Coach Holowaty: “Hopefully, Bill can give us some meaningful innings from the left side. We are short in left-handed pitching and hope Billy can step up and have a very productive senior year.”
High School : Participated in baseball, basketball, cross country and soccer… in basketball, named all-conference as a senior… helped lead basketball team to the state finals as a senior… in soccer, helped his team earn a state title as a senior… in baseball, member of conference championship team in his final season...
Other: Followed in father Rob’s footsteps as a member of Eastern’s baseball and basketball programs… became the second Roveto to save a game April 25, 2009 against UMass Boston and the second Roveto to win a game March 25, 2010 against Marian College… Rob was 14-0 with two saves and a 1.000 batting average (1-for-1) in his two-year Eastern career (1982-83) and earned a three-inning save in the 1982 national championship game… Bill is a four-year basketball letterwinner and three-year starter and was a senior captain this past year when the Warriors won 20 games for the second straight season…
PERSONAL: born William R. Roveto September 6, 1988…Major: Political Science… Career Plans: Coaching… Parents: Karen and Rob…Residence: South Windsor, CT…
Career Statistics Thru 2011
BILL... REVEALED
Favorite activity other than sports: Chillin’ with friends
Best place for pizza: Don’t really eat it
Favorite actor: Robert De Niro
Most difficult aspect of college: Time management
Something that you may never live to see: The Jets win the Superbowl
When you were young, favorite game to pass time on a car trip: Finding license plates of different states
Most difficult aspect of your sport: Not over thinking
Best athlete (any level) of all time: Michael Jordan
Sport requiring the most strength: All of them
Favorite pro team: Jets/Yankees/Celtics
One thing you would like to do before you die: Be successful
Greatest coach (any level) of all time: Bobby Knight
Your favorite moment of all time (not necessarily sports-related): Basketball Senior year of high school
Biggest crisis facing America: Accepting people that are different
Biggest crisis facing the world: Accepting people that are different
A reality TV show you would like to see created: Edwin Ortiz 24/7
Who were you or who do you hope you were in your first life? A good person
Closest brush with greatness: Meeting Ray Allen
Your greatest thrill in sports: Baseball Regionals 2009
Most important invention or discovery in your lifetime: Cell phones
What would you like to get paid to do for a living? College basketball coach
Most difficult interview question: Anything where you’re being second guessed
Most influential person in the world: Oprah
Job you consider the hardest or worst to do for a living: Anything you really don’t want to be doing
Automobile you would buy tomorrow if you had the money: Anything newer than what I have now
Favorite amusement park food: Fried dough
Scariest nightmare: Falling
Hardest class at Eastern you have taken: Math
A class you’ve taken that you’ll never need to use: Western Civ
Favorite city ever visited: New York
Favorite Olympic sport to watch: Basketball
Greatest fear: Not enough time in life to accomplish everything I want to
World’s most recognizable person: Bob Barker
Most dangerous animal: My dog
Funniest comedian: Nicholas Swardson
Superstitions: Getting dressed in the same order before games
Pet Peeve: Rude people
Red Sox or Yankees: Yankees
Biggest waste of money: That new statue looking thing outside of Hurley
Largest crowd you’ve ever been part of: Jets game at the Meadowlands
Longest you’ve ever gone without sleep: About 40 hours
Something no one would miss if it was blown up: Fenway Park
Best vacation of all time: New Orleans
Worst vacation of all time: Having to cut a Disney trip short……
Chances of the U.S. winning the next World Cup: Ha…….zero
Amount of weekly allowance you would give to your children: $10
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