Student-Athlete of the Week: Joachim Ball
June 20, 2014 | Academic Services
June 20, 2014
Name: Joachim Ball
Sport: Men's Soccer
Post-college ambition: Having a good life
Person with greatest influence on athletic career: My parents
Biggest thrill in sports: Playing in front of big crowds
Athlete you most admire: Manuel Neuer
What impresses you most about your coach: His discipline
What has been your biggest athletic obstacle to overcome: Process of coming to the United States
Hobbies and outside interests: Reading and hanging out with friends
Pre-competition superstition: Listening to Bob Marley
Favorite professional team: Schwenninger Wild Wings (German ice hockey team)
Favorite Movie: The Untouchables
Favorite TV show: The Big Bang Theory/ The Colbert Report
Favorite food: Pasta
Favorite class: ACCT 420 - Advanced Managerial Cost Accounting
Favorite book: The Human Stain by Philip Roth
Favorite professor: Christy Burge
Favorite movie quote: "I'm going to make him an offer he can't refuse"
Favorite iPhone/Android app: Snapchat
Person you would most like to meet: Barack Obama
Words that best describe you: Rude, uptight, boring, and ironic
Best advice you have gotten about sports: "Don't be so German" - Danny Cepero
If they filmed a movie about your life, who would star in it and what would it be called: German in America starring Til Schweiger
If you could have dinner with three people (current, historical, fictional) who would it be: Oliver Kahn, Willy Brandt, and Sir Lancelot
Why you chose UofL: Great soccer program
Best part about being an athlete: Being part of the athletic community
The moment you realized you were really good at your sport: Getting invited to the U-16 National Team
Your favorite place to volunteer or do community service: UofL Soccer Clinic
The strangest thing that ever happened to you while you were competing in your sport: Getting hugged by a naked streaker
What is your favorite place you have ever visited: Paris
What is your favorite season: Winter (snowboarding)
