Dr. Budge

Today, another one of our Yellow Jacket alums took a step in her professional life and is now DOCTOR Selena Eskinazi-Budge. She received her doctoral hood at a ceremony this morning at OSU. Great job Dr. Budge! Proud of ALL of our BW alums out there doing great things with their lives and making a difference!!!!

BW Orientation Leader Megan Frisina!

Our own Megan Frisina is doing a great job as an Orientation Leader for BW's Weekend of Welcome! Also in the dance video are Heather Schier, student coach and JoBeth Roll, YJ4L. Proud of them being totally involved as a Yellow Jacket For Life in the campus community and not just athletes!

Megan Welcoming Freshman



Orientation Leader Dance

Autumn Williams : Sophomore

heyyyy there you all! just 5 days until we are all back on BW's campus and i'm actually excited. I hope everyone's summer has been fun. I'm Autumn and will be a sophomore this year. My major was criminal justice but i have switched to Graphic Design(I don't remember what the major is actually called lol) and Computer Science. I'm from Cleveland and live with my mother and little brother. He's the main reason I'm ready to come back to school haha but yeahhhhhh I'm pretty much out of things to talk about I've been staring at this hotel wall for like five minutes and came up with nothing SOOOOO, I'm looking forward to meeting all of you, although i don't speak much! But i mean you'll atleast get a Hi out of me (:

P.S: yes i am wearing spider man trunks! I'm a big kid at heart soo you're going to see me with A LOT of things probably more suitable for my little brother haha

Eh, I'm Bored

I blogged before sharing lovely information about my life but for right now I'm sitting at work bored. BW has been champions of the world this summer. We're taking over any possibly tournament around the area. Rachel Rossman, Megan Frisina, and I played in a 3 on 3 tournament out in Titusville, PA. It is an outdoor, parking lot, 3 on 3 basketball festival. There were 8 teams in our Division, Division Diana Turasi. Yeah, well, out of the 2 days we played totalling roughly 10 games, we came out on top, undefeated, couple scrapes and bruises CHAMPIONS of the women's bracket. NO BIG DEAL. You can see our shined trophies and t-shirts hung proudly.

Not to mention Jess Lairson, Jess Carpentar, Rachel Rossman, and I take over Walsh University's open gyms. It's not easy being winners all the time. I hope we do some damage this season because we've all gotten this winner's mindset and can't, won't, refuse to settle for anything less.

I probably should be at football practice but those boys can wait, blogging is so much more fun.

Can everyone please move in! Hammytime is lonely!

LEHHGOOO
Okay bye.

Jennaaayyy two-one

Kacie Evans, Freshman :)

Heeeeyy everyone! Sorry i'm suuuuper late blogging, we had some issues with our internet :/ . But anyways, my name is Kacie Evans, I'm from Newark, Ohio. Its about 2 hours fromm BW, depending on your driving habits :) I graduated from Newark High School. I have an older sister Jennifer, 2 cats and a dog. I'm extremely close to my family, without them I'm not sure where I would be. I love music and am hoping to learn how to play the drums! Larry might be able to teach me! Hahaha. I'm a Christian and hope to one day be a part of a praise and worship band. Behind the basketball player is a die hard 4-H'er. If some of you don't know what that means, I raise and show livestock at the fair in the summer! The Hartford Fair was my home for 10 days every summer for the past 9 years. I started out with goats, then started showing hogs and cattle. As gross as they are, raising hogs has been my favorite part of being in 4-H. I'm pretty random at times, but I think we all are. I'm not very shy, I love to dance and sing (even though I'm not good at it), I love all types of music. I'll stop there because then we won't have anything to talk about later! Hahaha. Alright so I bet your all wondering about the pictures, probably a few specific ones. Well the first one is a tad hard to explain, but to make it easy, I won a lot of trophies with this hog and blah blah blah. The second would be Me and the absolute love of my life, Blayden. This was where we started, when he was barely a week old. Technically, my title is Babysitter, but in the past 22 months I've earned the title Big sister, Teacher, and Best friend. He comes before everything in my life. I should probably apologize now because I'll endlessly talk about this kid lol But the third and final picture is him now, almost 2 years old and the biggest stinker I've ever seen. I'm sure you will all meet him, he'll melt your heart :) Buuuuut I can't wait to move in and get freshman year rollin. I'm absolutely STOKED to start working out with the team and getting to know everyone! That's all for now, See everyone soon! :)

