This weeks Campus Celebrity is Michael Battinelli, a senior Communications major and Captain of the UConn Wrestling Team!
Major: Communications
Year: 2012
Hometown: Stamford, CT
What organizations are you involved with on campus?
President/Captain of UConn Wrestling Team, Public Relations Committee for Club Sports, AEPi Fraternity
What inspired you to wrestle?
My father got me involved with the sport when I was 5 years old, so pretty much as soon as I could walk I was on the mats. Ever since, I just fell in love with the sport and continued to train hard and succeed. Wrestling is a sport in which what you put into it is what you get out of it, which is something that can be applied to anything you do in your life and that’ why this sport is such a huge part of my life.
If you could choose to have one super power for a day, what would it be?
My superpower would definitely be the power to teleport anywhere in the world.
Where do you see yourself 5 years from now?
In 5 years from now I picture myself somewhere in California working for an advertising agency, coaching a high school wrestling team and soaking up the sun. I’m done with this Connecticut weather after college!
How would you describe yourself in one word?
Stallion.