Issue date: 5/1/08 Section: Sports

An athletic training major at Bridgewater State, he has aspirations of going to graduate school to obtain his masters in Physical Therapy.

"I'd like to be a personal trainer or use my experience with the baseball team to work with a sports team in Japan," said Yoon.

As an avid fan of professional baseball in the United States, Yoon looks up to some of the Major League Baseball's great Japanese stars.

"My favorite players are Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki and Tampa Bay Ray's second baseman Akinori Iwamura," said Yoon.

This year, Yoon has appeared in 10 of the Bears 36 games last Saturday Smith gave him the opportunity to crack the lineup in the second game of the team's double header against Becker College.

While he went 0-for-3 with a walk, Yoon received some of the loudest cheers from his teammates of the afternoon.

"Seob is great for our team unity," said Smith. "Up at the plate everyone in the dugout screamed as loud as they could for him."

Smith said that he was very impressed with Yoon after seeing him as a freshman this season. "Seob has a lot of potential," said Smith. "I think there is a bright future ahead of him."

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