Eastern Michigan Athletics
20 Questions With Daniel Holtzclaw
6/27/2008 11:06:26 PM | Football
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The 2008 Mid-American Conference Football season is quickly approaching and as part of our preview we would like to give you an inside look into the lives of our student-athletes. You can find the schedule of student-athletes we will preview by clicking HERE or by clicking the "20 questions" advertisement on the top right of the MAC homepage.
20 Questions With.....Eastern Michigan's Daniel Holtzclaw
Daniel Holtzclaw is a senior linebacker for the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Holtzclaw has started all 35 games at middle linebacker during his three-year EMU career. He has accumulated 330 tackles in his three seasons, good for 10th on the EMU career tackles list. He was a freshman All-American in 2005 and a first-team All MAC selection in 2007. He finished third in the MAC and tied for 21st in the nation with his 125 tackles. Holtzclaw has been selected to the Bronco Nagurski Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award watch lists for the 2008 season.
Below is a closer look at the Eastern Michigan linebacker....
Daniel Holtzclaw is a senior linebacker for the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Holtzclaw has started all 35 games at middle linebacker during his three-year EMU career. He has accumulated 330 tackles in his three seasons, good for 10th on the EMU career tackles list. He was a freshman All-American in 2005 and a first-team All MAC selection in 2007. He finished third in the MAC and tied for 21st in the nation with his 125 tackles. Holtzclaw has been selected to the Bronco Nagurski Trophy and Rotary Lombardi Award watch lists for the 2008 season.
Below is a closer look at the Eastern Michigan linebacker....
1. What song do you listen to pump yourself up before a game?
Nas - Hate Me Now; P.Diddy-Nobody Can Hold Me Down
2. Who is your biggest hero?
God and my father
3. If you could invite anyone, dead or alive, to dinner, who would it be?
My. Junior High Basketball Coach, Darren Melka
4. What is your all-time favorite movie?
Dumb & Dumber
5. What famous celebrity would you date?
Jessica Simpson
6. You are on a road trip and stop at a gas station, what snacks do you buy?
Powerade and a Power Bar
7. If you had to play another sport, what would it be?
Basketball
8. What would be your WWE Wrestler name be and why?
"The Claw" haha
9. Favorite vacation spot?
Home, I don't get to go back home to often
10. Other than your school – what team do you run with in the NCAA Football video game?
Oklahoma
11. What actor would play you in the movie of your life?
The Rock
12. What’s the first thing you would buy if you won the lottery?
I would buy my parents a home and my mom her own bakery store.
13. What is the worst job you have ever had?
McDonalds (Age 14)
14. One word to describe yourself?
Motivated
15. What’s something most people don’t know about you?
I was better in basketball than football until my sophomore year in high school.
16. What is your nickname(s)?
Claw
17. What is your favorite number and why?
My current number of 44. I don't like to pretend to be anyone else.
18. Do you have any superstitions?
None.
19. What is one thing you can’t live without?
Food
20. What do you want to be doing 10 years from now?
Playing in the NFL or coaching.
Schedule of 20 Questions With A MAC Student-Athlete
June 23 -- Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green
June 23 -- Tyler Sheehan, Bowling Green
June 28 -- Jameson Hartke, Ohio
June 29 -- Terrance Knighton, Temple
June 30 -- Andy Schmitt, Eastern Michigan
July 1 -- Julien Edelman, Kent State
July 2 -- Barry Church, Toledo
July 3 -- Ronald Hilaire, Buffalo
July 4 -- TJ Lang, Eastern Michigan
July 5 -- Andrew Mooney, Ohio
July 6 -- Adam DiMichele, Temple
July 7 – Clayton Mullins, Miami
July 8 – Dan LeFevour, Central Michigan
July 9 – Chris Miller, Ball State
July 10 – Jamarko Simmons, Western Michigan
July 11 – Nate Davis, Ball State
July 12 -- Antonio Smith, Bowling Green
July 12 – Dave DiFranco, Miami
July 13 – Andrew Hartline, Central Michigan
July 14 -- Tim Hiller, Western Michigan
July 15 -- Zack Anderson, Akron
July 16 -- Matt Simon, Northern Illinois
July 17 -- Bryan Williams, Akron
July 18 -- Larry English, Northern Illinois
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