Countdown To Opening Day (10 Days): Dusty Issacs

Feb. 7, 2012

The Georgia Tech baseball team begins the 2012 season Friday, Feb. 17 when it opens play in the Rock Hill Coca-Cola Classic at Winthrop. Stay tuned to RamblinWreck.com and meet all 33 Yellow Jackets with the “Countdown to Opening Day” series.

Dusty Isaacs
Twitter: @dustyisaacs28
RHP | R-R | 6-0 | 189 | Sophomore | Lebanon, Ohio (Lebanon)

RW.com: List three words that describe you…
Dusty Isaacs: Outgoing, competitive, easygoing

RW: Name one thing that fans don’t know about you…
DI: I can’t do anything without my contacts/glasses

RW: Why did you choose Georgia Tech?
DI: Baseball tradition, academics, Atlanta

RW: If you could bring one thing from your hometown, what would it be?
DI: Skyline Chili

RW: What is the best piece of advice that a coach gave you?
DI: When you aren’t working, someone out there is

RW: What player, if any, do you pattern your game after?
DI: Mike Leake

RW: What would be your ultimate sports center highlight…
DI: Game-ending strikeout in the CWS

RW: What is your dream job?
DI: Play major league baseball

RW: Do you have any game or practice superstitions?
DI: Same spot during national anthem and eat a Payday before I throw

RW: Name the most interesting place you’ve visited…
DI: Bahamas

RW: What’s the one memory that stands out from your childhood?
DI: Learning how to ride my bike

RW: Who is the most famous person you’ve ever met?
DI: Charlie Sheen

RW: Biggest accomplishments…
DI: Earning a scholarship at Tech

RW: Interests outside of baseball…
DI: Cooking

RW: What is your favorite Georgia Tech tradition?
DI: The Rambling Wreck