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The Times Athlete of the Week: Marquette’s Anthony Couch · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: The Times Athlete of the Week Marquette's Anthony Couch, Written
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  by J. T. Penalty. This article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. Our final
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  Times Athlete a Week for the twenty twenty five to
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  twenty six school year is Marquette Baseball's Anthony Couch, who,
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  with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning
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  and the Crusader's down a run, crushed a two run
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  walk off homer to give Marquette the class to a
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  Bishop McNamara regional title. Couch won by capturing two hundred
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  and three of three hundred and seventy seven votes cast
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  in an online poll. The ballot also included runner up
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  a Melaia Weber Seneca Softball, Adam Swanson Ottawa Baseball, and
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  Colin Shields Newark Baseball. Weekly ballots for the past school
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  year were posted online Mondays and accessible via Facebook, The
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  Times Sports and Twitter at J Penalty, with voting going
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  through day Wednesday. Here is a canda with this week's winner.
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  Do you have any nicknames? Couch? And how old were
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  you when you started playing baseball? In what league? And
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  what got you into the sport? Couch? I was four
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  and I played T ball and Grand Ridge. Every kid
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  dreams of hitting a walk off home run in a
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  big game. Take us through your mindset as you stepped
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  into the batter's box and what went through your head
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  when you hit it and as you rounded the bases. Couch,
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  my mindset was to advance the runner and do my job.
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  I didn't think it was a home run, so I
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  was running to second. Then I saw it went over
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  and I kind of just blacked out. In your opinion,
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  what has been the key to this run of spectacular
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  seasons the Marquette baseball program has put together? Couch. Definitely
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  the chemistry. Everyone picks each other up. Also, just mastering
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  the fundamentals of baseball. What are a few of your
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  favorite ball diamonds you've had the chance to play on
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  over the years, Couch. My three favorite diamonds are University
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  of Illinois, Peoria, Chiefs's Doser Field and Uice. What movie
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  would you say you've seen more than any other? About
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  how many times? Couch the Sandlot about twenty five times.
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  Which of your teammates cracks you up the most? Couch
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  Definitely Grant Dose, Billy Galen, or Bladen Castle. If you
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  could see any musical artist in any venue, all expenses paid.
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  Who would you see and where? Couch? Pitbull at Soldier Field.
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  You and your teammates are going out for dinner to
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  celebrate a big win. Where are you going and what
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  are you ordering? Couch? We are going to Chipotle and
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  I'm getting a burrito bowl with double honey chicken. Seasonal
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  question at a cookout, what's your favorite food off the grill?
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  Couch a cheeseburger. Bottom of the seventh, two outs, tie game,
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  bases loaded. Would you rather be on the mound trying
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  to get the last out or stepping into the batter's
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  box trying to get a game winning hit? Couch, step
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  into the batter's box. Is there something about you that
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  people who only know you through sports might find surprising? Couch?
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  I'm pretty good at drawing. Do you have any plans
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  for life after high school? Do they involve sports? Couch?
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  I am going to Spoon River Community College to major
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  in business and play baseball. After that, I want to
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  commit to a Division I college to continue to play
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  baseball and complete my degree,