Purdue opens its new season with the Black & Gold Intrasquad
Purdue Personal Preferences Favorite Coach: Adam Soldati
In His MP3 Player: Coldplay
Favorite Actor & Actress: Daniel Craig & Jennifer Garner
Favorite Month of the Year: December
Favorite Holiday: Christmas
Favorite Food: Peanut Butter
Favorite Building on Campus: The Union
Favorite Big City: Toronto
Unique Travel Locale: Veracruz, Mexico
Country He'd Most Like to Visit: Italy
Besides a Car, His Favorite Way to Travel: Train
Furry Friend: Fidel, Chihuahua
Before Purdue: Six-time Senior Nationals qualifier while competing for the Nepean Ottawa Diving Club... qualified for Canada's 2009 World Championships trials... five-time provincial 1-meter and 3-meter champion... reached the finals of the 1-meter, 3-meter (three times) and platform at Senior Nationals... also reached multiple finals as a five-time Junior Nationals qualifier... two-time silver medalist student for ranking among the 90th percentile of his academic class... four-year honor roll student... represented his classmates as their head boy at school functions as a upperclassman.
Personal: Full name is James Edwin Bissett... born in Ottawa, Ontario... son of James Bissett and Blaize Mumford... his sister Olesia played volleyball at the University of Toronto... majoring in general health sciences (pre-med).