Laurel Thomas, Freshman

My name is Laurel Thomas and I will be a freshman this fall. I am a graduate of Canton Central Catholic High School. Canton is about an hour away from BW. I am so excited for college and basketball! Everyone I have met from the team I have really enjoyed and I look forward to meeting the rest of you! I will be living in North this year and I am a business major. I am blessed to have such a wonderful family. My mom and dad are Bob and Teresa. You will all know my dad before long.. He has been very impressed with those of you he has met. From a young age has taught me to love the game of basketball. I have two sisters. My older sister Erika will be a senior at the University of Dayton and my younger sister Brittany will be a sophomore at Central. This summer I have been training, shooting, working and spending time with my family and friends. I hope you are all enjoying your summer! I can't wait to see you later this month :)

This is a recent picture of my sisters and I at graduation.

CHAMPS OF THE WORLD!!!

Larry, Rache, Jen and I went to Walsh's open gym tonight and it was so good to play with my teammates again...Ive missed them so much! Anyways, the real reason I decided to blog was because of the improvement I saw tonight when we played. Rache (this is rachel!!) was a whole new player. She attacked the basket like no other and finished at that. Not to mention she probably led our team in rebounds the whole night...defensive and offensive. Go giiiiiiiirl. As for Jen, this girl has range ladies. She was stroking it all night along with making moves at the basket down low. What impressed me the most was how well she was defending and holding her ground on girls twice her size (Jen was our center). And last but not least...Larry. She got to the rim when she wanted and shot the ball so well and obviously beasted it on the boards. I was so proud of these girls and how much you can tell they have been working at it. Hard work doesn't go unoticed. So good job and keep up the good work! And as for everyone else, I'm sure you are working just as hard. Make sure we are busting out butts this last month, cause offseason is when champions are made and WE WILL WIN THE LEAGUE. Remember, it always takes a little more to be a yellow jacket! See you Speaking of champions...tonight the last game was considered the championship and we won! We beat Walsh's team to win it! Just thought I'd share, see you in a month :)


P.S.- there was a Mount player there, secretly Larry and I wanted boo her as she introduced herself, but we stayed classy, no worries! Nothing wrong with a little friendly competition eh?

J.Carp ouuuuuuuuutttt

jenna andreas . freshman (:

Hiiii everyone ! Seems like summer has been flying by lately and we only have a month left. The name is Jenna Andreas and I will be a freshman this fall. I graduated in the spring for Pickerington High School North. North is a bigger school about 20 minutes from downtown Columbus so the drive to school is a good 2 hours and 20 minutes. I cannot wait to start school in the fall! I love love love meeting new people, so I am especially excited to meet everyone on the team and get to know you all. I am currently an undeclared major, however, I see myself ending up studying business/finance. I will be a part of the honors program this year, so hopefully that will be a good challenge for me. I am living with Kacie Evans in Constitution so everyone is more than welcome to come over ☺

Ok so about me… I am an only child, but I have 3 cousins that are basically my sisters. Family is super important to me. Mom and dad are Dave & Becky Andreas, I love them to death. I have a puppy that’s one year old. Her name is Riley. In my free time I love to shop. My favorite season is the fall. Music is my fav, I could listen to Mac Miller all day. During high school I played golf, basketball, and softball. Since I was 4, basketball has always been my one love. My team last year was fortunate enough to play in the state tournament at The Schott. It was definitely an experience in itself.

I am currently on vacation in Florida, about to head over to the beach, so I hope you all enjoy the rest of summer and I will see you in the fall !


Pictures : Me and two of my friends (Mary & Shelby) from high school at the beach in Wilmington, North Carolina. One of my senior pictures, and the seven seniors from North accepting the Regional trophy before we played at states !

Freshman (:

Hello (: My name is Sharlee Bailey, and I will be a freshman this year. I am so excited to start school in about a month and finally meet everyone. I am a graduate of Wadsworth High, the home of the Grizzlies, red and white. Wadsworth is about forty-five minutes from BW. I plan on majoring in Middle Childhood Education focusing on math and science, while minoring in Speech Pathology. Throughout high school, I played volleyball and basketball; for the years that i was healthy, that is. Going into my sophomore basketball season, i tore my left ACL and Meniscus, which consisted of an eighth-month recovery. I managed to stay pretty healthy throughout my junior year, but then I tore my left Meniscus during a summer league game, which Coach Harrer was actually watching. After the Doctor repaired my knee, i had a four-month recovery just in time to play my senior year. I was doing good until one weekend in December when I went down with a right ACL tear at Classic in the Country, which Coach Harrer, once again, was watching. Bad luck charm maybe? haha Getting through high school was pretty rough, but I am happy to say I was just released to play basketball again! The doctor says my knees are now much stronger than they were before and, as long as I keep up with my strength training, my ACL's should be fine. My family was a huge support group that got me through. My mom and dad, Bev and Dave, were here for me every step of the way. My sisters Holland, 22 years old, and Jani, 15 years old, also had my back at all times. I am rooming with Jenny and we are basically all ready to move into Carmel. I spend most of my time in rehab, working out, hanging out with friends, and sleeping. I hope everyone is enjoying the last month of summer, and i can't wait for basketball season to start! (:

