Hey Hey Hey it's summer time!!!

Let me just start off with, freshman- don't blink, I cannot believe how fast my first year went!! seems like just the other day I was stressing about what I was going to write in my first summer blog...now it is literally a year later. Wow. anyway I am Steph! I will be a sophomore and I am from Jupiter, FL. I am newly a public relations major and I absolutely loved my first year at BW. My summer has been great so far. I have just been hanging out with my friends and family, I dreaded my hair, I am a nanny for a one month old, and I have been watching the Heat dominate (which is always a blast!!). But my summer is about to change! I have an internship in Romania, putting on summer camps for special needs and abused orphans. So I leave sunday to got to Dallas for a few days of training and then strait to Romania.  I will be there for two months, needless to say, sadly I wont be at any of the open gyms this summer. But I will miss you all so very much! I actually have a blog I will be updating about my trip all summer and I would love it if you guys would follow along (but no pressure).You can find it at: His-children-Romania2013.blogspot.com 

I am so excited to see what God has in store for us next season!! It is about to be insane!! I hope you all are having an amazing summer!! I can not wait to meet all the new freshman and see all of the rest of you again! Be safe and keep working hard! 

Steph #12

So the first picture is of me and my amazing parents (Jay and Tammy) and the second one is me hanging out with some kids in a Romanian Gypsy village last year :) 

The Final Countdown

Well everybody, it's here....our last and final week of the 2012-13 season. I think I am finally starting to realize that it is almost over, BUT looking on the bright side, we have 7 more days to make some awesome memories. That starts with gettting a good win against The Berg on Wednesday and following that winning on senior night against Musky on Saturday. I am honestly so lucky to have met such great teammates and not just that, friends. I have had some of the best times here and I know I have made relationships that will last forever. Even though we don't get to have a post-season like we are used to, there are still many other things we have to look back on after finishing our basketball career here at BWU. One last mushy comment; I just want to say thank you to all of my teammates, coaches, friends, family and teammates' family for all their support and kind words thoroughout my 4 years here. It is greatly appreciated and has got me where I am today. Ok, enough of that. We can save the tears for senior night. Anyways, I have to go to class....team games. Yes, my schedule is very tough, lifetime leisure activities, volleyball and team games. Perks of being a senior I suppose! Can't wait to finish this season right with two great wins and even better memories than I have made already! YJ4L.

Jess Carpenter

BEAT MOUNT!!

Tomorrow night we host mount union.. eww! Not only is tomorrow night a big rivalry game for us, but it is also our Hoops for the Cure game!! Fans and students will come out wearing pink to support us and this great cause!! We had a really good, hard practice yesterday, in preparations for tomorrow, and tonight will be no different! Its unbelievable how quick this season has gone and it sure has been a season to remember!! Beginning back when we all first met each other and did team building activities at camp cheerful, (where we even got to pie the coaches in the face) our early morning preseason workouts, (20 sui's later) winning the franklin tipoff tournament, (hotels and bus rides, need I say more) the power outage break bonding, (practicing in the dark, there really is a first for everything :) ) having campus to ourselves over winter break, and many many more memories! Not only will these memories made forever be remembered, but so will the friendships. Our team is truly the definition of family. The everlasting charm, determination, love, knowledge, skills and strength is what separates us from the rest. I have strengthened and made many new friendships with every single one of my teammates this year, and I couldn't be luckier to call them my teammate and friend. I want to take this time to thank coach and the seniors for bringing us all together. The seniors all have fantastic leadership and basketball skills, tremendous work ethic and are all role models in my life. I couldn’t be more fortunate to have been given the opportunity to play college basketball and be friends with any more amazing girls! My teammates are my second family and I love them all so much!

All out, all day! 
Ya look good, ya play good! 
Yeehaw! 

Go Jackets!
Laurel Thomas

All we have, in everything we do :)

Hello fellow players, curious parents, excited recruits, coach and whoever else may be reading my wonderful blog right now :) So glad you could join us today! Goodness the time does fly when you're playing ball! It seems like just yesterday we were waking up at 5am for our first morning workout, and now here we are with just a few weeks left…6 games to go. It is truly baffling how much you learn when you go to college! Haha I mean obviously you are supposed to learn in the classroom and all that stuff, but I mean out side the class. It's really where you figure out who you are and what you are made of… Not to get too deep on you or anything but just hang with me for a few minuets I would like to share with you one of the most recent things I have learned, so hear it is. College basketball is not always easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.  Sometimes we spend WAY too many hours with each other, and sometimes we REALLY don’t want to run that last suicide. But it is DEFINITELY worth it. The lessons I have learned being on this team are uncountable, the friendships that I have gained and I am confident will last forever are incomparable, and the love that I and the rest of the players have for each other and the game is uncontainable. Truly indescribable.

