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Meet The Owls: Cailey Botteon of SCSU Softball

3/25/2020 6:57:00 PM

Southern Connecticut Athletic Communications will be featuring student-athletes from various teams throughout the remainder of the Spring semester and into the Summer months. Next up is SCSU Softball senior Cailey Botteon (Moodus, Conn.). The outfielder and speedy lefty served as one of the co-captains of the softball team this season. She appeared in and started all seven games for the Owls this spring, while playing an important leadership role.

Meet SCSU Softball's Cailey Botteon
Name Cailey Botteon
Nickname. What do your teammates call you? Why? Boat. No one knows how to pronounce my last name properly
What is your favorite tv show? Criminal Minds
What is your favorite movie? Transformers
If someone made a movie about you, who would play your character? Why? Jennifer Aniston. We share a similar personality
What professional athlete inspires you? Why? Growing up Kobe Bryant was always a huge inspiration to me. He always proved that by being an athlete you are a part of something so much larger than the sport itself.
Why did you choose Southern Connecticut? What set it apart from the other schools you visited? Easily the academics. I have never met a more awesome group of purely intelligent professors that are more than willing to help you in a moments notice
What's your favorite course that you've taken at Southern Connecticut and why? Anatomy and Physiology. Although challenging it's extremely interesting and it pushes you to be a hard working, dedicated student
What does wearing the SCSU logo mean to you? That I'm a part of so much more than just my sports team. I represent the entire student body. Dedication and perseverance are two words that particularly come to mind when I think of students at SCSU.
Who is your funniest teammate and why? Liz DeRosa. That girl makes me laugh all the time
What's your favorite inspirational quote? Heroes get remembered, but legends never die - Babe Ruth
Can you play any instruments? Nope
What is your favorite cereal? Cinnamon Toast Crunch
What's the strangest talent you have? I can do a head stand for a very long time
What are three things on your bucket list? Traveling, own a Maserati, own a second house on the beach
If you could have any one superpower, which would you choose? Invisibility
If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why? A dog. They get to sleep and eat all day everyday. Two of my favorite activities
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