Illinois Wesleyan senior Pat Sodemann opened the 2014-15 season ranked No. 17 in school records with 91 career 3-pointers.
A transfer from Truman State prior to 2012-13 season, his 56 3-pointers last season was 21st most in an IWU season.
A business major at Illinois Wesleyan, he is from a basketball family - his father played at Cornell University and was Pat's high school coach; one brother (Chip) played at Truman State while another brother (Buddy) played at Westminster College, was a graduate assistant coach at IWU from 2010-12 and is an assistant at Loras.
Why I chose Illinois Wesleyan: I liked the school colors.
The IWU class I'd be most qualified to teach: Walking-- Left, Right, Repeat.
Biggest challenge of being a D-III athlete: Having to buy everything.
Worst grade: I'm no valedictorian.
I'm deathly afraid of: Pretty women
Worst habit: I have a lot of them
Most expensive traffic ticket: Way much more money than I have, unfortunately.
Language I'd like to learn: Italian
Longest I could survive without cell phone: Probably a couple days. After that, my parents would be worried sick.
A word that my mom and dad would use to describe me: Problem child
Favorite sports figure: Mike Ditka
Greatest moment in sports: I don't have many, but going to the Final 4 has to be up there.
Best player I faced: Brad Beal, Harrison Barnes, and Phil Pressey. They are all in the NBA so they were pretty good.
Worst dresser on my team: Mike Marietti.. Without a doubt. He hasn't looked good in 3 years.
Thing that's been in my fridge longest: Roommate's half-eaten frozen pizza
Person I'm dying to have dinner with: I feel like Will Smith would be a fun person to have dinner with. As long as some of his old songs were playing in the background.
Favorite food: Anything from Tommy's. The food there is second to none.
Vegetable I won't eat: Brussels sprouts. They aren't very good.
Pepsi or Coke? Neither would be my first choice, but if I were forced to choose, Pepsi
Favorite TV show: Probably "Shark Tank". I like Mark Cuban.
Favorite musical group: Has to be N'Sync
Favorite movie: I'm a big "Hoosiers" fan, but I enjoy anything with Tom Hanks or Denzel Washington.
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Adam Sandler. I hear we look alike.
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: "The Pat Sodemann Show"
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Abe Lincoln
My dream job would be: The owner of a company that is doing really well would be my dream job
Place I’d most like to live: I would love to live somewhere on a beach. Probably California
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Skydiving and bungee jumping
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: I dont have a lot of very valuable things. Maybe my mini fridge
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Bryce Dolan. I've never seen someone who is luckier than he is
What I miss most about being in the third grade: I miss recess and the lack of homework. Those were good times
