The loss to Blinn ended the 2009 season. The after the game talks were really tough and emotional because they signify the end of a season and a career for many of the girls.
The opportunity to share this experience with all eighteen of the players and the families that made the trip will be a highlight in their lives for many years to come. This was such a great group of student-athletes to be a part of and the department, Campus, and College are very proud to be represented by this group. It has been my honor to spend the better part of the last three weeks with them and am glad to have been able to be a part of this also.
Opportunities like national tournaments do not come along all that often and I have been very fortunate to be a part of about twenty during my years as a student, an athletic trainer, and now as a Director of Athletics. These are memories that will be shared any time these young people get together. It will be the reason they sometime get together, and it will be the topic of many conversations and stories throughout their lives at work, home or play.
This has also been a fun experience for me to share some of the thoughts as they happen, or soon after they happen with anyone who would look. It added to my experience and I want to thank the web team at FCCJ for getting this in order, especially Sara Turner.