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California Institute of Technology

2013-14 Women's Basketball

12 Susan Ballentine

  • Height 5-5
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Walker Gov. School
  • Hometown Richmond, VA

Biography

As a Junior (2012-13):

Played in six games ... Averaged 1.5 minutes per game ...Recorded two steals

As a Sophomore (2011-2012):

Played in 25 games for the Beavers...Was the Second leading3-point shooter on Caltech's roster...Played a career high 21minutes against Pacific on 11/19/11...Scored 3 points againstCMS on 2/2/12 and against URW on 1/21/12 


As a Freshman (2010-2011):

Played in 13 games for Caltech...Recorded her first point on afree throw against Southwestern College on 12/3/10...Had a tworebound game against Occidental on 2/22/11


High School:

Member of the basketball, softball, soccer, field hockey, track,and alpine skiing teams in high school...Named 1st teamall-district in softabll....Named 2nd team all-district in fieldhockey...Her alpine skiing team finished 2nd in the Statechampionships


Personal:

ACM and BEM double major...Lists her hobbies as puzzles,quidditch, and movie directors...She is the ruddock historian...Herbest athletic achievement is having the highest 3 point percentageon the team in 2011-2012...Her favorite team is the ChuddleyCannons...Names her basketball coach Sandra Marbut as her biggestinfluence...Her most exciting research project was SURF atJPL...Daughter of Ron and Lydia

 

 

Prefect job after graduation: Working for a MLBteam as a sabermetrician

If you had TIVO in your room, what is the TV show youset it for? Psych

Do you have any Tatoos? Nope. If I were to getone it would say e^-i*pi +1 = 0 because it contains the 5 mostimportant numbers in math.

If you were a superhero, what would your hero name beand what would your power be? My superpower would be acombination of apparition and invisibility

What is the last book you read just for fun?Battle Royale by Koushun Takami

If you found a magic lantern, complete with magic genie,what would your three wishes be? 1) Harsher punishment forparole violators, 2) 3 more wishes, 3) Oh, and world peace.

What is the one invention that you wish you had been theperson to invent? Post-it notes. They’re handy andit is my life goal to invent something accidentally that becomes ahuge success.

Favorite scientist and why? Bill Nye because heknows how to rock a bow tie, has his own theme song, and studiedunder Carl Sagan.

Favorite Quote? “Anything worth doing isworth overdoing.”

Why is math or science so you? There’salways something new to study or discover that could potentiallychange the world.

What is your favorite time period in history andwhy? The Middle Ages because who doesn’t lovefeudalism?

If you could meet anyone who would you want to havecoffee with? Bill James or Billy Beane

What makes you laugh so hard you can’t stop or youend up doubled over? Chemistry and math jokes

What is the best advice your parents have ever givenyou? Don’t procrastinate.

What was your favorite thing to do on the playground inelementary school? Play Four Square

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Historical Player Information

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    2010-11First-Year

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    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2011-12Sophomore

    G
    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2012-13Junior

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    5'5"
    12
  • 12

    2013-14Senior

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    5'5"
    12