French club, Math co-op copy boy

 

For Freshman:


Where are you living?(If the results haven't come out yet, where do you want to live?):
 MacGregor as of right now

What are you looking forward to the most?: Playing some awesome volleyball and sharing great experiences on campus and in the city with a new group of people

What are you most worried about?: How to balance intense schoolwork with sports and everything else that happens on campus. Also, being a Yankees fan in the heart of Boston

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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:15:53 -0700 Motivation from COURAGEWOLF http://mitvball.posterous.com/motivation-from-couragewolf http://mitvball.posterous.com/motivation-from-couragewolf
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Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:17:25 -0700 Jeremy Velazquez: Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/jeremy-velazquez-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/jeremy-velazquez-survey Name: Jeremy J Velazquez

Year in School: Junior

Hometown: Chelmsford, MA
When you started playing volleyball: 8th grade on a club team, but attended camps prior.

Position: DS, but I've played everywhere except middle.

Number(if not college, your HS #): 1

Favorite Volleyball Player:

Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: I'm gonna give three, one volleyball one and two JBC moments.

1)Last year coming back against Emmanuel in the New Paltz tourney, acing them, and digging their captain for the win.
2)Freshman year when JBC gave his needle speech, so amazing :P
3)Freshmen year when we were doing that word-skill connection activity and JBC yelled out "Ho magnet!" for a set.

Major(or intended major): Currently 3A and 7, but probably going to switch to straight 3 with a 7 minor.
What you want to do after college?: Grad school for me, just starting to look into it. Maybe a start up with my brothers somewhere down the road.
Favorite Class: 1.00 Fun, practical, and not too hard (usually).
Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman):
Nerdiest thing about you: love parading with tie dye, a cape, and a calculator holster on my belt.

Things you do other than volleyball: Write emo poetry, cry myself to sleep (don't worry, it's a good thing :P), make coach feel uncomfortable around me, play LoL, watch people. It's a nice gig.

Things you are involved in around campus: I'm an associate adviser, and work in Irvine lab


Where did you live freshman year?: Lived in Simmons. Nice place, two great roommate experiences, loved the walk too, but I felt like there was somewhere else for me, not sure if I'll ever find it though :P I currently live in East Campus.

What was your favorite class freshman year?: 3.091 with Bob Rose through the Concourse program. Amazing guy, but he's retired now, sadly.

If you were to go through freshman year again, what would you do differently? :

Take two HASS-D CI-H classes, one each semeseter, to get that stuff out of the way while it matters less which ones you like and don't like (as it is pass/no record and A/B/C/no record freshman year.

what would you do the same?:

Like Benson said, taking the time to have fun while also taking every class very seriously first semester, was something I definitely don't regret.

Finally: upload a picture that represents you. It doesn't have to be of you but it should explain who you are. Just put it as an attachment on your email and it'll show up on the blog.

(this is one of my favorite pictures)

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Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:42:10 -0700 love http://mitvball.posterous.com/love-0 http://mitvball.posterous.com/love-0

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Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:34:16 -0700 This is Love http://mitvball.posterous.com/this-is-love-1 http://mitvball.posterous.com/this-is-love-1

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Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:39:25 -0700 what is love http://mitvball.posterous.com/what-is-love-0 http://mitvball.posterous.com/what-is-love-0 do you guys think love exists?!

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Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:52:31 -0700 Playing Some Indoors and Grass http://mitvball.posterous.com/playing-some-indoors-and-grass http://mitvball.posterous.com/playing-some-indoors-and-grass Played 2 hours of indoor and 2 hours of outdoor last Thursday and Friday respectively.

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Garrett

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Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:35:05 -0700 Matt Hohenberger Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/matt-hohenberger-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/matt-hohenberger-survey
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Name: Matt Hohenberger
Year in School: Sophomore
Hometown: ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI!!!
When you started playing volleyball: 3rd Grade
Position: OH
Number(if not college, your HS #): #3
Favorite Volleyball Player: Mike D
Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: Soft blocking 2 Endicott hitters in a row in the same play, play ending in my third block of the middle as i was three feet off the net. Then Patrick blocked an OH in the same manner during the NECVA tournament.

Major(or intended major): Mechanical Engineering
What you want to do after college?: ???
Favorite Class: 18.03 (so far)
Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman): Water Polo Pre-season, Sneaking into backstage after B.J. Novak performance and getting his autograph, swim team cross-dress party with Alex,
Nerdiest thing about you: I enjoyed finals week.

Things you do other than volleyball: Play/ Coach Water Polo, Work as a Janitor during the summer
Things you are involved in around campus: Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Varsity Water Polo (last year)

For Non-Freshman:
Where did you live freshman year?: Next House.... its the furthest dorm. I had a very social floor, but it is hit or miss I think. If you have a bike its fine. What was your favorite class freshman year?: 18.03
If you were to go through freshman year again, what would you do differently? what would you do the same?: I would have not taken 17.40 ( American Foreign Policy)


Finally: upload a picture that represents you. It doesn't have to be of you but it should explain who you are. Just put it as an attachment on your email and it'll show up on the blog.

