SUMMER ALREADY?!

Heeeeey everyone! I can't believe it is already summer. I feel like just yesterday I was at orientation! I am SERIOUSLY missing the girls from the team already! I have just been chilling with my friends, I just got a job at my mother's company as a temp, and along with basketball workouts I have started p90x! If you don't know or haven't tried p90x I RECOMMEND IT! It has been kicking my butt! I'm currently listening to CALLMEMAYBE- aka my jam. I don't know why I like it but im sure none of you are judging me.

For those of you who don't know me, I'm Megan Pillsbury but you may forget my first name quickly. I am going to be a sophomore and I am currently majoring in Digital Media and Design. I have been thinking about switching to a Public Relations major so we will see what this year holds! I think public relations would be good because as my teammates already know, I am not shy. :) Soooooo.. I went to the zoo today with my mother, janice. It was lovely! The picture is me in the rain forest! wooo! Alright well dinner is calling my name, a healthy one ofcourse ;) I can't wait to see everyone again at the next open gym and I'm beyond stoked to meet all the freshmen! If any of the new ladies need me for anything or have any questions at all, don't be shy. You can look me up on FB or shoot me a text! 9373440996 BYEEEEEE #awwwwjackets

SUMMER!!

Hello Everyone! I cannot believe another year has passed, and graduation was today. The graduation ceremony was amazing and very touching. Seeing friends receive their diplomas and move to the next step in their life is very bittersweet. In addition our outstanding President, Dick Durst is retiring therefore giving his last commencement today. You are wished all the best in West Virginia and better come back and visit every once in a while! I know everyone will miss you and Karen dearly but remember.... you will always be a Yellow Jacket For Life!! (YJ4L).

Next I will start the introductions! If you don’t already know my name is Nancy Coulter and I will be a fifth year senior because of my double major of Health and Physical Education. I am able to play basketball my fifth year because I tore my second ACL, (left knee) my junior year and was able to red shirt the year. My first ACL tear was freshman year of high school (right knee). I am from Washington Court House, Ohio and this summer I will be working again at Domtar. Domtar is a "paper factory" we make printer paper and envelopes for staples, office depot, and so on. It is also 12 hour shifts, but the people help you get through the long hours. So for any of the new incoming freshman if you do not see me at open gyms or the camps that is why, I work a lot and BW is 3 hours away! However, I wish I was with you all instead :) Anyways, I have one younger sister Morgan who is 15 yrs and an awesome mother Patty. I love spending time with my family and friends, being active outside, and working hard to stay in shape! I am really, really excited to meet all the newcomers soon! I wish everyone the best for the summer and that everyone works hard to make our team even stronger for next season.

My sister Morgan and I.

Banquet 2012

Tonight was our banquet, and aside from the video, the juniors talking about the senior(s) and the senior speech are the highlights.

Brother team

So basketball has slowed way down, but that doesn't mean we aren't still doing things as a team.  Our athletic department brother team is baseball, so we braved the weather and supported the guys.  Unfortunately our signs ended up blowing away in the wind, but it is always fun when our team is together. On another note, our banquet is coming up this Sunday and everyone is anxious for the unveiling of this year's highlight video. It always seems to bring a lot of laughter (it's mostly off the court highlights!) :)
Coach

I can NOT believe it is almost April and my first year at BW is about to come to an end! My freshman year has flown by! I can honestly say I have loved every second of being here, but of course I am ready for summer :) The is back to good old Ohio weather and very chilly. I have been sick for the past week because of it, so I have not had a sense of smell and am missing out on the great smell of these Berea trees apparently. Open gyms have been gong great so far, it's nice to be back together with the team. St. Patrick's Day was a blast, a group of the team went down to the parade together and some go the girls that are not from around here got to see how crazy it really was with so many people in downtown. School is going good, I have been taking a lot more naps since bball ended :p ooops! I've also been loving march madness. I think Kentucky is going to win it all. Currently Justin Bieber's new single came out last night at midnight, and I have been listening to it non- stop, even while typing this entire bling #BIEBERFEVER hehe :) Hope everyone has a wonderful week!
-Jenny Prochko #23

