BY RICH PALZEWIC
CORRESPONDENT
Jordan Bindas is a recent graduate of Bay Port High School and was a member of the baseball and football teams.
He plans to attend UW-Madison this fall to study engineering physics and hopes to possibly work for NASA someday.
In his spare time he likes to golf and hang out with his friends.
Name: Jordan Bindas
Nickname: Bindy
School: Bay Port
Sports: baseball, football
Parents: Steve & Amy
Position: infield, receiver
Twitter: @Jordan_Bindas
How do you pronounce your last name?
โBin-das.โ
Do you have any siblings?
โI have an older brother named Evan who graduated in 2016 โฆ he goes to UW-Madison right now.โ
Do you come from a sports family?
โEvan was big into football and was the FRCC defensive player of the year his senior year. My dad always tells me that he was a pretty good athlete, but never really did high-school sports. My mom played softball. My dad is from South Milwaukee and my mom is from Marinette.โ
Did you ever try any other sports while at Bay Port?
โI tried basketball in seventh and eighth grade at Bay View, but that didnโt work out too well!โ
How about a high-school sport you wish you would have done?
โI wish I could have played basketball, but itโs a sport you have to start young and put the time into โฆ I started too late.โ
A few weeks ago Bob Tilot told me the Bay Port baseball team can make some noise in the next two years โฆ agree?
โI completely agree โฆ we had a really strong underclass this year โ (sophomores) Jake Berg and Call Verlanic are just tremendous athletes. I think they can do some crazy things in the upcoming years with baseball and football. Jake Plummer will be a great quarterback in football, too.โ
Do you have a most memorable sports moment?
โI think this whole baseball season in general because all the guys were fun to be around and we were all friends.โ
How about a most embarrassing sports moment?
โIโve never been the greatest on my feet, so thereโs been a couple of times where Iโve been running around the bases or to first and Iโve stumbled on my feet.โ
What is something about you most people wouldnโt know?
โGrowing up and still today, Iโve always enjoyed woodworking and just building things. Iโd say Iโm pretty mechanically inclined.โ
Name a person you admire and why.
โI think the owner of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk is someone awesome to admire because he is driven beyond belief to achieve whatever he wants. Heโs a guy thatโs so successful that he can do whatever he wants. Thatโs a big goal of mine โ to have unlimited resources to pursue any dream I have.โ
Whatโs on your music playlist?
โIโm not really into hard-core rap, but Iโd say most of my music is just upbeat and good to listen along to.โ
Katy Perry?
โNo, not like that!โ
What three words best describe you?
โDetermined, creative, athletic.โ
If you could be anywhere right now, where would it be?
โIโd love to be on the beach in Costa Rica. I went there once with my family on spring break and Iโll never forget it.โ
Tell me where you will be in 10 years.
โFirst off, I just want to make sure I get a good job in an area that I enjoy. I donโt want to travel halfway across the country, so I see myself hopefully near Wisconsin or maybe a state or two over โฆ maybe start a family as well.โ
How will Jordan Bindas be remembered at Bay Port?
โIโve never been a guy that loved the spotlight or attention, so Iโd prefer to just be known as an easy-going guy.โ
Spring or fall?
โSpring.โ
Lie on the beach or swim in the ocean?
โSwim in the ocean.โ
Cookies or candy?
โCandy.โ
Singing or dancing?
โSinging.โ
Daytime or nighttime?
โDaytime.โ
Are you a singer?
โIn my car or in the shower I am, but outside of that, not at all.โ
Favorites
Food: hamburger
Athlete: (MLB baseball player) Mike Trout
Phone app: Twitter
Animal: lion
Book: I canโt remember the last time I read one of those.
Notes: Suggestions for the senior spotlight can be submitted to Rich via email ([email protected]) or via Twitter (@richpalzewic). All spotlights can be found online at thepress.media. Check out last weekโs spotlight on Bay Portโs Isaac Krause.