20 Questions with Cassy Salyer

What do you see yourself doing five years from now?
I would like to do Public Relations in either sports or entertainment.

Where would you like to spend a week’s vacation?
Negril. Don’t tease me.

What is your motto?
I do not play basketball.

What is your most embarrassing volleyball memory?
My sophomore year we were playing Michigan State at home and it was being televised on ESPN2. The games were really close so when I got a block near the end of the last game, I turned to celebrate in the middle of the court with my teammates and I tripped and fell into the huddle. It took about four of them to catch me so that I didn’t fall completely on my face on national television. My brother said he and his roommates watched it ten times on TiVo.

What is your least favorite volleyball drill?
Accelerations and pit. Shout out to the Penn State girls who know exactly what I’m talking about.

What is your favorite food?
Sushi and/or anything with crab.

Are you a morning person, afternoon person or night person?
If pancakes are part of the deal, I’m a morning person. If not, you won’t even see me until the afternoon.

What was your favorite subject in school?
English and a creative non-fiction writing course I took at Penn State with Sheila Squillante.

What fad were you involved in during junior high that many people would be surprised to learn?
My bangs looked like they had been attacked by a curling iron and I plucked my eyebrows until I nearly had none.

What reality show would you be best on?
I think the Real World because they’ve done it all except have a 6’5’’ girl on the show…I think.

If you could live in another time period for a week, which one would you choose?
I would want to live in the 1800’s if it were just for one week.

What are your most prized possessions?
A necklace my grandpa gave me many moons ago and a stuffed animal my mom gave me when I was really homesick my freshman year at Penn State.

What communications tool do you use most often—text messaging, talking on the cell phone or e-mail?
Ask my mom what my phone bill was before I had unlimited text messaging.

What is your pet peeve?
When I don’t hear someone and ask him/her to repeat themselves and they say “Nothing.” I have bad hearing so that bothers me.

What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas!

What is your favorite room in your house and why?
The kitchen, because it’s where the food is kept and I have yet to burn one down…completely.

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?
Either Colorado or Southern California, though I could spend long periods of time in Italia.

What do you like to do in your spare time?
I just recently re-discovered this strange concept of “spare time” and have been busy catching up on movies, books and good meals with great people.

What is your favorite season?
Winter in Colorado, summer in California and spring or fall at Penn State.

What is one off-the-court talent you have?
I have a titanium rod in my left leg and I’m pretty good at setting off metal detectors in airports, though it is hit or miss. Basically, if I’m in a hurry, I will set it off.