JacketNation

So this morning we had our last early morning pracctice! Getting up at 4:30 for practice at 5:30 just is down right hard. Not only was getting up early tough, running champion makers at 7 was even tougher. But, when push comes to shove, we'll be the last ones standing :) We have had 6 practices so far and everyone is working their tails off. If we keep up the hard work and intenstiy we have showed thus far, I have no doubt that we will make a deep tournament run! I think I speak for most of the Freshman by saying that we are thankful for all of the upperclassmens help and guidance so far this season. Without them, we would be completely lost!!
We have also had some pretty fun times together!! This past weekend was Jen's Birthday so everyone helped make that day special for her! This weekend is Megan (PILLS) Pillsbury's birthday so I'm sure it'll be another fun weekend! Also, all of the relaxing nights at the Hamilton Apartments watching our favorite TV shows are what makes me feel like home! Being only 8 weeks into school, I feel as if the team is my own family already! :)
Classes have been okay for the most part. Extremely different from high school, but I think we have all made the transition well :)
Only 627 hours and 58 more minutes until our first game!! Hope to see all of our blog readers there!!!
Awwwwww Jackets :)
Shari Mangas #20

Missing Monopoly Piece...

Hey Everyone
So finally it is my time to blog (2 weeks ago)!! Anyways today i had McDonalds for lunch...my roommate Jen and I are trying to win the million dollars but i think by the time i actually get the boardwalk piece i might not be able to run down the floor. Don't worry though we'll keep trying! On a positive note today will be our fourth practice this season! they have all gone really well and everyone is working hard...even though there is plenty of new material for the freshmen they are putting forth a great effort. Everyone is sore which is a good sign but it might be from our new stretches that put us a lot of pain! This week is midterm week but we don't have classes friday and hopefully everyone can visit their family this weekend. Anyways just to clarify the previous alumni game this weekend i did help! megan wouldnt have been able to announce so clearly if it wasnt for me...and i think that i deserve a shirt for my tremendous efforts!! Thats all for now!

AWWW Jackets
Rachel Rossman #10

P.S.
If anyone finds a boardwalk piece i'll give you a whopping thousand dollars from my reward :)

What a weekend for the Hive!

This weekend ended in fun and excitement! I got to celebrate my 21st birthday with my teammates/family, Lairson and I got to ref the alumni game which was awesome! and then we all worked the Homecoming football game and rested up for the first practice of the season! Can't believe in one week we have our intrasquad scrimmage and then the following week we have a scrimmage! It's already going by way too fast and time needs to slow down. I can't wait for our first game though because we look fly in our new uni's!!!

Can't wait for fall break to start and I hope all are doing well. We looooove our blog readers!

Jen #21

And the season is underway!!! :):))

Hiii!

We had our first two official practices today! We were all looking good in our practice gear and played even better! (we looked good, so we played good, of course!!) We have already learned so much, and we are looking forward to learning much more. It is going to be a great season, and I couldn't be more excited!! :) I have the best teammates there are. Not only are they teammates, but I consider them good friends and even family. Thank you so very much for nominating me as your Jacket Princess! I am very fortunate I was able to represent you all for homecoming! It was an all around wonderful experience :) I cannot wait for all the fun times ahead, I hope your year has started off as well as mine! Best of luck this season!

GOOOO JACKETS!!! :):)

Laurel Thomas #30

Let The Season Begin

Hey everyone!
Time has been flying
by. I cannot believe it is the middle October already! I hope everyone is
having a great fall so far :)
Offseason is officially OVER! It was a challange, but a good one. Swimming was a lot of fun
and so was capture the flag for sure. Props to Catherine who did a great job at
organizing everything and making it fun as well as challenging! The season
begins today!!...I can't wait! It is definitely going to be a fun season. Our
uniforms are sweeeeeet and so are our shoes. Look good play good ;)
We’ve had some pretty good times so far here on campus from taking a dip in the freezing cold ice
bath to jammin’ out in our dorms….cough cough Shari Mangas. I am surprised as
to how well I have adjusted to college and I absolutely love it! I have the
best roommate ever (Shari) and I have her to thank for helping me adjust and
stay focused! (somewhat hahaha). The alumni game yesterday morning was a lot of fun to watch and to get to know a lot of the alumni’s. Megan Frisina did a fantastic job at announcing the game and Rachel Rossman did a great job at doing nothing haha.
I hope everyone has a great rest of the year! Let’s go YELLOW JACKETS!

Audrey #24

So it's been slow on our blog so I think I'll show you a few shots of some of the latest around BW.
We had some pretty big excitement in that the college is moving some houses to make way for some other improvements on campus. The first shot is the house in front of it's original lot, then the next is the same house as it is moving toward it's new location, and the third is very near its final destination. The move drew lots of attention from the neighborhood and was pretty amazing to watch.

The next set of pictures is some of our players taking advantage of the cold plunge after a workout. It is FREEZING but it works! :)

:)

Heyyy everyone :) . I hope everyone’s first month went amazing! I know mine did. I mean I can’t lie classes are kind of hard right now! Taking chemistry and biology in the same semester is just a little bit rough but I'm glad to be getting them out of the way! I have really enjoyed getting to hang out with the team the past month and also getting to meet all of the freshman. I have definitely been enjoying all of the preseason workouts I’d have to say my favorite so far has been ultimate football and my least favorite was the swimming workout. I felt like I was drowning the whole time I guess I’m not the best swimmer out there… Anyway only two weeks until season starts and I can’t waitttt! I hope everyone is doing well and keeping up on their school work!!.

