The Observer, February 15, 2008
Volume XL, Issue 17
Spartan Spotlight: Ryan Breon
Born in the "fried chicken capital of the world," Barberton, Ohio, Ryan Breon is a third-year pre-med/management major with a concentration in marketing.
Chris Lambert: What sports are you involved with at Case?
Ryan Breon: Right guard on the football team. Shot put, weight throw, hammer throw, discus, and javelin on the track team.
CL: You like to throw things, don't you? Never mind. Anyway. What's cooler, track or football?
RB: Football, no contest.
CL: I'd have revoked your manhood had you answered differently. How did you get started with track & field?
RB: My sixth grade teacher, Mrs. Schoeppner, was hot and she was the track coach. So, I salute you, Mrs. Schoeppner.
CL: Nice. My fifth grade teacher was a former Cavs dancer. I needed lots of extra tutoring that year. You've placed first and second in two weight throw events. Nice work. What is weight throw? And what makes you so good?
RB: The weight throw is when you spin around with a 35-pound weight and see how far you can toss it. I'm just trying to keep up with my teammates.
CL: Keep it up. Favorite food?
RB: Cranberry sauce, and anything created at the gourmet establishment we know as Leutner.
CL: What hobbies do you have?
RB: Sleep, video games, verbally bashing roommates, you know, the norm.
CL: So Warcraft, Warcraft, Warcraft. Favorite movie?
RB: Kazaam.
CL:Shaquille O'Neal's 1996 box-office smash, which followed Shaq-Fu, his top selling video game, and Shaq Diesel, his double platinum album. You think I'm kidding about the double platinum, but I'm not. Worst place you've ever visited?
RB: Carnegie Mellon University, in Pittsburgh. Carnegie Mellon is bad enough but Pittsburgh just amplifies it.
CL: It's 'cause Pittsburgh stinks of stupid. If you could play in a celebrity softball game, which three stars would you want to play with or against?
RB: I would like to play with Katherine Heigl, Jessica Biel, and Evangeline Lilly. Don't care if we win.
CL: Good choice. How much do you bench press?
RB: I believe the correct term would be a shanty?
CL: I think you meant "Shamu." Oh, a shanty's a small shack? Ok...where do you see yourself in five years?
RB: Graduating from some sort of graduate school and continuing my career as an OG, Original Gangster.
CL: My man! Nice plan. I've always fancied myself a True G. Do you feel me, my friend? My life motto goes a little something like this: "I will burn this mother effer down. King Kong has not a thing on me."
