Linfield University Athletics

FRESHMAN 
Did not participate in a varsity game. 
 
IMG ACADEMY  
Four-time letter winner in baseball and football. 
 
PERSONAL INFORMATION 
Majoring in business management. 
Son of Karen and Steve Porter. 
 
WHAT ARE THE REASONS YOU CHOSE TO ATTEND LINFIELD? I will be able to play baseball and it is a tight close-knit community. 
 
WHAT DOES BEING A STUDENT-ATHLETE AT LINFIELD MEAN TO YOU? I am able to represent Linfield in school and on the field. 
 
HOW HAS PARTICIPATING IN SPORTS MADE YOU A BETTER PERSON? I have learned how deal with negative people and negative situations. 
 
WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF IN 10 YEARS? Hopefully still playing baseball. 
 
WHAT'S THE BEST LINFIELD CLASS YOU'VE TAKEN AND WHY? The best class I have taken was business analytics because it fought me how to overcome obstacles. 
 
WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INSPIRATION IN YOUR LIFE? WHY HAS HE OR SHE BEEN SO INFLUENTIAL? I would say the greatest inspiration in my life as my father. He came from a place where he had very little but a very strong family connection and showed me that with the termination and anything is possible. 
 
THE GREATEST PRINCIPLE OR LESSON THAT I'VE LEARNED WHILE COMPETING IN ATHLETICS AT LINFIELD HAS BEEN... The greatest lesson I learned while playing baseball is how to deal with failure. Baseball is a game where you fail more often than you succeed and it gets really tiring. But through struggles, I have learned that there’s also success and failure because you learn how to change the next time you do it. 
 
AS A LINFIELD-STUDENT ATHLETE, MY GOALS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY FOR MY TEAM ARE... My goals is an individual would be to be the best person I can. Be a leader, be confident and strive for perfection. A goal for my team would be to be the best team in our conference and hopefully the country.