20 Questions With Natalie Hampton

It’s almost time for softball season, and to get ready for Oregon State’s 2014 campaign, the Beavers have answered 20 questions about themselves. Leading off will be sophomore Natalie Hampton. Oregon State will open the year at the Kajikawa Classic in Tempe, Ariz. on Feb. 6.
1. What is your favorite dessert?
Chocolate Cake
2. What is your favorite sport (other than softball)?
Football
3. What is your favorite place to hang out in Corvallis?
Ya Garcia’s apartment
4. Who is your favorite professional athlete?
Tim Tebow
5. What are your goals after you graduate from Oregon State?
To become a game warden in California
6. Who did you most admire as a child?
My dad
7. What is your pregame ritual?
I listen to music and eat a granola bar
8. What song is playing on your ipod right now?
Luke Bryan – That’s My Kind of Night
9. What is your dream car?
A Ford F-150 Raptor, lifted
10. What was the best moment you’ve had as an Oregon State softball player so far?
Hitting a home run off (Oregon pitcher) Jessica Moore
11. Which road-trip are you most looking forward to this season and why?
Stanford, because my family will be there
12. What is your favorite candy?
Snickers
13. What is your ideal vacation destination?
Italy
14. If you were stranded on a desert island and you could only bring three items, what would you bring and why?
Bailee Niehus, Melanie Dembinski and Ya Garcia, because we would never get bored
15. What is your favorite movie of all time?
First Blood
16. What is your individual goal for the upcoming softball season?
To break my own RBI record
17. What is your favorite hobby?
Hunting and fishing
18. How would your teammates describe you?
Tall like a tree!
19. What is the best meal you cook?
Chicken and Mac-n-cheese
20. What was your favorite class in high school?
PE
Complete preseason schedule:
Jan. 14 – 20 questions with Natalie Hampton
Jan. 15 – 20 questions with Kylie Padilla
Jan. 16 – 20 questions with Isabelle Batayola
Jan. 17 – 20 questions with Amee Aarhus
Jan. 18 – 20 questions with Alexis Gonzalez
Jan. 19 – 20 questions with Sarah Shadinger
Jan. 20 – 20 questions with Dani Gilmore
Jan. 21 – 20 questions with Bailee Niehus
Jan. 22 – 20 questions with Alleyah Armendariz
Jan. 23 – 20 questions with Kiki Pepi
Jan. 24 – 20 questions with Alex Boyd
Jan. 25 – 20 questions with Kori Nishitomi
Jan. 26 – 20 questions with Melanie Dembinski
Jan. 27 – 20 questions with Amanda Najdek
Jan. 28 – 20 questions with Kylee Crape
Jan. 29 – 20 questions with CJ Chirichigno
Jan. 30 – 20 questions with Christie Langlois
Jan. 31 – 20 questions with Ya Garcia
Feb. 1 – 20 questions with Hannah Bouska
Feb. 6 – Season Opener





