Summer

So BW is hosting the DIII National track meet this week. A few of our players came back to work. Jen Calhoon and Catherine Spisak worked several days. JoBeth Roll was here for a day too. I was able to catch Cat and Jen in action today - Cat working the merchandise sales (she is a master of the credit card machine) and Jen selling tickets. It was great to see them!

My Final Blog-"Glory Daaaays!"

Welp. I just finished up an emotional week of graduation festivities. This weekend was especially crazy with Ovation on Saturday where I managed to tear up during the alma mater. Following Ovation, I went out to dinner and had a little event which I had aptly entitled “My Last Hurrah.” It was my last night with my teammates and I had a blast! Couldn’t have been better! And everyone is really excited that they never have to hear me say the words last hurrah again because it is all I’ve been talking about for months.

Sunday we had our team banquet. It went really well. Coach made yet another great highlight tape, and I made it through my senior speech in one piece. I will admit that Ali’s speech about me got me a little frazzled. But I mainly pulled it together, thank goodness. (It is tradition that a junior makes a speech about a senior and then the senior gets to make a speech. Ali was that lucky junior ;) )

One of my teammates said that the banquet didn't feel like a banquet. It felt like a bunch of friends hanging out. I couldn’t agree more. There is truly nothing more rewarding than knowing you’ve affected other people’s lives, and knowing that they have affected yours in wonderful ways as well. How many people are lucky enough to say their best friends are yellow jackets? Not too many. In twenty years, it’s the people that I will remember the most.

So, to sum it up, over the past four years I’ve had good days and bad days; homesick days and days where I felt like I never want to leave; stressful days and lazy days; winning days and losing days; crying days and days where I laughed so much a got a headache. Regardless, one thing is certain. They were all glory days.

Former Center, Ariel Brough #45
Keep livin’ the dream ladies.

The Loon Calhoon and me at my last hurrah.
Obviously still super excited about my last hurrah.
Just one of my best friends Monica "Mon Mon" Gustin and me at my last hurrah.