Employee Parking Only: Ben Willis

STATS:
- Name: Ben Willis

- Store Location: Mall St. Matthews

- Position: Store Manager

- Birthday: 11-06-1985

-Hometown: Pocataligo, Georgia

-Alma Mater: University of Georgia




1. What is your favorite sport? Far and away, College Football is my favorite sport to watch.

2. Who is your favorite college athlete? Elizabeth Lambert of University of New Mexico. She really took women's soccer and put it in the spotlight in her game vs. BYU this season. To see Elizabeth Lambert in action, check out the video below!



3. If you could be any animal, what would it be and why? A jellyfish, because I would hate to be eaten and as far as I know, not many animals eat jellyfish

4. What are your favorite 2 for 20 tees? Since I moved here to Louisville, I have seen the huge rivalry between UL and the University of Kentucky. With this in mind, I love wearing the "So I made wildcats/cardinals... shirts" just because it gets a response from almost all the customers in the store.




5. Favorite college rivalry? My favorite college rivalry is UGA vs. UF. Even though we have been going through a slump in football lately, just the word Florida gets Georgia fans riled up and ready to go. It doesn’t matter what sport it is, I will always be excited to watch Georgia beat Florida.

6. Any t.v. shows you can't live without? It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a great show. If I had to pick a secondary career, it would be running a bar with some friends as long as it turns out like the show.

7. If you could have dinner with 3 people from college sports (ex. coaches, athletes, mascots) who would you choose and why? Larry Munson (UGA announcer from 1966-2007) because he has seen almost all the great moments of UGA football from the press box, Taylor Wyndham (UK RS freshman DE) because he was the guy who took out Tebow this year in the UK game, and Bo Jackson (AUB RB, 82-85) because I would hope that he made "Bo Knows" jokes all dinner long.

8. Do you have any pre-shift rituals? Not really, when I open I always drink coffee and watch Mike and Mike on ESPN2, but that’s about it.

9. What's your favorite meal to eat from the food court? The Mall St. Matthews has a Mexican restaurant called El Napol. It’s really good and the prices are awesome too.

10. Do you have a favorite college tradition? Everyone knows that the Arch is a symbol of the University of Georgia, but most people don’t know that you aren't supposed to walk through them unless you have graduated from there. If you do, you will either never graduate or go sterile.

11. What is your favorite memory while working at Alumni Hall? My favorite memory while working at AH was the week long experience of helping open the Crabtree store. I was given the opportunity to travel to Raleigh to help open the store. Through the process, I met some awesome people and had a great feeling of accomplishment in seeing the store come together and really take off.

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