Senior Ryan Kaplan (Riverwoods, Ill., Deerfield HS) has earned two letters in Illinois Wesleyan men's soccer and has played in 31 games in the last two seasons.
Majoring in economics and minoring in computer science at Illinois Wesleyan, he is the son of Bruce Kaplan and Wendi Marcus.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: I wanted to make Wesleyan great again.
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Intro to One Liners
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Getting interrupted at Noodles & Company to sign autographs.
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? B in Computer Science 1
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Julian, the dog that lives in my house.
Worst habit: Saying “here’s my thing” before I express my opinion. Tom Zale stole a million dollar idea from me.
Most expensive traffic ticket: 0 dollars
Language I’d like to learn: Hebrew
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: Until the next solar eclipse.
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Alpha
Favorite sports figure: LeBron James
My greatest moment in sports was: Beating Griffin Sullivan two years in a row in the NBA 2K championship.
The best player I ever faced was: Griffin Sullivan in “Call of Duty”.
Worst dresser on my team: Conor Geraghty ... Jorts are not a thing.
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Pedialyte, only the Walgreens brand
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: Jimmy Fallon
Favorite food: Steak
Vegetable I won’t eat: None
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: “How I Met Your Mother”
Favorite musical group: Taco Tuesday volume 7 by Adam O’Grady
Favorite movie: “The Big Sick”
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Matt Damon
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: “Here’s My Thing”
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Muhammad Ali
My dream job would be: Legal counsel for Nike
Place I’d most like to live: The Cayman Islands
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: A cheetah, I could use that pace on the soccer field.
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: Skydiving and going to Barcelona
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: The trimmings of my neck beard
Who is the luckiest person in the world? Kevin Connelly, I have never seen a mouth-breather become such a success story.
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Not having my neck beard
