Each Monday of the fall semester, we’ll be bringing you three different “Getting to Know Them” profiles on coaches, athletic administrators and athletic trainers at Slippery Rock to introduce you to the folks behind the scenes here at The Rock. Next up, we check in facilities, events and equipment coordinator Travis Wunsch. 

FAST FACTS
- Fifth year at Slippery Rock in full-time capacity
- Earned bachelor’s degree in sport management Southern New Hampshire in 2015 
- Completed majority of undergraduate coursework at SRU 
- Also serves as captain for Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Company

QUICK BIO
Wunsch joined the Slippery Rock staff in 2016 and was promoted to facilities, events and equipment coordinator in 2018. Prior to joining the SRU staff, Wunsch spent the majority of his undergraduate career at SRU working in facilities and equipment operations. Wunsch and his staff are responsible for setup and teardown of all athletic events and other special events that use the university athletic facilities. His crew also oversees parking and event management for home football games and handles a majority of the uniform and equipment needs for The Rock's athletic teams.

Q: What was your first job growing up?
A: Little League Umpire.

Q: When did you know you wanted to go into a career in collegiate athletics?
A: I explored the idea in high school by working with my high school athletic director performing game and facility operations. I entered college as a physical education major, but after two weeks found myself looking at the stadium, field and gymnasium setups and layouts more than the kids I was supposed to be teaching. I came back to campus and switched my major before even going back to my dorm room. 

Q: What’s your all-time favorite movie? You can give us a few if you can’t pick just one.  
A: Cars. 

Q: How do you relax?
A: Camping, Hiking, Kayaking, biking, going to NASCAR races and floating on my pool noodles. 

Q: What’s your favorite meal?
A: Hot dogs and baked beans.

Q: What was your first car? What’s your dream car?
A: First car was a 1998 Chevy Cavalier. My dream car is a Prevost Motorhome.

Q: What artists and/or songs on your current most-listened to playlist?
A: Anything country, rock or bluegrass.

Q: What’s the best advice you ever received and who did it come from?
A: From a former boss: “For us it may be the 80th game of the year, but for someone else it may be the first time they ever enter through our gates. Don’t get complacent, give them a reason to come back.”

Q: What’s your favorite season/type of weather? Why?
A: Fall. Nothing beats the smell of a campfire in the cool crisp morning with the leaves full of bright colors. 

Q: When you go grocery shopping, are you the “Make a List” person or the “Just Wing It” person?
A: Just wing it. I’m the guy that just wanders aimlessly up and down every aisle. 

Q: What was your favorite or most memorable vacation?
A: Camping in the infield of the Daytona 500, and doing a month-long camping loop through Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia, hitting two national parks along the way. 

Q: Where is one place you haven’t visited yet, but you definitely plan to?
A: Everywhere west of the Mississippi River.

Q: You could have dinner with three people living or dead, who would they be and why?
A: Jesus, Elvis and Dale Earnhardt. I have many questions only they can answer.

Q: What is your biggest fear?
A: Flying, snakes and grasshoppers.

Q: What is/would be your go-to karaoke song?
A: I Wanna Dance with Somebody by Whitney Houston.

Q: Is a hot dog a sandwich?
A: A hot dog is a delicacy.

Q: What’s one game show or reality show you could go on that you think you could win?
A: Holey Moley. I don’t mean to brag, but I am the Phil Mickelson of mini golf.

Q: Retirement destination?
A: Anywhere I can pull my camper to.

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