Steve Rindelaub started playing baseball when he was five years old.

The junior SCSU baseball player said baseball has always been his favorite sport to play.

“I liked it the most and was the best at it,” Rindelaub said.

Rindelaub has also been involved in tennis, golf, hockey, football and swimming but always knew he would end up playing baseball.

“Life was easy going [growing up] I was the youngest of three boys,” Rindelaub said, adding that his brothers never beat him up.

Being the youngest child in his family had its perks.

“I had more opportunities than they did,” Rindelaub said. His oldest brother wasn’t allowed to play hockey and Rindelaub was. This was an example Rindelaub gave of an opportunity he had over one of his brothers.

“We tell each other everything,” Rindelaub said.

Every year his brothers and him go to the Boundary Waters to go canoeing.

Mike, Rindelaub’s older brother, is very motivated and Joel, his other brother, is very smart. Rindelaub said he looks up to them for that and the rest of his family because they do what they want without allowing people to stop them.

While his parents are very supportive and attend every game, there are some games Rindelaub has to tell them not to come to.

A game he recently asked his parents not to attend was in Thunder Bay in Canada. Rindelaub was on a temporary contract and did not want his parents to drive seven hours to watch one game.

A graduate of Cathedral High School, Rindelaub played football, hockey and baseball for the Crusaders.

“I like hockey and still play when I can,” Rindelaub said, but he was recruited more for baseball than hockey.

Looking back at his younger days Rindelaub recalls an embarrassing moment when a few of his friends of his and himself dressed up as women for Halloween.

“It was not my idea,” Rindelaub said about dressing up as women, wearing eyeliner and wigs.

When looking at colleges Rindelaub either wanted to go into accounting or architecture he admits. He chose to come to SCSU, to play baseball and major in accounting.

“I tried it and found I really liked it,” Rindelaub said of his current major. Last year he added a second major, information systems.

“It will be good for my future plans,” Rindelaub said.

In two years Rindelaub plans on graduating with both degrees and hopes to attain his CPA (certified personal accountant license).

As for baseball Rindelaub doesn’t foresee himself playing in the majors.

“It’s not realistic and there is more to life than baseball,” Rindelaub said.

After his senior year Rindelaub said he wants to travel again. He said he would like to visit Spain, Rome, France, Egypt, Australia and China.

“It is about the experience. I like to meet new people,” Rindelaub said for his reason to travel.

Long term goals of Rindelaub’s include becoming an auditor or a CEO of a company but admits it isn’t all about the money.

He added he would like to have a family of his own and just be satisfied with life.

For fun Rindelaub likes to spend time with his friends and family. Skydiving is an adventure Rindelaub would like to try.

“I know I’d be scared but you’d get to a point where you just have to let go,” Rindelaub said.

He also likes to sleep, admitting that he may like to sleep too much.

“I’d rather sleep than do things at times. I think that if I sleep more today that I won’t be tired tomorrow but that doesn’t happen,” Rindelaub said and added he also likes to travel.

This past fall Rindelaub studied abroad in Germany. He had classes two days a week with the weekend free. It was a great experience Rindelaub recalls. He traveled to Italy, France, the Netherlands, Budapest, Prague, Switzerland, Austria and London in his free time.

A place he’d like to return to, Rindelaub admitted, was the Glock’n bar.

“[I] made a lot of friends there, always had a good time and they are open till like five,” Rindelaub said.

A philosophy of Rindelaub’s is not to dwell on the past because you can’t enjoy the present and to look towards the future. Live in the moment.