News-Letter

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News-Letter: When did you start playing lacrosse?

Paul Rabil: Sixth grade.

N-L: What are your expectations for the season?

PR: I expect us to be playing on Memorial Day for the NCAA championship.

N-L: How do you feel the team has improved this season?

PR: The team has established leaders that are paving the way for the rest of the team. Everyone is very receptive and working hard to improve individually and collectively.

N-L: How do you feel you've improved individually?

PR: The only way anyone can improve at this level is through hard work and dedication. This comes mostly away from practice time.

N-L: What is the highlight of your career thus far?

PR: By far, winning the National Championship in `05.

N-L: What's your favorite thing about lacrosse?

PR: It's a sport that gives you a chance to show individual skill. However, you need to play as a team in order to achieve your finest goals.

N-L: Describe your coach in one word.

PR: Intense.

N-L: How do you approach weight training and practice?

PR: With as much energy as we can.

N-L: Do you have any team traditions?

PR: Freshman mustaches, Friday Night dinners, pre-game stick work, Watson impressions, Sky Balls. And four-hour film sessions in the locker room on Tuesdays.

N-L: Why Johns Hopkins?

PR: I chose Hopkins for the rich tradition that it represents and everything that goes along with it. The team is characterized as a "family" where everyone genuinely cares for each other. The coaches guarantee us their best efforts day in and day out. Most importantly, everyone comes here to win a national championship.

N-L: Who are some of your role models and why?

PR: Allan Rabil, my father, who is the hardest worker I know and taught me everything I know about ethics and perseverance.

N-L: What kind of support do the men's and women's lacrosse teams show for each other?

PR: We love the women's team and support everything they do. They are a great team this year and expect to win. These girls represent everything we do and we give them our best.

N-L: If you were a spokesperson for the lax team, what message would you send to the student body?

PR: We wholeheartedly value the support that we get from each and everyone of you. We know we represent the competitiveness that exists between our rivals such as Princeton, Maryland, Duke and Virginia. We need your help to beat them. We play for you and Johns Hopkins University. Thank you for the support.

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