Seven Questions with Deana Davidian

Full name: Deana Davidian

Nickname: "D"

Hometown: Pelham, NY

Favorite hobby: chasing after balls

Birthdate: August, 4 1982

Zodiac sign: Leo

Favorite athlete: Andy Roddick



This week's 7 Questions is with softball senior tri-captain Deana Davidian, one of the anchors holding down a Tufts program that has won the last three NESCAC titles. In the field, Davidian has a more accurate arm than Chuck Knobloch, displays more range than Todd Walker, fields grounders better than Alfonso Soriano, and holds her temper better than Roberto Alomar. At bat, the second baseman reaches base more than 40 percent of the time and when on base is always a threat to steal.

This season, the team is led by former assistant and now coach Cheryl Milligan. Meanwhile, former coach Kris Herman chose to ignore Willy Wonka's directions by eating from the Eph tree. She is now a swollen purple cow.

I caught up with Davidian placing her glove under her mattress to break it in, so naturally "7 Questions" followed.



1. Kris Herman, head coach of the Tufts softball team for the past 16 years, left your team to be head coach of rival Williams College -- how do you feel about that?

Kris Herman who??? We're under a new reign now, Elliott.



>2. Last year you batted .362, including one homerun. With those inflated numbers, I have to ask -- are you taking steroids?

That depends....are there steroids in Coors Light?



>3. I know you are from New York, but you have gone to school in Boston for almost four years. Who is your favorite team (Red Sox or Yankees) and why?

I love the Yankees, and I love October. It gives me a chance to sit at home and watch the World Series. Kinda like the Red Sox.



>4. Last season you led the team in stolen bases ... care to comment?

What can I say; I go all the way in fewer than three seconds.



5. I've heard you have a tendency to try and make a play on every ground ball even if it is hit directly at another teammate. How are you going to curb this behavior?

I dated Jeff Maier for a while back in middle school, and he taught me how to interfere. One time I even jumped onto the field at Yankee Stadium to catch a ball for Bernie Williams. That was rock bottom... now I see a sports therapist.



>6. Is there anything worse than your team's 6 a.m. practices?

Yes, the language/culture requirement.



>7. Would you rather graduate with our class or play in the softball World Series and why?

There are classes here?



* By Elliott Wiley, Jr.