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
Sara Buscetto (Waterford, Conn.). Buscetto was named captain for the 2019 and 2020 seasons, and set the program's single-season stolen base record as a junior with 26. Buscetto, a career .295 hitter, was off to a scorching start to her senior season, as she had a slash line of .474/.615/.579. She also received the SCSU Top Owl Social Justice Award for the month of January.
Meet SCSU Softball's Sara Buscetto
| What is your favorite tv show? |
Friends |
| What is your favorite movie? |
Step Brothers |
| If someone made a movie about you, who would play your character? |
Angelina Jolie, shes always in action movies and shes a savage. |
| What professional athlete inspires you? Why? |
Derek Jeter; He's one of the greatest to ever play the game and he always carried himself the right way. He's the most respected player of all time. |
| Why did you choose Southern Connecticut? What set it apart from the other schools you visited? |
When I visited campus it just felt like home. |
| What's your favorite course that you've taken at Southern Connecticut and why? |
Sports psychology with Sharon Misasi. Easily the best class; we learned a lot of interesting stuff and she's the best. |
| What does wearing the SCSU logo mean to you? |
Means everything to me. I've always wanted to play college softball, no matter where it was. I'm thankful everyday to put on that uniform. |
| Who is your funniest teammate and why? |
Besides me, Lauryn Zubia. Must be because shes from the West Coast or something because I don't know where she comes up with some of the things she says. |
What's your favorite inspirational quote?
Can you play any instruments? |
"Some people want it to happen, some people would wish it would happen, others make it happen" - Michael Jordan
Self-teaching myself the drums |
What is your favorite cereal?
What's the strangest talent you have? |
Fruity Pebbles
Eating without getting full |
| What are three things on your bucket list? |
Go to the Crossfit games, visit Hawaii, meet Derek Jeter |
| If you could have any one superpower, which would you choose? |
Read minds |
| If you could be any animal in the world, what animal would you be and why? |
Cheetah; fastest animals in the world and they look cool. |
