University of Richmond Athletics
Spider Spotlight: Jonathan de Marte
02/24/2016 | Baseball
Sport: Baseball
Bio Highlights/Career Highlights: 2 time New York State Gatorade Player of the Year
Hometown/Previous School: Yorktown Heights, NY/ Lakeland High School
Major: Graduated with a Degree in Rhetoric and Communications and a minor in Education in Society. Currently pursuing a Master's Degree in Human Resource Management.
Career aspirations: Play baseball as long as I can and own my own baseball training facility/equipment store.
Three words to describe yourself: Passionate, Respectful, And Committed
Your strengths: I am a competitor and want the ball in any situation and I believe I have a great work ethic.
You are working to improve what in your game: Become a successful two-way player again.
Favorite meal locally: Tobacco Company
Favorite home cooked meal (and who makes it): Mother's Chicken Parmigana
A song and/or artist you listen to before you play: Notorious B.I.G.
Most embarrassing thing on your playlist: Natasha Bedingfield
What would you sing on Karaoke night: Bleeding Love by Leona Lewis
What most people don't know about you: I was a black belt in tae kwon do.
Dream car: Range Rover
If you could travel anywhere in the world: Anywhere tropical or Japan (My Aunt's native country)
Pets: Dog named Max
Hero: Mariano Rivera
Favorite childhood TV show: Fresh Prince of Bel Air
If you could have dinner with anyone dead or alive: Kobe Bryant
If you could have any superpower: The ability to never be injured.
The zoo animal that best encapsulates your personality: Koala Bea
Who is your funniest teammate? Messiest teammate? Zach Grossfeld to both.
What style or clothes item do you want to come back into fashion: Cargo shorts.
What is your favorite book? Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
What would you try if you could not fail? Dance and sing with rhythm like my teammate Doug Kraeger, and my brother and sister.
What is your favorite holiday memory? Channukkah's in Florida with my family.
What would be the name of your band? Horsepen Boys to men.
Which actor/actress plays you in the movie version of your life? Antonio Banderas, because we have the same long slicked back hair.
What is your favorite one-liner from any movie or TV show? The Sandlot – “Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered but legends never die, follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong.” – Babe Ruth
