Off The Field With Tom Mannix
Nickname: Gun
Favorite Musician: Mumford & Sons
Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Favorite Song: My Kinda Party by Jason Aldean
Favorite Actor: Christian Bale
Favorite Movie: The Prestige
Favorite TV Show: The Amazing Race
Favorite Magazine: Sports Illustrated
Favorite Sport other than Football: Baseball
Favorite Sports Figure: Chad Pennington
Favorite Spot on Campus: The Practice Field
Favorite Way to Relax: Play Tetris
Favorite Road Trip: Lehigh in 2009
Most Memorable Sports Moment: Winning a state championship in Giants Stadium.
Favorite Thing to do on Bus Trips: Look out the Window
One Word to Describe Coach Gilmore: Winner
One Team I would Like to Add to the Schedule: Rutgers
Nobody Knows How Much I Like: The Ocean
Craziest Ambition: Travel the World
Favorite Web Site: www.pandora.com
Person I Admire Most: My Grandfather
Most Influential People in My Life: My Parents
Thing I am Most Thankful for: The Way I was Raised
Favorite Quote: "Greatness is a lot of small things done well stacked on top of each other."
One Person from History I Would Like to Have Dinner with: Thomas Edison
Most Famous Person I've Met: Tony Siragusa
Why I Chose Holy Cross: So I could challenge myself academically and athletically.
This story originally appeared in the November 3 edition of the Holy Cross Game Day Program, for the contest between the Crusaders and Lehigh. To order a copy of the program, click here.
