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Getting to know: UT's Alex Steigerwald

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Getting to know: UT's Alex Steigerwald

• Class: Senior

• Position: Kicker

• Hometown: Mayfield Village, Ohio (Cleveland Benedictine)

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• Accolades: Career field goal percentage of 85.7 percent(36-of-42); hit career-best 48-yarder in 13-10 win over Michigan last year; named second-team All-MAC in 2007

• Favorite actor: Johnny Depp

• Favorite movie: Any of the Saw series

• Favorite pizza topping: Banana peppers

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• Greatest achievement: Setting MAC record with 23 field goals in a row

• Athlete you've modeled yourself after: Mike Nugent. I met him at an instructional kicking camp when I was in high school and even since I met him I've tried to follow his form.

• Reason for your jersey number: Mike Nugent also wore No. 85 at Ohio State

• Inspirational figure: My mom, Miki, for how much she's pushed me growing up and helping me out with my dad [Bill] being sick and everything for the last nine years.

• Personal goals: Help team win a MAC championship, keep doing what I've been doing, which is making field goals, and build a trust with the coaches so that every time I go out there they have the faith in me to get three points on the board.

• Favorite holiday: Christmas

• Best time of day: After practice

First Published September 3, 2009, 12:12 p.m.

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