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Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:34:57 -0700 Playing Grass Vball http://mitvball.posterous.com/playing-grass-vball http://mitvball.posterous.com/playing-grass-vball Played Grass Vball on Friday for a few hours and played in an Open Grass Tourney today with Kelly. Didn't do as well as we liked... but it was fun.

POST MORE!!

Garrett

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Fri, 18 Jun 2010 20:28:59 -0700 6/18 Workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/618-workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/618-workout 1 hour bike, level 10, hill
6-8 mins of abs

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Thu, 17 Jun 2010 03:05:00 -0700 Today's Workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/todays-workout-taggarrett-workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/todays-workout-taggarrett-workout

1 mile run

1 hour of basketball

Tim

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:31:00 -0700 Benson Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/benson-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/benson-survey

Name: Benson M George
Year in School: 2012
Hometown: East Meadow, NY
When you started playing volleyball: 8th Grade
Position: ...I hit the ball
Number(if not college, your HS #): 7
Favorite Volleyball Player: Jimmy George (the pride of Kerala, India...wiki him)
Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: Getting a kill only to hear JBC yell "Big B has a Big D." Also, owning Emmanuel all year makes me smile.

Major(or intended major): Course 7
What you want to do after college?: Practice medicine...deliver babies...cut some fools up
Favorite Class: 7.05...our professor had a student draw his blood in class...it was awesome
Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman): One night Tim Lee and I tried climbing the tennis bubble to top off a wonderous night of debauchery and gallivanting.
Nerdiest thing about you: I like to calculate the change I'm going to receive after a purchase before the cashier can ring it up

Things you do other than volleyball: I love to play tennis and soccer. I just bought a bike so I plan on going on long rides around Boston. I chill a lot, I'm pretty solid at it. 

Things you are involved in around campus: Being a Kappa Sigma brother, working in the Amon Lab, TA'ing, SAAS, MedLinks and some other stuff

For Non-Freshman:
Where did you live freshman year?: Burton-Conner (B5)
What was your favorite class freshman year?: Writing and Experience...straight joke, take it
If you were to go through freshman year again, what would you do differently?

I would probably have done more p-sets during Freshmen Fall. I recommend to all pre-frosh to take classes as serious as possible in the Fall despite it being pass fail because it'll be a good introduction to what work will be like here. You don't want to be caught off guard when your in the Spring while playing volleyball. 

 what would you do the same?:

If I could do it all over again I would have definitely made sure I went out at least once during the weekend to either eat out, just walk around or go to a party. You definitely need to study break when you go to school here. 

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:13:48 -0700 6/16 Workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/616-workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/616-workout 16 Lunges, 8 each leg, 25 lb military press each at bottom of lunge for the first 8, hold the 50 lbs for the last 8
Still holding 25 lbs in each hand, 8 squats with dumbells on shoulder
Dumbbell Rows
All of above x3

Different type of leg press 3x8, 250 lbs

Leg Curl 3x15 lbs (Rehab)
Leg Extension 3x10 lbs (Rehab)
Abduction 3x230 lbs
Adduction 3x180 lbs

1 min ab workout
Crunches x2
Bridges
Side Bridges

Bicep Curls 3x8, 25, 20, 25lbs

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:04:47 -0700 6/15 Workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/615-workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/615-workout Dumbbell Press 3x8, 42, 45, 47.5 lbs
Pulldowns 3x8, 150, 165, 165 lbs (could only do 6 on the last one)
Lat Pulldowns 3x8, 130, 140, 130 lbs
Cable Tricep Extensions 3x8 (forgot weight)
1 min ab workout, 15 second rest
Crunches
Bridges
Bicycles, switch real slow at the beginning 15 seconds, increase frequency every 15 seconds
Dips plus hanging knee raises 3x8

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:55:17 -0700 6/14 Workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/614-workout http://mitvball.posterous.com/614-workout 3x8 Leg Press - 270 lbs
3x8 Calf Raises - 270lbs

16 Lunges, 8 each leg, 25 lb military press each at bottom of lunge for the first 8, hold the 50 lbs for the last 8
Still holding 25 lbs in each hand, 8 squats with dumbells on shoulder
Tricep extensions
All of above x3

3x8 Cable Rows - 150, 165, 195

1 min ab workout
Crunches
Swinging hip bridges
Leg Extension bridges
Ball Rotations

Leg Curl 3x15 lbs (Rehab)
Leg Extension 3x10 lbs (Rehab)
Abduction 3x220 lbs
Adduction 3x180 lbs

10 Minute elliptical

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:20:53 -0700 Daniel's Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/daniels-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/daniels-survey

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Name: Daniel Chan Sngiem

Year in School: Junior

Hometown: Long Beach, CA

When you started playing volleyball: 8th grade

Position: Defensive Specialist

Number(if not college, your HS #): 2

Favorite Volleyball Player:  (professional) Sean Rooney and (not-so-amateur) Eugene Jang

Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: Digging A.J. Witkofsky from Endicott, seeing Matt tag one of this former teammates with a vicious serve versus Harvard, murdering Endicott and Rivier at their house, "you know it, you know the story... tell the whole damn world this is beaver territory" and there's so much more ...


