PHILADELPHIA – Last week, Penn Athletics hopped on the phone with Penn Baseball Hall of Famer and board member Michael Green. Green was a senior on the 1995 Ivy League championship-winning team which finished 25-21 and 13-5 in Ivy League play. The Quakers swept Yale in the Ivy League Championship Series and defeated Rider, 2-1, in extra innings to clinch a spot in the NCAA Midwest Regional.

Green played in 39 of Penn's 46 games in '95, starting 34 of those games in the outfield. He posted a .368 batting average (42-114) with 28 RBIs and 16 runs scored. Michael led the team that season with 23 hits against Ivy League opponents. He was a force in the outfield as well, posting a .946 fielding percentage.

Michael was a four-year letter winner in baseball (1992-95), and a two-time All-Ivy selection (1993, 94). His .430 (40-93) batting average in 1993 is the sixth-best single season average in Penn baseball's 144-year history.

Green is a Los Angeles-based entrepreneur and is a member of the Wharton School of Business Class of 1995. He studied Finance and Entrepreneurship at Penn and currently owns and operates an equipment finance company, and additionally owns and is a chairman of a cannabis company in Colorado.

On his favorite memory as Penn baseball player:
"It had to have been watching the announcement of the NCAA Regional brackets with the team at Smokes in 1995. It was a great experience getting to play in the tournament. Back then, there were no Super Regionals, so you can imagine making the regional puts you very close to the College World Series. We ended up going two-and-out, but being able to travel with the guys to Oklahoma City to play those great teams in Auburn and Indiana State, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."

On what the Penn experience was like both on and off the field:
"It was one of the best times of my life. I loved every minute of it, and probably took it for granted at the time. We would get on the bus every Friday during the season, watch Bull Durham or another movie like it, and only have one thing to think about: playing baseball. It was a blast. We didn't have a care in the world, just to win and have a good time."

On why he chose Penn:
"Like everyone else, [Penn] is awesome. It has the best mix of a top-quality education on a beautiful historic campus in a great city. It's something not many other schools can offer. One of my favorite things about Philadelphia is that it's a big city, but it's manageable. It has everything you could want to do, is easy to navigate, and doesn't make you feel overwhelmed when you're in the heart of it."

On how a Penn education has helped him professionally:
"Unequivocally, I owe my entire professional career and my success to my Penn education and the relationships I made during my time as a student. Balancing baseball and my course load was challenging at times, especially during the spring semester, but those challenges shaped me to become the hard-working leader I am today."

On why he joined the Penn Baseball Board:
"I have always felt emotionally connected with the program. The coaching staff has upped the alumni experience. Having alumni connected with the program and giving us a voice inspires us to give back and help the current crop of student-athletes have a similar positive experience.

"Events like the Dinner on the Diamond are always a wonderful experience. Getting back with your old teammates is like you never skipped a beat. You get out there for the alumni game and you're back to talking smack and just having a good time. Coach Yurkow has done a great job improving the alumni experience."

On his favorite food cart at Penn:
"It's probably not there anymore, but there were these women who operated a chicken cheesesteak food truck outside of Stiteler Hall. I would always get a barbecue chicken cheesesteak. Again, I'm not sure it's there anymore but that was my go-to."