Freshman Profiles: Trevor McGinn

Raptormania!: Trevor McGinn! Welcome to your Raptormania! freshman profile!

Trevor McGinn: Why thank you

Raptormania!: Tell us now, would a Vermont basketball coach say you were worth your weight in cheese?

Trevor McGinn: A Vermont basketball coach would probably say that I was worth my weight in CABOT CHEDDAR.

Raptormania!: That's quite a statement. Let's hear the facts- you're 6-5, what positions do you play, strengths, weaknesses.

Raptormania!: Raptormaniacs need to know.

Trevor McGinn: You're being too kind with the height there. I'm 6-3/6-4, I played in the post in high school, but have developed a lights-out three, and enjoy long walks on the beach.

Raptormania!: So you are more of a swingman?

Raptormania!: A 3-4?

Trevor McGinn: Yeah I suppose.  We'll have to see what Coach Wood thinks though.

Raptormania!: What is his style like? Is it really true that he once lit a cat on fire to motivate the team?

Trevor McGinn: I don't think it was a cat

Trevor McGinn: I believe it was a hedgehog

Trevor McGinn: And I'll be damned if it didn't light a fire under the team's asses

Raptormania!: What purpose was this?

Raptormania!: Metaphorically, of course.

Trevor McGinn: The hedgehog I mean

Trevor McGinn: It was burning, so he dropped it, and it ran under the benches and what-not

Raptormania!: What is it like to be part of a Bard team that no longer needs to use a hedgehog in practice just to be able to practice 5 on 5?

Trevor McGinn: Well, hedgehogs are excited...

Trevor McGinn: It's really awesome to be a part of this year's group

Raptormania!: What has it been like playing with Adam Turner?

Trevor McGinn: Adam is a passionate guy.  He and Jo are always getting into arguments about calls.

Trevor McGinn: Yesterday they were fighting about an out of bounds call

Raptormania!: Did you know he travels everywhere with a basketball?

Trevor McGinn: Actually, yes

Raptormania!: Did you know its name is Shawna?

Trevor McGinn: That, I was unfamiliar with.  I travel with a smaller version of a kickball, to help with my dribbling.

Raptormania!: Did you know they recently travelled to the Bahamas to "work things out?"

Trevor McGinn: Really? I hope that went well. It appears as though they're back together... Domestic dispute?

Raptormania!: They wanted different things. Adam wanted a partner to share life experiences with, Shawna wanted to be bounced and palmed.

Raptormania!: What else do you do to get ready for the season?

Raptormania!: Are you weight-training?

Trevor McGinn: I've been playing every day, getting into the weight room, and dunking.  A lot.

Raptormania!: So should Raptor fans expect 3, 4, or 5 dunks per game?

Trevor McGinn: Well, I don't like to put weight on my shoulders, that's what shirpas are for.  I'd say in the 3 to 4 range

Raptormania!: Ok, let's get some likes out of the way

Raptormania!: Favorite food

Trevor McGinn: Mexican, anything hot

Raptormania!: Unconvential celebrity you'd like to sleep with

Trevor McGinn: Tara Reid?

Raptormania!: Well, a bit conventional- but I'll allow it

Trevor McGinn: Thanks

Raptormania!: If squirrels became our masters, what would you do- fight or acquiesce?

Trevor McGinn: Fight like hell. Squirrels have had it coming for a while now.

Raptormania!: Favorite thing about Vermont

Trevor McGinn: The state's fans commitment to supporting their home teams

Trevor McGinn: No gym is safe

Trevor McGinn: And being disgusted by watching people date their cousins

Raptormania!: So in other words, a whole state of Shelbyvilles?

Trevor McGinn: ha, something like that

Raptormania!: Here's a chance to say something insulting about Vassar

Trevor McGinn: Vassar was easily defeated by Bard pirates last year. Pirates!

Trevor McGinn: It's true, they circled a tour group and shouted insulting things

Trevor McGinn: I wish I was there

Trevor McGinn: And what kind of school needs to be surrounded by fences and barbed wire?  Prison?

Raptormania!: I couldn't have said it better myself.

Trevor McGinn: I try

Raptormania!: What should we expect from Bard this year?

Trevor McGinn: Highlights.  And women.

Trevor McGinn: Highlights... and women...

Raptormania!: How have the women been?

Raptormania!: As you'd hoped?

Trevor McGinn: Oh, they're what you might describe as a "bumper crop"

Raptormania!: Bard's women have long been welcoming to freshmen

Raptormania!: Do you get any sleep at all?

Trevor McGinn: I try, but it's difficult

Raptormania!: Is it the obscene phone calls?

Trevor McGinn: My door already has several holes in it from the pounding of female fists crying for me.  It's a good thing my roommate's an insomniac

Raptormania!: We wish you well.

Raptormania!: Predicted record this season?

Trevor McGinn: Something in the ballpark of 24-0

Trevor McGinn: I think that's how many games we have this season

Trevor McGinn: that's not including the NCAAs obviously

Raptormania!: Why do dogs chase cats? You never see dogs eating cats...

Trevor McGinn: Dogs chase cats because they mistake them for those wonderful wiener dogs... dachsunds I believe

Raptormania!: So it's a question of eyesight.

Trevor McGinn: Exactly

Raptormania!: Favorite basketball memory, as a fan and player? Also, favorite teams by sport...

Trevor McGinn: Winning the State Basketball Championship. Basketball: Atlanta Hawks, Baseball: Boston Red Sox, Soccer: Celtic FC, Hockey: I never watch hockey, so we'll say... The canucks

Raptormania!: Why the Hawks?

Trevor McGinn: I was born in Georgia, and loved Dominique Wilkins

Trevor McGinn: Continue to quite frankly.  I mean, what do restraining orders mean?

Raptormania!: Hey, I'm no lawyer. Maybe you can double date with Adam and Shawna.

Trevor McGinn: Oooh, now THAT'S an idea...

Trevor McGinn: However, I wouldn't want to intrude

Raptormania!: Does it intimidate you at all to come to a place with such a hallowed basketball tradition?

Trevor McGinn: I suppose it does... I wish we were still the Blazers though...

Raptormania!: You know the students voted to call themselves the Bardvarks, and the administration overruled them...

Trevor McGinn: Now that's just downright wrong.

Raptormania!: Well, in the words of Taylor Coppenrath, "Oh God! My wrist!"

Trevor McGinn: ooo... Let's just hope he never stumbles across this.

Raptormania!: Is he not the forgiving type?

Raptormania!: Maybe we'll take the Taylor Coppenrath stuff out

Raptormania!: Any other comps for your game?

Trevor McGinn: I guess I'm somewhat comparable to Yao Ming. Just way shorter, and more mobile

Trevor McGinn: I dunk better than him too

Raptormania!: As has been previously discussed on Raptormania!, Yao Ming is three midgets. Are you two midgets?

Trevor McGinn: No, we prefer the term "little people."

Raptormania!: Well, I can tell you that Raptormaniacs everywhere are thrilled to have both of you on the team. Welcome aboard.