Getting To Know Central Michigan's Brett Hartmann
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Getting To Know...Central Michigan's Brett Hartmann
Brett Hartmann is a senior kicker/punter for the Central Michigan Chippewas. Hartmann, a native of Menomonee Falls, Wisc., averaged 38.4 yards per punt as CMU's starting punter in 2009. Hartmann has twice been named MAC West Division Special Teams Player of the Week in his career, most recently on Oct. 3, 2009, as he averaged 39.0 yards on five punts, including a season-long 57-yarder, and placed three punts inside the 20-yard line against Buffalo. He also averaged 40.0 yards per punt as a sophomore in 2008 and is a management major. Below is a closer look at the CMU kicker/punter...
1. What would you like to be doing in ten years?
I would like to be playing in the NFL and enjoying the offseason on the lake or a venture capitalist changing the game.
2. Which three people (dead or alive) would you invite to dinner?
I would have dinner with Frank Sinatra, Albert Einstein, and Marilyn Monroe.
3. What is the best class you've taken at Central Michigan?
It's a tough choice between Dynamics of Organizational Behavior with Dr. Love, Strategic Management with Dr. Bahaee and Marketing Communications with Professor Cherry. I really enjoyed all of them.
4. What are your hobbies and off-the-field interests?
Groovin' and movin' to 70's music, working out, being out on the water, relaxing, and having a good time with family & friends.
5. Who was your greatest athletic influence?
Glenn Pakulak, a Michigan native that was a punter at University of Kentucky and in the NFL. He taught me how to work hard, gave me a lot of motivation and to always believe in myself.
6. Besides football, what sport would you have pursued for a college scholarship?
If I wasn't playing football, I would have pursued baseball.
7. The artist that takes up most of my iPod...
There's not one artist that takes up most of my iPod but many great artists that I enjoy depending on my mood such as Frank Sinatra, The Allman Brothers, Miles Davis, B.B King, The Cure, CCR, Jimi Hendrix, Bad Company, Earth Wind & Fire and many others.
8. What is one movie you could watch over and over again and not get sick of?
I could watch "Fletch" with Chevy Chase non-stop.
9. What reality TV show would you most like to be on?
I would like to be on "No Reservations" with Anthony Bourdain so I could travel around the world and experience each country as a local rather than a tourist.
10. What is your most memorable moment in sports, either as an athlete or as a sports fan?
My most memorable moment in sports was last season when we went into East Lansing and beat Michigan State in dramatic fashion.
