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UNDER THE DOME Nickname: "Plane Pat." Dorm: "St. Edward's Hall." Major: "Business management." Favorite Class: "All of them." Favorite Off Campus Spot: "My friend's condo." Best Movie You've Seen Lately: "'Lone Survivor.'" TV Show You Always Watch: "'Fresh Prince of Bel-Air' or '24.'" Song You Listen To Most Right Now: "'Counting Stars' by One Republic." Role Model: "My parents, my mom and dad. They've always been there for me." Favorite Pro Athlete: "I'm not sure. Maybe Dwyane Wade [of the Miami Heat]." Best Player You've Played Against: "I would have to say [former Kentucky forward] Anthony Davis." Dream Job If Basketball Didn't Exist: "Baseball." Dream Vacation Spot: "Hawaii." If You Had One Last Meal What Would It Be: "Chicken fingers from a restaurant called TooJays in Florida." Getting To Know … JUNIOR GUARD PAT CONNAUGHTON Former Notre Dame linebacker Prince Sh- embo acknowledged at the NFL Combine in In- dianapolis Feb. 22 that he was the player at the center of a fall 2010 in- vestigation surrounding sexual assault allega- tions made by former Saint Mary's College student Lizzy Seeberg. In September 2010, Seeberg accused an Irish football player of sexu- ally assaulting her in a dorm room. She commit- ted suicide 10 days later. Without her testimony, charges were never filed in the case. Her parents have criticized Notre Dame for not acting quicker to investigate or interview the alleged perpetrator. F o r y e a r s , ru m o r s swirled online about the identity of the player, but Shembo acknowl- edged that he was the u n k n o w n p l a y e r i n question. "I just tell [NFL team executives] the truth, I have nothing to hide," said Shembo, who es- timated that 26 teams interviewed him at the N F L C o m b i n e . " N o one's heard from me one time. Do you go off of one person's story? "I'm still here [and have not been charged], so I know I didn't do anything. I tell them ex- actly what happened." Shembo said the ques- tions teams have asked him did not come as a surprise because "it's all over the Internet. Every- one that does the back- ground check can type my name in and you'll see all the stuff that peo- ple have said about me and have never heard from my mouth." Irish head coach Brian Kelly told Shembo he should not discuss the Prince Shembo: 'I Have Nothing To Hide'