Playing Through with Carly Truitt

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March 21, 2007

Cavalier sophomore Carly Truitt hails from Marysville, Ohio and will be in the lineup this week when Virginia travels to play in Georgia’s Liz Murphey Classic. Let’s Play Through with Kristen Simpson.

Question: What is your favorite overall golf course and why?
Truitt: Pinehurst No. 8 because it’s a fun and a challenging course and I like the style of it.

Question: What is your favorite single golf hole and why?
Truitt: Torrey Pines No. 3 because it’s a really pretty hole.

Question: What is your favorite club in your bag?
Truitt: My driver.

Question: Who has influenced your golf game the most?
Truitt: My dad.

Question: What is your earliest memory of playing golf?
Truitt: Going out to our golf course and playing with my dad and granddad.

Question: If you could play with any professional, who would it be?
Truitt: Tiger Woods.

Question: What is one golf rule you would like to change?
Truitt: To be allowed to drop out of a divot if your ball is in the fairway.

Question: What is your favorite shot to hit?
Truitt: A draw or fade around, under or over trees.

Question: The strangest thing I ever saw on a golf course was …
Truitt: A ball get stuck in a palm tree.

Question: What is the current song/artist you listen to prior to playing?
Truitt: Rascal Flatts

Question: What do you love most about UVa and why?
Truitt: The traditions because they distinguish us from other schools and represent what we stand for.

Question: What is your favorite food that you rarely eat?
Truitt: Sirloin

Question: Who has your favorite nickname on the team?
Truitt: Special K

Question: What do you want to buy with your first paycheck after you graduate?
Truitt: Groceries

Question: What is your favorite movie line?
Truitt: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It’s not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” from Coach Carter

Question: Most people would be surprised that I…
Truitt: Rap and beat box.

Question: If you could trade places with anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
Truitt: Leann Rimes so I could know what it feels like to be a good singer.

Question: What class would you like to teach?
Truitt: Religion

Question: What is/are your favorite sports team(s)?
Truitt: Any UVA team.

Question: If you could appear in any TV show it would be …
Truitt: The OC

Question: If you could create your own major what would it be?
Truitt: Golf

Question: What is your lucky number?
Truitt: One

Question: What is your greatest fear?
Truitt: Not living up to what I’m suppose to be in life.

Question: If you were to be stranded on an island and you could only bring one thing, what would it be and why?
Truitt: A boat so I could sail back to shore.

Question: If you could have any superpower it would be…
Truitt: To see the future.

Question: If you could have lunch with any person in the world, who would it be and why?
Truitt: Dane Cook, because I would burn off all the calories by laughing.

Question: The one condiment I can’t live without…
Truitt: Honey mustard

Question: My favorite toy as a kid was …
Truitt: Stuffed animals.

Question: Which actor/actress would you pick to play you in a movie?
Truitt: Amy Smart

Question: What is your favorite hobby?
Truitt: Collecting stamps…

Question: What is your favorite character from a book?
Truitt: Jesus

Question: What is the most embarrassing song on your iPod?
Truitt: “Hillbillies” by Hot Apple Pie

Question: What is your favorite UVa tradition?
Truitt: Doing our cheer before we tee off at a tournament

Question: What is your most prized possession?
Truitt: My cell phone

Question: I hate shopping for…
Truitt: School supplies

Question: I would buy a ticket to go see…
Truitt: Martina McBride

Question: The most exotic place I ever visited…
Truitt: I went to the top of a volcano (Mt. Haleakala) on Maui to watch the sunrise and then rode a mountain bike down to the bottom.

Question: Best non-athletic talent…
Truitt: Singing