The Lincoln Log

Never in my life have I met someone like this issue’s Mustang Athlete. He has been involved with baseball (he’s Lincoln’s catcher), drama and the Spanish language since most of us have had enough common sense to pick up a hobby. He loves movies and is highly motivated for his future. Our last issue’s Mustang Athlete Spotlight will be focused on our very own sophomore Will Aspelin.

Aspelin started playing baseball for the little league when he was six. He continued playing throughout middle school, and during that time decided that baseball was the sport for him.

“I tried basketball, football, volleyball and cross country, but I realized that I was the best at baseball should focus on that,” Aspelin said.

As with any other athlete, Aspelin has had his worst and best moments with baseball, but what sets him apart from the other players is his ability to overcome obstacles.

“I think that my most embarrassing moment was when I couldn’t throw the ball to the pitcher,” Aspelin said. “I kept throwing it too low. The problem was that I was thinking too much. I just had to work through it.”

When asked how he overcame that specific obstacle, Aspelin replied that he stopped thinking.

“I think my most glorious moment was when I hit a home run,” Aspelin said. “Actually, [it was] when I hit a grand slam in a tournament near the Russian river. It doesn’t happen too often. It was a 2-0 count fast ball.”

Now we know about the baseball side of his life, but what else does Will do, you may ask? Well, Will has also been involved in drama for a long time.

“I’ve been in drama since the first grade,” Aspelin said. I was forced to do the school play. I remember that I was the wise old rabbi. In the eighth grade, I was Dimitrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Aspelin hopes to have enough time to do the plays next year, and realizes now that he’s going to have to go after baseball practice. Which brings us to another thing that this sophomore knows how to do well: manage time.

“I somehow have free time because I have learned how to manage my time wisely,” Aspelin said. “Say something is due on a Thursday and it’s a Monday. Just so I can have free time and enjoy the rest of my week, I’ll do part, if not all of it.”

With his free time, Aspelin goes to the movies. The last film he saw was “The Zodiac.”

“It was way too long,” Aspelin. “It just climaxed after the first hour and went downhill from there. I’m a big ‘Godfather’ fan though. It’s so much better than ‘Scarface’ because it actually has acting in it. You actually have to think about what happens before during or after it actually happens so you have a good understanding.”

As a sophomore, Aspelin takes third year Spanish honors, an unusual feat for someone so young; however, he’s been taking the language since 2nd grade. He will also be taking second year biotech next year. This year there were only two sophomores who got into the program, according to Aspelin.

Aspelin also knows what he wants to do with his future, or at least has an idea.

“I want to go to college after high school, and major in engineering,” Aspelin said. “I want to move away, though. I don’t want to stay in San Francisco. I want to be away so that I can become more self-sufficient.”