Start of Something New

This week I started football lifting + track practice. I know that for the first couple of weeks I will be so sore that I can't move, but I will also be in the best shape of my life. This is the last week of regular classes before finals and then christmas break!!!! I'm excited to be done with classes for this semester. It was a long semester, but I had a lot of fun and I think that my grades will be pretty good.

Turkey Day

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! I hope everyone is having a good time re-connecting with family and enjoying some good home cooking. This particular Thanksgiving weekend is very important to me because I will be playing football for the first time this late in the season. It has been a while since I did some major blogging so I should fill you in. The football team won the conference and we received an automatic bid into the NCAA D-III playoffs. Since then we knocked off our first opponent, Case Western Reserve, 51-38. This Saturday we face the team out of Wittenberg University. They are a tough team, but we have a good shot at winning and continuing our success in the post season.

Between football, school, and my job as an RA, my life has been very hectic lately. I have a class load of 18 hours which is proving to be a big case load, but I am still managing to get the good grades. I have enjoyed being an RA in Platt first floor also. My floor has really come together and formed a nice community. It is rare to see a door closed, everyone is always around each other. So until next time....

Conference Game

Well tomorrow the football team is playing Olivet up @ Olivet. I'm pretty excited about it because it is another chance to get a conference win. We need to continue to win these games so we can be MIAA champs again this year.

As far as school work goes, I had two mid-terms yesterday and I think I did pretty well on them. I had one in my Music Appreciation and one in State & Local Government. The government one took a little bit longer because it was an essay exam, but I think I did well anyway

Well wish us luck up at Olivet!

Football/School

Me and Cody(roommate)------>

The 2009 school year is going great so far! I am enjoying being an RA at Platt, and football is continue to win games. We had a tough loss to Franklin two weeks back but we have since bounced back since conference play and are 3-1 so far. Homecoming was this past week and we beat our first conference team Hope. Next week we face Alma and will try to continue to win during the conference. My floor here at Platt has had a lot of fun getting to know each other and we all get along great. Well until next time!

Back to School

HEY....to anyone who is reading this....Summer is coming to an end and I couldn't be more happy. Although I did enjoy working at Trine this summer I miss all my college friends. Looking back on the summer though it did go pretty fast. I worked 40 hours a week in Admissions at Trine with Katie Shoppell and Nick Garstka. At first we didn't know each other but we ended up all being really good friends. Helping out at SOAR(Summer Orientation and Registration) was probably the highlight of my summer job. I got a chance to meet all the incoming students and even connect with a couple of the new football players that will be on the team next year.
Speaking of football, this next year I'll have another chance to secure some playing time. With the foot injury during the second game I missed more than half of the season, but I've been working hard all summer and plan to compete for some good playing time next season. In fact, football starts very soon, in less than a week all football players are to report to campus for a fall camp where we will have two-a-days and other practices before the start of the regular season. I am looking forward to the new season and hope it all goes well and we continue our success as MIAA champions.

This Sunday I will move into Platt Hall here on campus to start my RA(resident assistant) training. All football RA's have to report a little bit earlier than the rest so we can get some training in before we are too preoccupied with football camp. But all in all I think I am ready to come back to school: Bills are paid, I've been lifting and running, and Classes are ready to start.

BUSY BUSY BUSY

The last two weeks have been the most busy I have been all year!!! Its that time of the semester when you finally realize that you have to start that 10 page paper that you heard about briefly at the beginning of the semester. So far I am pleased with where I am in all my classes I think that my lowest grade may be a C. As the semester comes to an end its hard to believe that my first year of college is over!!! It went by so fast but I had a lot of fun and I cant wait to do it again next year. A lot of the friendships I made here at Trine will last a long time and I cant wait to hang out this summer. But with summer also comes a lot of work. I'm going to be working here at Trine in Admissions and I plan on spending a lot of time in the weight room and on the track to prepare for next football season. Speaking of football, this past Saturday we had our Spring inter squad scrimmage. I did pretty well and I had a lot of fun. I can't wait for next season. When I haven't been studying I had some fun with my friends and made some YouTube videos! We started our own comedy group called the Candy Apple Gridiron Gang!!! We do a lot of random things and just have fun on the weekends check out all our new videos!! http://www.youtube.com/user/candyapplegridiron

Well I better get back to all that homework! Summer is coming soon, enjoy the good weather while it lasts

PS: I am the one in the light blue 17 jersey in the picture at the top

Phi Eta Sigma/Weekend

Today I got inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society. It was such an honor to be apart of the select few freshman that are qualified to join. This is a freshman honor society and is offered to students who obtain a 3.5-4.0 GPA in their first year. I was so glad that even playing two sports I was able to maintain my grades and earn a spot in this honor society. Another big surprise came when I was nominated and selected to be the vice president of our class. There are four officer positions that were selected which include the president, vice, treasurer, and secretary. I was very excited to be elected as the vice president I know I will do the best job that I can.

Well, academics aside, I'm ready for the weekend! Sig Ep is hosting an event called Spike Fest '09 and I know a lot of the brothers in the fraternity so I plan on going. A live band on Friday, volleyball tournament on Saturday, and friends are the perfect combination for a great weekend! All proceeds from this event will go to Relay for life, which is also being held this weekend here at Trine. So the weekend is set, now I just have to get through the rest of the week!!!