I work almost full time as manager in sales for Whirlpool Corp and I'm a student at UT in Knoxville where I study German & Enterprise Management with a concentration in International Business. I spent 6 months studying as an exchange student in Marburg, Germany (about an hour, by train, north of Frankfurt) and I would say that I'm fluent in everyday German language, but obviously there are some words that I don't know when I'm engaged in varying "category specific" conversations.

I'm pretty big into football handicapping and betting, which is probably the main reason why I don't have a favorite NFL team. ...and the fact that I live in a college town that's the same distance to Titans field as it is to the Falcons stadium, and almost the distance to Charlotte for the Panthers.

I'm an active officer in Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and also for the university's wakeboard & waterski team. I'm a 12 handicap on the golf course, not bad, but definitely in need of some improvement on my putting game. I go to the gym 4 days a week and love hitting up the batting cages from time to time.

I absolutely love music. I played electric guitar throughout middle school & high school, but since coming to college, I've dropped it and picked up acoustic. My favorite band hands down is DMB, followed closely by Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen. When I'm not listening to Dave, I mostly listen to country artists (go figure) like Kenny (fellow Knoxville native), Zac Brown Band, Brad Paisley, Billy Currington, Luke Bryan, Keith Urban, and the list continues; I also enjoy rock artists like Breaking Benjamin, Shinedown, 10 Years (another hometown favorite), Tool, and so on.

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