Major(or intended major): Computer Science (6-3)

What you want to do after college?: Work for a graphic design firm or be a lead UI/UX person or work in a startup OR work for Pixar (that would be sweeeeet)

Favorite Class: 6.02 Intro to Signals and Systems -- I really enjoyed the labs for this class, so much so that I did them early.

Favorite moment at MIT (CPW counts for freshman): CPWs, Volleyball, Performing Musicals (not rehearsing, rehearsing sucks). Taking my MITatheltics headshot with a mohawk.

Nerdiest thing about you: Thinking of inflatable bounce houses makes me think of differential equations... making nerdy and often esoteric references.

Things you do other than volleyball: Lots of artistic things -- music, dance, acting, painting, graphics. I should warn you that I sing pretty often. I'm kind of obsessed with anything Nintendo related or most things Apple. and Disney and theme parks and roller coasters... and Pixar... 

Things you are involved in around campus: Musical Theatre Guild (I've been a five star general, a rapping drug dealer, and a circus performer that bites of the heads of chickens), a little startup that eats up my nights, and I'm part of a new fraternity called Pi Kappa Alpha (or PIKE).


Where did you live freshman year?: I still live in F-entry which is probably one of the liveliest entries in MacGregor. If you end up there and you want to live in my entry let me know -- it's noisy sometimes. My friend says it gets noisier than some parts of Baker.

What was your favorite class freshman year?: 18.02 with Professor Auroux. He's a very good professor. and most parts of 8.02. I would have liked 5.112 more if I remembered my chemistry. Oops.

If you were to go through freshman year again, what would you do differently? what would you do the same?: Differently: Learn to ask for help. Get over yourself and ask for help. I'm serious. If you don't, you may end up doing not so well as you wished and not know the material as you should or even end up cheating. Ask for help. Same: participate in activities on campus. MIT is a place of participation. You don't have to be the good or know anything at all to join an activity that you are mildly interested in. I never did drama in high school but I participated in a few musical here at MIT. Just have some fun and don't burden yourself with school work (but don't forget about schoolwork either).

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:05:57 -0700 Evan Wang - Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/evan-wang-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/evan-wang-survey
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Name: Evan Puhua Wang

Year in School: Freshman
Hometown: West Lafayette, IN and Cupertino, CA
When you started playing volleyball: 8th Grade
Position: Setter
Number(if not college, your HS #): 22
Favorite Volleyball Player: Dante Amaral
Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: Beating SCVC 16-1s at Far Westerns, and going down to the SCVA January tournament with the #1 seed

Major(or intended major): 10-Chemical Engineering or 14-Economics
What you want to do after college?: Not sure yet
Favorite Class: AP U.S. History?
Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman): CPW, and realizing that I wouldn't be going to a school that's 79% Asian anymore.
Nerdiest thing about you: I like math.

Things you do other than volleyball: I like going to Fellowship, film and photography, piano, drums, and anything that involves traveling  
Things you are involved in around campus: Class officer, Math club

For Freshman:
Where are you living?(If the results haven't come out yet, where do you want to live?): Baker or Burton-Connor, hopefully
What are you looking forward to the most?: Volleyball, meeting new people and exploring Boston
What are you most worried about?: The amount of classwork and my non-existent study habits

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Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:08:18 -0700 Garrett Survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/garrett-survey http://mitvball.posterous.com/garrett-survey
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Name: Garrett Lee Winther
Year in School: Senior
Hometown: Broomfield, Colorado
When you started playing volleyball: 5th Grade
Position: Opposite
Number(if not college, your HS #): 13
Favorite Volleyball Player: Clay Stanley
Personal Favorite Volleyball Memory: It's a tie between destroying Riv in their own gym last season, coming back to 0-2 to win in 5 against Hunter my freshman year, and a cross court set I had during NECVA semis that JBC bounced.

Major(or intended major): 2-Mechanical Engineering
What you want to do after college?: Product Design
Favorite Class: 2.008 Manufacturing and Design 2 or 2.00b Toy Product Design
Favorite moment at MIT(CPW counts for freshman): The CPW during my freshman year...
Nerdiest thing about you: I spend my free time thinking about things I could build

Things you do other than volleyball: I like to draw, play guitar, mashup music, DJ, and graphic design
Things you are involved in around campus: Undergraduate Research Project on Rapid Product Development which will result in me designing a product line that we are about to deploy... and I'm in a fraternity Sigma Chi,

For Non-Freshman:
Where did you live freshman year?: I lived in a quad in Baker. It was pretty awesome for freshman year but don't know if I'd want to do it for all four years.
What was your favorite class freshman year?: 8.01 (Mechanical Physics)
If you were to go through freshman year again, what would you do differently? what would you do the same?: I would go to more office hours and explore things that I might want to do later down the road. I didn't know exactly what I wanted to do for a career till after my sophomore summer, so it would be really helpful to explore some other options during IAP or try to get a UROP second semester in something that might be interesting to you. Just in general be more open to trying different stuff because it could be exactly what you want to do with your life. I would do most everything else to the same.

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