What's Up with the Wildcats Adam Russo
Full Name: Adam Joseph Russo
Sport: Basketball and lacrosse
Birthday: January 25th, '91
Hometown: Arlington, MA
High School: Arlington
Year: Junior
Major: Humanities with a focus in history and a minor in sports-based development. What's your career intention? I'd like to teach high school history and coach high school basketball.
Nickname: All my teammates call me Roo, Roos, Big Roo, anything like that.
What do you like most about Wheelock? I like all my teammates and all my friends that I've made here. I've had so many good connections with people. Academically-wise, I like the size of the class and how it's not too big, overwhelming. You get to have a lot of open discussions.
Where is your favorite place on campus? I'm a fan of CCSR. I just like that building. It's nice and all my friends live in there, so I hang out there.
What is your favorite sports team? All the Boston teams. So, the Celtics, Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots. For college, I like BC, even though they've been awful in every sport the last few years. That's the curse of leaving the BIG EAST, by the way. I like West Virginia. I'm a big Bob Huggins guy. I like UConn too.
Who is your favorite athlete? Last year, I was a big Jimmer Ferdette guy. Professional-wise, I like Rondo and Dirk. I also like Pedroia, because he's kind of like a gritty guy and gets in there and does the dirty work.
What is something that most people don’t know about you? I'm kind of soft when it comes to music. I kind of like Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey. Kind of slow music like that.
Where is your favorite vacation spot? It's gotta be Mexico and California. Why those two places? Mexico is beautiful and it's just awesome down there. It's like a big party all the time. California is just beautiful everywhere. I think, specifically, San Diego is my favorite place in California. When did you go to Mexico? I'd would say when I was about 12 and I think another time when I was like 10.
What accomplishment are you most proud of in your sport? I would say my senior year, beating our rival Arlington Catholic. I ended up hitting a big three to tie up the game, when we were down by 10 with like a minute left. So, I hit that three to tie the game and then another kid on our team took a charge and we went down and scored with like two seconds left and we won. It was a great feeling, because we hadn't beaten them in like seven years.
What is your favorite holiday? It's
a tough one. I guess I would go with Christmas and Christmas
Eve, just because I see my whole family. It's just a lot of
fun.
Bacon bits or croutons? I like croutons on a salad. Why do you like those? Umm, they're crunchy I guess.
Would you rather live in a log cabin or downtown? Definitely downtown. I'm a city guy. Where's your favorite place in the city? I like Downtown Crossing. I like Fanueil Hall a lot, just like those small places where they have a lot of nice shops and stuff like that.
What does community service mean to you? It's definitely important and something that we've done here at Wheelock and something I've done in high school as well. It's always good to give back to people that need it and help out. Have you had a favorite community service project in the past? Yeah, definitely. I coached my Sister's basketball team, so it was cool to help teach her and just help her learn the game. Now she's playing in college at Clark University, so she always says I helped her out a lot. How are they doing this year? They're doing great, actually. They started off 0-2 and they've won seven in a row, so they're playing real well. She's actually starting as a freshman, so I'm very proud of her.
Do you have any pets? I do not have any pets. Have you ever had a desire to have any pets? Not really my thing.
What is your favorite movie or movies? I got a lot. I'm a big Pulp Fiction guy. I also am a big Good Fellas fan. There are a ton of comedies that I like. I like Will Ferrel movies and all the old school Adam Sandler movies are great. Yeah, just comedies and I like all the Italian mafia movies. So, comedies and movies where people get shot? Yeah, that's basically it.
What is your favorite artist or band? I've got a lot of those too. Like I said earlier, I like Alicia Keys and Mariah Carey. I'm a big 90s rock guy. I like Third Eye Blind, Sugar Ray. I like classic rock, like Led Zeppelin, the Doors, Aerosmith and of course I like hip hop too. I'm a big Jay-Z, Kanye and Dr. Dre and Snoop fan.
Favorite pre-game song to get pumped
up? Right now, I gotta go with "Spend It"
by 2 Chainz
Pepsi or Coke? Definitely a Coca-Cola guy. I got a ton of Coke memorabilia in my room at home. Really? So, are you a collector of Coke? Somewhat. Not so much anymore, but when I was younger I used to collect a lot. Like a lot of the old school bottles. I got like a couple Coca-Cola cannisters. I remember when I was younger, my older Sister bought me a Coca-Cola lamp, which was pretty cool. Have you ever been to the Coke museum in Atlanta? Actually, not in Atlanta, but they had a big Coca-Cola factory in Vegas, maybe, so I've been to that.
Favorite Cereal? I'm not a big cereal guy, but I definitely like Kix. Why do you like Kix? It's just something liked when I was little and I never eat cereal in the caf unless they have Kix. That's the only one I'll get.
What is your favorite city or town? Boston, definitely Boston.
What is your favorite ice cream? I actually don't eat sweets. Why don't you eat sweets? I used to be a big time sweet tooth and then I would say, probably my junior year in high school, I just stopped eating ice cream, desserts, cookies, candy, anything like that. It's really rare that you'll see me eating that.
How many foreign countries have you been to? Just Mexico and Canada.
If it could rain something other than rain, what would it rain? Money. That would be nice and since I want to be a teacher, I could use a little extra of that.
Who is your favorite Sesame Street character? I guess like Elmo. He's pretty cool. What do you like about Elmo that makes him so cool? He's just chillin'. He's pretty nice to everyone and never gets into any arguments.
Hats or no hats? I'm always a fan of the snapback hats. I got a few of those. Other than that, if I'm wearing a hat, it's really up to my girlfriend, I let her pick.
Morning or night? In between? I like the daytime, I guess.
Peanut Butter: Crunchy or creamy? Creamy. Not a fan of the chunks in there. Just freaks you out or? It's a little intimidating. Kind of scares me. Back in the day, when I would have peanut butter with either spread on a banana or on an English muffin for breakfast throughout high school, if my Dad messed up and got crunchy, he would hear about it.
Favorite Season? Winter. It's my birthday, so you gotta love Winter. Is there any other reason, besides it being your birthday? I mean I like to look at the snow. I don't like to shovel it, but I definitely like looking at it. It looks nice.
Who's your favorite Family Guy character? I like Peter Griffin. Why do you like Peter? He makes the show. He's the funniest in it.