My pictures...
1st picture: This was senior night and also the night right before I got surgery. My Coach let me start the game and catch the tip off to start the game. It was pretty exciting; still wish I could have played.
2nd picture: This is me, after my third surgery; during the recovery of each one, my friends were constantly visiting me to keep me company.
3rd picture: This is my family supporting me at my graduation.

Lexi Rohrbach

Hi everyone! I'm Lexi and I'm going to be a sophomore next year. I am majoring in communication disorders and minoring in biology. I've been spending my summer working at a daycare (which is a BLAST by the way), working out, and getting my shoulder strong for next season. I am so excited for the season to be here! Now about my family:) I live with my wonderful mom and brother in the lovely town of Tiffin, Ohio. We have a Walmart here...yupp that's our main store. My mom recently retired from coaching Varsity volleyball at my high school (where I played under her for 4 years) and she is my one of my main fans. She comes to almost all our games. My brother is 15 and plays football, basketball, and baseball for Columbian High School. I come from a hugeeeee family, and my Aunt Debbie and Uncle David are like a 2nd set of parents to me. They will be at all our games too. Andddd that's about all I have to say....on to pictures!

The 1st pic is of me and Nancy (who is also on the team) going 4-wheeling!
The 2nd pic is me and my brother Michael right before we went parasailing in Florida.
The 3rd pic is me and my Uncle David on a random bench at a festival.
The 4th pic is my mom, Aunt Debbie, and I at a festival.
and the 5th pic is a ZEBRA! I just went to the Cleveland zoo with my friend Maya, and it was a blast! Zebras and penguins are my favorite animals! Buttttt the zoo didn't have penguins! I was so sad, what kind of zoo doesn't have penguins???

Well thats all I've got, hope everyone is enjoying their summers! See you all soon!

AWWWWWWWWW JACKETS!:)

Lexi Rohrbach, #45

Lizzy - Sophomore

Hello yellow jackets :) I hope you are all have a fantastic summer! I can't believe that we have just about a month until school starts!
Alrighty, well I'm Lizzy Ziemski, I will be a sophomore this year. I'm a sport management major with a minor in coaching and publice relations. I'm not sure exactly where I want to take it yet but I have plenty of time. Things to know: I'm obsessed with tennis shoes, eating, and my cat Mr. Paco :)

The first picture is of some of my friends from high school and the second is of some girls on the team when we were at Hammytime!

I unfortunately had an ACL tear in open gym last September, so I missed the entire season. As much as i LOVED supporting you girls, I can't wait to get back on the floor and be a real basketball player again. Sitting through games, practices, scouts/film was honestly the hardest thing ever, knowing that I wouldn't be able to play. One positive is that I have learned a lot and I have a strong mental edge. Although I'm not cleared yet, my doc is proposing around September/October. So I'm trying to do what I can!

I'll be living in Findlay this year with my roommate from last year! It's going to be a blasttt. North campus -- hollaaa! Hope the summer finishes up well for you all! See you sooon!

Melissa :)

The first picture is argyle night :p
The second one is of is me and some friends hanging out at the pool
And the third is when i won my x-box at midnight madness :D
Hello everyone :) My name is Melissa Hoffbauer and I will be a sophomore this year. I was originally a pre-physical therapy and athletic training major but I have decided to take a different route. Now I am going pre-med and intend on being an anesthesiology (thats rough to spell) assistant. The scariest part about this career path is I have to take the MCATS to get into grad school... Well this summer I got my first job.. I work at Richards Landscaping which is kind of terrible, I do a bunchhh of the crappiest work around the place and get paid minimum wage. But Im grateful to have a job and of course the most important/best part about the job I get supaaaaaa tan :p. Other than work and summer workouts I dont do a whole lot because Im always pretty tired.Im definitely glad to be home to spend time with my family and friends here but I miss my BW family for sureee :).. Soooo needless to say I am ready to get back to BW and see all of your lovely faces :) Hope everyone has a great rest of the summer!!!