The Observer, February 3, 2006
Volume XXXVIII, Issue 15
Spartan Spotlight: Dana Dempsey
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Name, major, sport, etc.: Dana Dempsey is a junior nutrition major whose sharp-shooting skills have moved her to fifth place in three-point field goals made in the UAA, making her dangerous scoring weapon for the Case Lady Spartans.
Position : Shooting Guard...I really like to shoot.
High school/hometown: Brooklyn, Ohio.
Years participating in basketball: I think I played in my first tournament when I was three months old...I got a late start.
Who/what inspired you to play basketball: I thought it would be really cool to run suicides and sweet 16s and thought Penny Hardaway's shoes were really cool.
Hobbies/extracurricular activities: Any sport–played five in high school– reading books (not textbooks!), and anything outdoors, especially biking!
Favorite athlete: Ashley Horton. You are my hero!
Athletic honors: Once I got a rebound and boxed out in the same game! There were definitely tears of joy after that one!
Best basketball memory: Definitely in high school when I became the school's all-time leading scorer
Academic honors: Getting above a 1.0 and staying eligible to play basketball.
Worst basketball memory: Getting pounded by Wash U. my freshman year and thinking "Wow these girls are bigger than most of our football players!"
Favorite quote: New recent fav is "Sometimes you're the bug; sometimes you're the windshield." I mean, that one basically sums up life!
Something most people don't know about you: I love camping, but have only gone like five times in my life!
Joel Sanderson: What makes basketball stand out from other sports?
Dana Dempsey: It doesn't matter how many good "individuals" there are. Team Chemistry on the court and playing as one "unit," as coach always says, are super important to a basketball team's success.
JS: Yeah, but LeBron could dominate the UAA. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
DD: Ummmm…..hopefully somewhere warmer than Cleveland making money as a Physician's Assistant and Personal Trainer with a killer bod! And the whole happy life, married with wonderful kids – yadda yadda, you know how it goes!
JS: In that case, there is going to be one very happy married man. If you could invite any three people to dinner, living or dead, who would it be and why?
DD: Brad Pitt, so I can stare at him the whole time; Bill Gates (maybe he'll give me some money!); and Ellen because she cracks me up!
JS: Personally, I like the good looks that Gates bring to the table. Are female basketball players dainty?
DD: Dainty? Haha, I'm sure you've heard the saying "Pretty in pink, wicked in uniform!"
JS: I've heard rumors of a third part of that saying, but they aren't printable on these pages. What would we find in your locker right now that might surprise us?
DD: My team always rips on me for my "under garments," especially the Under Armor one!
JS: Once again, the line of what I can say about your teammates and ripping undergarments is just not worth it to cross. You keep setting me up for these. What's the weirdest nickname you ever had?
DD: Sega Saturn (I used to wear a head gear okay!)
JS: Would that count as ripping your overgarments? What's it like being a sex symbol to millions of lonely Case guys?
DD: I mean it's hard looking this good in a pair of Case athletic sweatpants every day, but someone has to do it!
JS: Now I'm disappointed I never see you around campus. Do you sing in the shower?
DD: You betcha, me and Rascal Flatts love singing to Sara Beth!
JS: Nothing better than some good old emo country.
