July 18, 2013

NAME: Zach Laniewski

HOMETOWN: Englewood, Fla.

MAJOR: Political Science

FAVORITE MEAL: Pierogi's and Kielbasa

FAVORITE TEAM GROWING UP: Green Bay Packers

FAVORITE PLAYER GROWING UP: Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila

YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW THAT I: don't want very much football

TO RELAX I LIKE TO: fish, hunt or hike

RIGHT NOW MY SERVICE SELECTION WOULD BE: Marine ground

WHAT HAS SURPRISED ME THE MOST ABOUT THE ACADEMY IS: The academic load

AFTER MY SERVICE COMMITMENT I HOPE TO BE: involved with international politics

IF I COULD EAT DINNER WITH ANYONE IN HISTORY IT WOULD BE: Cato the Elder of Rome

IN HIGH SCHOOL I DREAMED OF BEING: a pediatrician working with Doctors Without Borders

IF I COULD TRADE PLACES WITH ONE OF MY TEAMMATES IT WOULD BE (NAME AND WHY): Ben Tamburello because he's perfect.  He's just so dang perfect in every way.

ON MY IPOD IS: Everything from Hank Williams Jr. to Credence Clearwater Revival to Taylor Swift to Imagine Dragons. Literally everything.

MY FAVORITE SUMMER VACATION WAS: Working at a Younglife Camp in Ashville, N.C. called Windy Gap the summer between NAPS and the Academy.

MY FAVORITE MEAL IN KING HALL IS: Rotisserie Chicken Breast

MY FIRST THOUGHT STEPPING ON THE NAVAL ACADEMY CAMPUS WAS : This place is fancy sauce

WHAT I LOVE ON GAME DAY IS: A dead silent locker room where you can hear your own heartbeat

WHICH TEAM NOT ON NAVY'S SCHEDULE WOULD YOU MOST LIKE TO PLAY AND WHY: Florida State. I    think wwe play our most exciting games against powerhouse teams.

 MY FAVORITE CLASS IS (NAME AND WHY): Calculus 2.  I actually hate math but Lt. Davis, my professor,   is the best (shoutout)

THE FIRST TIME I RAN OUT OF THE TUNNEL AT NAVY-MARINE CORPS I: realized I was on the same field as a Big 10 team and it just felt surreal

THE WORD THAT BEST DESCRIBES A NAVY FOOTBALL PLAYER IS: Determined

THE PLAYER THAT WILL SURPRISE THE MOST PEOPLE IS 2013 IS: William Anthony

THE MOST VALUABLE OFFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2013 WILL BE: Keenan Reynolds

THE MOST VALUABLE DEFENSIVE PLAYER IN 2013 WILL BE: Cody Peterson

THE TOUGHEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Michael Tuimavave

THE FASTEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Mike Markovsky

THE STRONGEST PLAYER ON THE NAVY FOOTBALL TEAM IS: Jake Zuzek

THE ONE PLAYER ON THE CURRENT TEAM THAT EPITOMIZES NAVY FOOTBALL: Joe Worth

THE FUNNIEST PLAYER ON THE TEAM IS: Ben Tamburello

THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME SUPERINTENDENT: Chris Swain

THE PLAYER ON THE TEAM MOST LIKELY TO BECOME COMMANDANT: Quincy Adams