Vince D’Adamo:What did you enjoy most about competing in athletics throughout your life?
Travis Aspegren: Sports for me was like a test, with a mix of teamwork, friendship and fun all mixed into one. It's like saying, "me and my friends can beat you and your friends." The competition in that is all the fun and enjoyment.
D’Adamo: What have you been doing since graduating from high school?
Aspegren: Since graduating Justin Siena, I went to school at Santa Barbara City College. I played baseball there for two years. I ended up tearing my labrum and dislocating my right shoulder all at once, subsequently ending my baseball playing days. I got my AA degree and moved to Sacramento. I graduated from Sac State with a degree in Organizational Communications. In 2010 I landed a job in law enforcement, and have been doing that ever since. Along the way I got married, bought a house and had a baby girl named Lizzy Paige. She's nine months old and a total maniac.
D’Adamo: What was your favorite class at Justin-Siena High?
Aspegren: History. No new concepts there. All I had to do was remember things that already happened (which I later forgot).
D’Adamo: What was your favorite athletic moment at Justin-Siena High?
Aspegren: Home playoff game. I got intentionally walked, Mike Savino laid down a suicide squeeze to tie the game. Steve Andres blooped the game winning hit in walk off fashion. I did approximately nothing to win the game, but I'd never been so excited.
D’Adamo: How much do you feel you have grown personally since graduating from high school and how much of that do you trace to athletics?
Aspegren: Sports lays the foundation for growth as an adult. When you have guys like Coach Allen Rossi and Coach Mitch Boggs in your life, you're gonna learn some stuff. I often find myself falling back on the lessons these coaches instilled in me at an early age. Their simple motivation to be the best, and never to satisfy for mediocrity still drives me to this day. They taught me composure, respect, integrity and mental toughness. All valuable character traits I would have otherwise not developed.
D’Adamo: Within your family, who have been the most influential people?
Aspegren: That's easy. My twin brother Justin. He's my built in best friend, and about as competitive as it gets. Luckily for me, we had shared interests that mostly revolved around sports. Always having someone to play catch with comes in handy. Having someone like him to compete against is even better.
D’Adamo: Name a historical figure, dead or alive, in or out of sports you would most like to meet.
Aspegren: Carrie Underwood. So I could talk about music with her.
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