Melissa

weeeek five

hiii (:

Week 5 has just started and I can't believe I've been at BW this long. Between class and basketball, pretty much everyone has a full schedule. I've adjusted very well to the transition from high school to college. How could you not with 20 some girls that enjoy each others company. All of the older girls have been welcoming and patient while the freshman try and learn how things are done. I love the girls in my class. Pills and I have breakfast every day after morning workouts :) and team Blackout (Sharlee, Pills, Audrey, Shari and myself) also had the pleasure of knocking team mangas out of the dodgeball tourney last week. This weekend I was excited to finally get back to Columbus and spend some time with the fam. My cousin and I went to the OSU game on saturday #BuckeyeNation. Now I have exams, papers, and workouts that will keep me busy all week. All my classes have been going smoothly. Hopefully, I will decide on a major soon. This week I am going to shadow a PT to see if it is something that I may be interested in.

Anyways.. T minus 50 days till the yellow jackets step on the court for the first time.
Can't wait for all the memories to come!

Have a good week errrryone (:

- jenna !

WEEK NUMBA 4!

Hey everyone! It is now the fourth week I have been here at BW and I am loving it so far! I'm really shocked at how well I have adjusted here so fast. I thought I was for sure gonna be a little homesick but I am doing great here:) My classes are well.. classes haha, not the most exciting thing to do every morning but definitely the most important. Our workouts have been going good, and we are really working hard together. Waking up at 5 20 twice a week is definitely the biggest adjustment for me, because I love my sleep, but after the workout is over I feel accomplished! I love the union food, people tell me that I will get sick of it, but I it's so good to me! The smoothies in the rec :) so good!

Coach and upperclassmen have definitely made me feel welcome, and I know most of the freshman agree! And I love the 7 other freshman here with me too! I have learned some interesting facts about everyone... Larry was born in Kansas and has always wanted to own a llama farm, Melissa's middle name starts with R and so does mine, Sharlee eats jars of peanut butter like it's her job, Shari's had a ridiculous accent, and Cat knows every line in Bring It On. :) Our team is bonding on and off the court. We just went to camp cheerful as a team, and it definitely makes you realize how lucky you are. The people there were great and really loved us! Little Sally Walker walking down the street..... :)

I really pumped for the season to start and to have a great experience with everyone. I'm also looking forward to Florida. WOOO beach and getting tan. YESSS! And I heard the team dinners are pretty amazing so I can't wait to eat!! Story of my life...

GO BW!
-Jenny

Helping Out

So we ventured down the street to Camp Cheerful to help out with their Respite Weekend. We hung out there Friday night and then they came here to BW for the football game Saturday night where we spent more time with them. Everyone had a blast! Here are 2 videos from some of our Friday night activity.

My Life Is Fun

Heeeey guys :) So it is the start of our third week here and it has been nothing but a blessing. I am extremely thankful and happy that I have gotten to meet the team and spend some time together. My classes are a little challenging along with balancing workouts, study tables, ect. but as the weeks go on I am finding myself relaxing and finding a great balance. So we have been doing some nice 6 A.M. workouts and although waking up at 5:20 is a little out of the usual for me, I really enjoy our workouts. It has a great sense of reward when it is all said and done.

So I am sitting in my room and I just finished my first paper which I think I did good on just jammin to some Jason Aldean eating some pineapple! YUMMMM. I know a few girls went to the Country Jam and I heard it was a lot of fun! Atleast I hope you guys had fun!

I am literally loving everything about BW! My team, my coach, my roommate, MY BED, my classes, and the union bkfast! It is a great time and I only plan on it getting better! I absolutely cannot wait for practices let alone our season to start. I am really excited and I think this will be the best experience I have ever had. I am really glad I get to spend it with all you guys :)

This first picture is of me and my roommate, Taylor. I know most of you guys have met and she is super nice and a lot of fun! I am sure everyone will get to know her as the season goes on!

This is the Blink 182 concert I went to this summer and I don't know why this was relevant to this blog but uh, I love them and it was a great time! haha

Week 3, Jam Out

HIII :)

it is Sunday and the Browns are losing :( I feel like this could be the start of every Sunday blog. Even though I am a die hard Browns fan, they keep breaking my heart. There are still 3 minutes left though so I haven't completely given up hope. ANYWAYSSS I thought about doing another video blog but decided that my current physical appearance is not quite up for being on camera. This is due in part to my second favorite weekend of the year (first is April Reign) COUNTRY JAM!! It is basically a two day country concert held at the fairgounds right by campus. This year the headliner was Darius Rucker, but there were 5 or 6 other bands who played all Friday and Saturday. Even though I'm not a huge counrty fan, I use any excuse I can to wear plaid shirts and jeanshorts. It was a little rainy this weekend, but we did not let that stand in our way of having a wonderful time. Unfortunately, there were plenty of yellowjackets

^^Catherine and Jess love country jam, don't love mud

there but no rain jackets :(. Country Jammers included myself, Jessica Carpenter, Catherine Spisak, Jen Calhoon, Rachel Rossman, and a few other counrty music enthusiasts. Luckily the only casulties of this years Country Jam were Mine and Catherine's flip flops, which got burried in the mud on Friday night. We decided it was probably easiier to splurge on a new pair at Old Navy for 2 dollars than try to salvage them. Other than that, everyone had a great time and I know I can speak for all jackets when I say that I am counting down the minutes till our workout tomorrow morning!!!!!! Welp, the Browns just lost, maybe next week... AWWWWW JACKETS

Megan Frisina

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