Not only have I learned how to properly step into my shot from coach Harrer or how to effectively play post defense from coach Campbell, but I have also learned leadership from Meg, Rachel, and Jess. I learned servant hood from Audrey, Pup and Erin. I learned passion from Larry, Nancy and Allyson. I learned to take everything one day at a time from Sheri, Natalia and Amber. I learned to laugh at my self from Janaya, Alissa and Laurel. I learned persistence from Sam, Lexi and Marissa.  And I have learned that it’s ok to be psycho from Tupac.

The point is that every single person on this team has helped me grow. I consider myself sooooo blessed to be a part of this team and program. Every team has rough spots, but not everyone gets out of them. We are getting out. The great Michael Jordan once said, “Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, Go through it, or work around it." We are climbing; we are climbing higher and harder than any team before. And get ready Mount cause you are about to feel the heat of our comeback. We are coming fast and hard.

All we have, in everything we do.

Lets go jackets! Lets rally!

 

God Bless, Steph #12

oh and because that was alittle bit less of a fun blog than normal, i thought i would add this little video of me and pup singing our favorite song <3 span="">

Welcome Back!

I hope everyone had a great break! I definitely enjoyed being able to stay at home and see my family. My sister, who goes to school in Kentucky, was home for about 2 weeks which was probably the highlight of my break. She brought home her puppy whose name is Buddy and is absolutely adorable. My dad put a fire in the fire place, and my brother, Buddy, and I all sat by it while we watched movies. Other than basketball practices and games, I did not really do much over break. Being able to rest and not have to worry about homework and papers and tests was a nice change :). It is good to be back into routine though. I love all of my professors this semester, even though it's only been 2 days. They all are super nice and understanding. Anyway, we play Heidelberg tomorrow!! GO JACKETS. God bless!
p.s. shoutout to Steph...we still need to make that gingerbread house!!!!
Audrey #24

Great Start in 2013!

Hey everyone!

Today was the first day back to class after our month long break and I definitely don’t like getting up early again. I could’ve got used to sleeping in, hanging out with friends, playing video games, doing whatever I wanted and of course playing basketball every day for the rest of my life, but now I have to get back into my regular routine. I was obsessed the past few weeks playing my new PS3 I got for Christmas and was addicted to playing Call of Duty II, Batman Arkham City and NBA 2K13 which I played whenever possible. I definitely enjoyed my Christmas break spending quality time with my family and friends and getting to eat so much awesome food. I also spent most of my time with my basketball girls (aka my second family) going out to eat, doing team bonding activities, playing in the Michigan tournament and of course enjoying our Christmas party which was hilarious and so much fun. :) Ever since the beginning of 2013, our team is back to the way we were at the start of the season and all our hard work is paying off because we’re on a winning streak! This past week we had our GPA dinner for our two GPA teams that were organized at the start of the semester. How the GPA teams worked was at the end of the semester all the GPAs of the members on the team were added up and whichever team had the lowest had to cook dinner for the other team and themselves. The GPAs were actually really close but my team couldn’t pull out the victory so we had to cook dinner and I have to say we did a pretty good job. I’m looking forward to seeing us finish this season strong because at this rate we’re definitely moving in the right direction! :)    

Marissa #22 

Hello you fine folks!

Well, today is the last day of break which means.... classes start tomorrow D: this is both good and bad. Good because it puts me back in a regular routine and I wont be sitting there playing fun run all day, and bad because I'll be back in a routine and can't play fun run all day! haha :] but classes just stink because it means I have to get up early which is  a major bummer compared to sleeping in until one like I did most days for break. But it's also going to be nice to see all of our other friends again! Oh, and for those of you that don't know, fun run is an app for the iPhone or whatever and it's a racing game and it's very addicting. I play it all the time and have even had some dreams about it, kind of a problem I suppose. But oh well. If anybody has it my name on there is allydehart (I know very creative) so add me and I will definitely play you! 

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This is a picture of the fun run app. My character is the fox and he is wearing hipster glasses and a pair of black converse. He's quite adorable, but it took a long time to work up all the money for those expensive items, but they were worth all the effort! A few other people from the team have the app too and we play it sometimes to help pass the time during long bus rides. 

Gosh this blog has had really nothing to do with basketball thus far, so to fill everybody in.... we are currently are a nice win streak (which we plan to keep adding to,) we eat a lot of free food all the time, we have a lot of fun, we had a Christmas play and we all made fun of each other and it was absolutely hilarious. So all in all, life has been good! Until next time everyone!

