Ben Hesse  

Age: 22

Height: 5'8"ish

Weight: Between 140 and 150 (I fluctuate)

Hometown: Edina

Major: English

Nickname: Little Ben ... Little B ... Lil' B ... L.B. ... B

Position: Anywhere!  So long as I can get the Big Frickin D and show off my dizzingly crazy cuts on O.

Throws: I have this sweet one where many assume it's a hammer, but I fool them because it never actually turns over.  It is a good throw, I have been complimented on it.  People say, "Nice punt" and "want some nachos with that taco?"  I think that means they want me to throw like that some more!  

Best disc memory: 

Captaining B squad at SCSU indoor 2002 where we stuck it to SJU Alums, played better against SCSU than A squad, and I had an amazing Willy Mays style TD catch from Howie.  IM Champions in 2001.  Dancing and having women bring me beer at Hallowinona.  Spin moves to fake out Shwa (also D'ing Shwa, taunting Shwa, being cooler than Shwa, etc. ).  Many pizzas after freezing in Iowa.  Iowa itself I wasn't too fond of. 
 

Tourneys played in: all of them except the ones Flynner "forgot" to tell me about (Hey, where is everyone?).

Played since: June 1999

Favorite catch/throw: Favorite catch was during practice on the Tundra about 2 years ago.  Wade way overthrew me and I had to get my ups on.  Perhaps the only time in history "Lil' B," and "airborn"were whispered in the same sentence.  I remember that after catching the disc I thought- "I'm going to hit the ground!"  Then I hit the ground.  I held up the disc to show I caught it, and saw that it was bent at a 90 degree angle.  I'm still amazed that it didn't snap in two.  Then CJ tackled me.  I am still happy about that.

Disc revelations: Safety First (It's sad that so few people are around to remember this).

Other comments: "That GB is so hot right now!" I get set on fire a lot.