Hey everyone! I hope you are all enjoying the weather as much as I along with almost everyone else on campus is! Even though the weather has been exceptionally nice for March, I have spent most of it inside my room working on homework and papers. But most importantly, being glued to the TV watching March Madness. It doesn't get better than this! Go Bucks! :) Aaron Craft is my main man!! Fun Fact for the day: Craft was actually in my conference in high school and dominated our entire basketball and football team every single year.. He was/is a stud! <3
Anyways, open gyms have started back up and it felt good to be back on the floor playing with my second family! We all have big dreams and goals for next year so we are trying to work our butts off in the off-season so our season doesn't end like it did this year. NCAA watch out for BW next year...
This past weekend was St. Patty's Day and being from the completely other side of the state I didn't realize how big of a deal this "holiday" was to Cleveland. Almost the whole basketball team went downtown for the parade and let me tell you, I have NEVER, in my entire life, seen so many people in one area before! The rumor was that there were around half a million people there?! It was cray to say the least! But, of the 499,985 people there that I didn't know, I ran into one of our recruits! So, shout out to Celine Mangan, it was great running into you!
I also made the trip down to C-Bus to watch another team in my conference play at state. Arlington was playing against the team of one of our recruits and if she chooses BW (which she better) we have a very bright future! It was great to see potential yellow jackets have such a great season and make it to the Schott! Not everyone can say they played on the same floor as some of the great buckeyes!
Anyways, I have to wrap this up because Aaron is on TV and I can't miss him ballin' out :) Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful weekend!!!
1st picture is Aud Sharlee and I after dinner with President Durst. Love that guy! He will be missed next year!
2nd picture is of Pills Jenny and I before we headed downtown for the parade

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Awwwww Jackets!

Shari #20

SPRING TIME

I hope everyone loves this weather as much as I do! It's so nice to see everyone out and about with such beautiful weather. Such a nice change from the cold and snow. Anyway, open gyms started last week and I am so excited to get back into it. I've missed everyone! It seems like since the season ended we don't see each other as much :( But that's all different now :) I can't believe this year is almost over. It seems like yesterday I was just moving in.....crazy! It's been a great year and I am looking forward to 3 more amazing years!

Audrey #24

This year is flying by!!

First off I would like to apologize for my blog being a week late, even though I am pretty sure every time I have blogged it has been at least a week late. I am getting better at it though :). Second I would like to point out we only have 8 weeks left of class and then this year is over. I personally think this has been the fastest school year ever which I can't say I am too happy about. Anywayyys I am glad I was late on blogging because now I get can talk about how nice it has been this week especially today. Its going to be like 70 degrees out which means maybe I can finally get some sun. I mean even Coach told me I looked pretty pale.. And I also can mention that we started open gyms this week :D Open gym is always really fun but it is also the moment when I realize that I am in terrible shape. I think I can speak for about the whole team when I say after about two trips up and down the floor I'm darn near exhausted. I hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather and has a wonderfullll day!

-Melissa RX Hoffbauer

Weee're Baaaaack

       Back at school! Spring Break was pretty nice and all, but it definitely got a little boring at times, so its a bittersweet comeback to school. Especially because it is soooo nice outside!  When I'm in class I just want to play outside! It is supposed to stay like this all week though, yay! :D  I was secretly jealous of everyone who got to go to Florida or Myrtle! We had our first open gym of the new year today! It felt good even though I think I may have forgotten how to dribble a basketball... Luckily, there is time to fix that. This week has definitely been crunch time academically for me. Two midterms and a research paper all due. Its starting to get rough. Thank God for sunshine :) I'm excited to get rolling with basketball again. I didn't realize how much I missed it until I was sitting at home with no one to go shoot around with. It's nice to be back!

Jessica Lairson #3

SPRING BREAK:)

Hello there!

It's spring break and I am just a little excited! I am heading down to Florida with a couple of my friends for a nice relaxing week on the beach!  This is a much needed break because midterms were quite stressful.  The only bad part about that is that we still should be playing right now if everything would have gone as planned.  Oh well, next year will be our year!

Well, that's all I have for now! Sorry it is so short!

AWWWWWW JACKETSSS!  #jacketnation

Lexi Rohrbach #45

:)

Woww! So crazy to think that my four years here at B-W have come to an end. Our last home game against ONU, was one of the best comebacks I have ever witnessed !! We were down 17 points with less than 9 minutes to play and ended up getting the victory. It truly made my senior night extra special !! The girls were so sweet and made me signs and hung them up around the gym. I couldn't help but laugh every time the picture of my face blown up was in the corner of STO. Although we lost in the tournament, I could not have been more proud of our team. We continued to fight and battle till the final buzzer. Playing at B-W has been such a privilege and such a great experience. I am so lucky to have made lifetime friendships and create a ton of memories that I will never forget !! 

- Catherine #42 

"Look good, play good." 

Random stuff

Well the season is over but that doesn't mean that this team didn't create some fun memories along the way. I ran across a couple of things from our Florida trip. The photo is from our practice at the RDV sportsplex where the Orlando Magic practiced.  The video is from Laurel's uncle's piano bar. We went there after attending the Magic game and the guys at the pianos played one of the requests. You can tell our team got excited about it!