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June/July 2012

Blue & Gold Illustrated: America's Foremost Authority on Notre Dame Football

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UNDER THE DOME Getting To Know … NOTRE DAME JUNIOR PITCHER ADAM NORTON ing Irish baseball team, is 4-5 this season in 14 starts. Notre Dame had a 29-25 overall record and 14-13 mark in Big East Conference play (seventh in the 12-team league) to qualify for the league tournament May 23-27 in Clearwater, Fla. Norton, with a 4.45 ERA and team- leading 91 innings of work this season, threw a complete game shutout (6-0) against Villanova on May 5 — the first Irish hurler to do so since Eric Maust blanked West Virginia on April 18, 2009. Per the most recent statistical update from the NCAA on May 13, Nor- ton ranked second nationally in Division I in strikeouts-to-walks ratio (10.80). Adam Norton, a right-handed workhorse for the Fight- Macroeconomics. It was interesting to talk about the fi- nancial crisis and what's going on with that. I didn't enjoy the workload, but I thought the topic was interesting." Favorite Off-Campus Spot: "Probably Chipotle. I eat Nickname: "On the team my nickname would be 'Norty.' " Major: "Marketing." Dorm: "Keough Hall." Favorite Class: "As hard as it was, I kind of enjoyed cause my grandparents moved down there. I don't get to see them very often as busy as I am. So I'd go on a trip to see them." Best Movie You've Seen Lately: "I haven't seen a there a lot." Dream Vacation: "I would probably go to Arizona be- son's rolling, I like to catch up with 'Baseball Tonight' a lot. I was really big into 'Sons of Anarchy.' I hate it when I miss a week of that one." Song Or Artist You're Listening To TV Show You Hate To Miss: "Now that baseball sea- Most Right Now: "Eric Church." Role Model: "I've always looked up to my dad." Favorite Pro Athlete: "I've always liked watching Derek Jeter play. He's just kind of a classy guy playing for a classy organization, and you want to get to his level." Best Player You've Gone Up Against: land now and he was really good." Dream Job If Baseball Didn't Exist: "If I didn't play I'd "When I was in high school, [pitcher] Jarrod Parker was the ninth overall pick [by the Arizona Diamondbacks] in the 2007 MLB Draft. He's throwing for Oak- like to have some kind of job for a [Major League Base- ball] organization. But if baseball didn't exist completely, I'm in marketing, so I think advertising would be pretty cool — coming up with commercials and stuff like that would be fun." You Have One Last Meal, What Is It? "Steak that my dad went and bought and cooked." — Wes Morgan movie in a long time. The last movie I saw was with my girlfriend and we saw 'The Vow.' I definitely wouldn't say that was my favorite movie." JUNE/JULY 2012 29

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