Ally (Pup)

Janaya :)

Hello once again, it is I, Janaya! Well it is the last weekend before the second semester begins :( I'm very sad. Break was fun while it lasted. The lady Jackets are on a 3 game winning streak yaaaay and we play Muskie in less than 14 hours. After our win against them it will be a 4 game winning streak :) Also, for those of you who dont know, at the beginning of the season coach promised that for every game we win, she would do any dance (I) teach her. So far she has done: Crank that Soulja Boy, Wobble, Pop, Lock and Drop it and maybe one more but im not sure. So, that means she owes us like 5 more. She will probably do the Wop, Stanky Leg, Dougie, Cat Daddy, and Two step. Those sound good. Any who, I would update you on the prank wars between some of the freshmen and the seniors, but because it hasn't changed since my last blog, there is no need. Well, this is my las blog until next season, It's been real :)

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Heyy it's Shekiera Brooks speaking aka Tupac. We are currently on christmas break and it's sad too say, but I can't wait until school starts. There is literally no one on campus and I feel like I'm in a scary movie. Besides that we get a lot of free food which is awesome. We ate at this place moosehead which is the best place I've ever been too. Today coach is having something at her house. I'm not sure what it is but there's going to be food there so I' ll be there. Then tomorrow we're eating at tali tomorrow I can't wait for that. Off topic here but the bus rides are fun!! We watch the best movies, and it's funny too see the way people sleep on the bus. I know I'm a creep but it just cracks me up. We play a bunch of games because all of the bus rides seems like they're never going to end. I literally think that every bus ride is ten hours. The season is going. We're going to end this season on a strong note. THAT IS ALL FOLKS xoxox Baby Tupac #11

Countdown!

Otterbein TOMORROW!
Christmas 4 days!
Michigan 6 days!

The Yellow Jackets are in full swing and are preparing day by day, practice by practice and possession by possession for our tasks at hand. Finals are through, grades are in and we have been on Christmas break for a week now. Over this past week, we have gone to out to dinner at Buca and Moosehead (new found favorite of mine), and helped those campers at Camp Cheerful, gone to breakfast at Bob Evans (a personal favorite) and Perkins. Tomorrow, we will host Otterbein, then it is on to celebrate a win and Christmas! After the holiday we will be travelling to Hope Michigan where we will play in two games! I am looking forward to all these exciting events coming up!

Merry Christmas!
Goooo Jackets!
Laurel Thomas #21

CHRISTMAS BREAK

Hello Lady Yellow Jackets & Friends!

                  It is the first friday of break! I love thinking that we should have had class all week, but thanks to Christmas break, we have been able to relax and focus on basketball! So far we have been out to eat at some pretty yummy places, including this Moosehead something er another restaurant. It is easily one of my favorite restaurants ever. I got a Moosini. In case anyone was wondering. We jsut got done with practice and now have some free time before we hit up Tony K's. I think that all the free food has got to be my favorite part of break. And the team bonding, duh.  Our christmas party isn't until after christmas this year, but that will be alright. Now we have more time for us to practice our skit.  Or plan our skit, because we really have no idea what we are doing so far.  (Every year the freshamn and the upperclassman each put on a skit at the party).  I would also like to say that I'm beginning to be addicted to mario kart on the wii in the locker room. It is too fun. And with all of the downtime, the mario kart theme song is pretty much on constantly in the locker room. But I'm totallllllyyyy not complaining. I love it. Tomorrow we have a huge game vs otterbein. This exact same game 2  years ago was one of my all time favorite games as a player.   We were down by at least 20 points in the second half and fought our way back to being only down three! Then Captain America, Rachel Rossman, got fouled on a three pointer as time expired. She made all three free throws to send it into overtime, and the Lady Jackets won (that whole play by play was in Eddy Jansen's voice.. a.k.a voice of the lady yellow jackets). 
                Though that game was fantastic, I must say that I would like it more if we just beat them by 35-40 points. Merry Christmas!
               
-Jessica Lairson #3

Christmas Break Fun!

Hey everyone!
It's been a busy break for the Lady Yellow Jackets! The great thing is that most of our time is spent eating, sleeping, and playing basketball. Otherwise the passed two weeks we have visited Camp Cheerful together and hung out with all the super cute campers! They also came to our game to watch us defeat Wilmington as they cheered us on and help up the awesome signs we all made together.  We also helped out at the BW annual Christmas Party and canned food drive to help collect cans, it was all fun and games until two BW party guests got stuck in the handicap elevator :( it took about 20 minutes to get them out. which was scary, but they got out safely and enjoyed the rest of the party :)

Today is the first big snow fall of December!! Some people are excited, others are not haha guess that means Christmas time is officially here :) Tomorrow we face Otterbein at home, and will obviously win and beat their butts! After taking care of business we have a nice couple days off and we are back at it and traveling to Hope, Michigan. Two years ago my freshmen year when we went, it was so much fun and such a beautiful campus! Playing in there gym makes it seem like its an NBA game, its so big and fancy! My favorite part of the trip besides the game will of course be all the yummy foods we stop to eat along with if there is any spare time for shopping :) Well I hope everybody continues to cheer us on and has a wonderful holiday break with their family! Hope Santa treats everybody right :)
#15
Natalia

Some of the team and myself making signs at camp cheerful with "party dancer" to my left :)