University of Tennessee Athletics
Vol Profile: Jay Sadlowe
October 31, 2001 | Baseball
Oct. 31, 2001
Vol Profile: Jay Sadlowe
VOL PROFILE: As a freshmen, what are your expectations for fall practice and looking toward the spring?
Sadlowe: "To work extremely hard and hopefully get a starting position on the team. Hopefully really help the team get back to Omaha."
VOL PROFILE: What factors had an influence on your decision to come to UT?
Sadlowe: "I've been around the UT program since I was little, being from Knoxville, and I bleed orange, I love it. I had options to go other places, but I just felt like this was home and this is where I needed to go."
VOL PROFILE: What's your favorite thing about UT?
Sadlowe: "I love the fans, they are very supportive, and that's the big thing. Everybody really makes you feel good about how you play and everybody is really supportive, that's important to me."
VOL PROFILE: What are you hobbies or interests outside of baseball?
Sadlowe: "I'm pretty active in Young Life. I work a lot with that. I love fly fishing, and a lot of outdoors stuff."
VOL PROFILE: Do you have any certain mental preparation or superstition you do before every game?
Sadlowe: "A lot of times I'll visualize the people I'm pitching to, and I'll actually go through pitching sequences to those people, and go over the scouting reports about the batters I will be facing. When I step on the mound, I visualize myself throwing the pitch and then visualize what will happen when I do this. Will I throw it by him or will I get the guy to ground out?"
VOL PROFILE: Do you have a favorite pitch?
Sadlowe: "Yes. My change-up definitely. It throws batters off balance."
VOL PROFILE: Do you have anyone you look to for motivation, or a hero you try to mold yourself after?
Sadlowe: "My father and my mother. They are very inspirational people to me. They are workaholics and that's where I think I get my work ethic. My favorite pitcher, who I really look up to, is Rodger Clemens. He just throws so hard, and he is really just a student of the game. He works very hard at it, and I really respect that.
