Meet the Boylston Berserkers and read some of their bios:
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Full name: Cody Buesing
Berserker Nickname: Ringo
Age: 20
Year and major: sophmore, film
Position: chaser
Reason for joining: If your school has a quidditch team, how could you not join!
What I like most about Quidditch/Team: Quidditch is a combo of all the best sports, making it naturally the ultimate game! (plus there are brooms involved, I mean, come on!)
And my team's awesome, we have like the perfect variety of players to make a fully operational battle station!
Full name: Kelly Fitzpatrick
Berserker Nickname (if any):
Age: 21
Year and Major at Emerson: Film Production, Junior
Position: Chaser
Reason for joining: My love for Harry Potter and a huge curiosity about how this sport would work
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: I run on a broomstick while wearing a cape. Enough said. Also, I'm lucky enough to be on a team with the greatest people in the world.
Any other comments: Come and support your local Quidditch team!
Full name: Rebecca Smith
Berserker Nickname: I don't have a Berseker nickname. :-(
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: Freshman Theatre studies- nonperformance major
Position: Beater
Reason for joining: When else am I going be able to play quidditch?!
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: How awesome it is! (The game and the team.)
Full name: Markus Garcia
Berserker Nickname (if any): none
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: Freshman, Broadcast Journalism
Position: Beater
Reason for joining: I think quidditch is awesome
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: Hitting people with a dodgeball
Any other comments: Go Berserk!
Full name: Jane Kang
Berserker Nickname (if any): none
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: 2012 and Film Production
Position: Chaser
Reason for joining: To dominate
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: The Quidditch team is the only school spirit there is here. It is nice to have some school spirit in something.
Any other comments: Go Boylston Berserkers!
Full name: Abbie Rickard
Age: 20
Year and Major at Emerson: 2011 Writing, Literature and Publishing
Position: Chaser
Reason for joining: I've been playing since the beginning (Spring '08), and I absolutely love it. It's a combination of a few really fun sports (dodge ball, rugby, capture the flag) into one big conglomerate of awesomeness.
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: It's chaotic, but at the same time there's a definite game plan. We can go out there and be as aggressive as we want (within the rules), and hopefully triumph over the other teams. The Berserkers are a very close-knit team, more than any of the other Emerson teams, I'd say. We play well together and we get along great on and off the field. Joe's done a great job bringing us all together and creating a great team atmosphere.
Any other comments: My love for you is ticking clock, BERSERKER!
Full name: Bill Peloquin
Berserker Nickname (if any): I.B. Snitchin
Age: 21
Year and Major at Emerson: Junior, class of 2010
Position: Seeker / Chaser
Reason for joining: I joined the Emerson Quidditch League because I love the Harry Potter books and always wished Quidditch was real so I could play. Then I heard that it was in fact real, just without the flying part. I still had to be a part of it. I also joined because it was a chance to break the mold and do something different and have fun doing it. I take pride in telling people I play Quidditch, because not many other people have had the privilege and wish they could.
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: One of my favorite things about playing Quidditch is the Emerson fan base that shows up to support us. When we faced off against BU's Quidditch team, there were cheerleaders and people holding up signs they had made. Honestly I think there may have been more people there supporting Emerson's Quidditch team than there are many of Emerson's other sports teams. People just love to be a part of it - it's new, it's exciting, and its really fun to be a part of, even if that part is just cheering from the bleachers.
Any other comments:
I've been really surprised at the reception the Emerson student body has given Quidditch. Sure there will always be those "Give me a break" nay-sayers, but far more people love the idea. Countless times I've been wearing my Emerson Quidditch t-shirt and somebody has complimented me on it. Plenty of people, when they see the shirt, either talk about wanting to play or wanting to watch a game. Plus, the school newspaper has really backed us, so we've had a strong presence in the pages of the Beacon. We even got two big photos in the Boston Globe of us practicing in the Commons. Altogether I've just been surprised and very pleased to see that there is much more of a positive vibe about Emerson Quidditch amongst the students than there is resistance to the sport. I feel safe in saying, without a doubt at this point, that Quidditch at Emerson is definitely here to stay.
Full name: Lauren Rae Matthias
Berserker Nickname (if any):
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: 2012 Double major in theater/policom
Position: seeker
Reason for joining: I was rejected from the Unicorn Polo team
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: The enthusiasm everybody has!
Any other comments:
Full name: Elizabeth Pashley
Berserker Nickname (if any):The Gimpy Avenger
Age: 19 (i turn 20 jan. 13th, so depending on the timeline of your project...)
Year and Major at Emerson: Writing, Literature and Publishing: year 2011/ 2010 poser (I'm graduating early).
Position: CHASER- defensive
Reason for joining:Ballet classes were too expensive...and then I discovered that I love tackling people and tearing them apart.
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: Team- our DOMINATE attitude. Quidditch- I don't have to be good at any one sport. Quidditch is a combo of rugby, soccer, football, dodgeball, and wrestling, so I can take what I'm good at and run with it.
Any other comments: also team artist (I made the Berserker logo)
Full name: Andrew Hutcheson
Berserker Nickname (if any):
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: Freshman, Film
Position: Chaser
Reason for joining: To tackle people with a broomstick between my legs
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: What I love most about Quidditch is having to re-grow bones that were broken then removed altogether.
Full name: Samuel Tang
Berserker Nickname (if any):
Age: 18
Year and Major at Emerson: Freshman, Writing, Literature and Publishing
Position: Various but mainly backup Keeper
Reason for joining: I like to beat other people, Quidditch is an outlet for that.
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: Quidditch is an interesting game that's just getting its start, it's fun to be a part of its beginning. I like this team in particular because they REALLY like beating people. Plus, red and black are my favorite colors.
Any other comments: Extremely contrary to popular belief, Quiddtich gets violent. It's fun.
Full name: Joseph Rechtman
Berserker Name: Joe(?)
Age: 20
Year and Major at Emerson: Sophomore Film Production Major, Fiction Writing Minor
Position: Beater
Reason for Joining: Love of the game, my competitive spirit, a chance to slide tackle people
What you like most about Quidditch or the team: I love that Quidditch is full contact, we've taken it away from Harry Potter and made it our own, brutal sport - I love that the team is so loyal and committed. Every Berserker will bleed or break bones for their teammates!
Any other comments: The Berserkers will crush the Falcons and dominate the Emerson Quidditch league. When the Berserkers are on the pitch, nobody is safe!