Thanksgiving has Passed

It is hard to believe we have just celebrated the Thanksgiving break. We were fortunate that our players had the opportunity to go home and be with their families. Thanksgiving is the best time to remind us that we are truly blessed and it is important to give thanks for what we have. Now we are back at school for the remaining two weeks of classes before exams. This will be a busy time for the players in keeping up with the amount of work that is expected of them for their classes as well as staying fresh as a basketball player. We have a couple of road games during that span and they are tough conference games, too. So we continue to plug away and grow together each day. For that we are truly thankful at all times.

You Want to See Awesome?

This past Thursday and Friday, we had our Wall of Honor installed in the entrance to our locker room. This is a wall honoring the many accomplishments of the very fine players that have come through the Yellow Jacket program. With a generous donation, we were able to get the system honoring our accomplishments in full view of the team, their families, former players and their families and future players and their families. It turned out much better than we could imagine. It is definitely a centerpiece and something we are all proud of as it is the history of Randolph-Macon Women's Basketball. We hope you have a chance to come see it.

Scrimmages Done

Now that we have our two scrimmages completed, we are on our way to the start of our season. It is almost here. We are going to open up with a single game at Marymount on Tuesday and then come back to Ashland for the weekend to host our R-MC Tip-Off Classic sponsored by Riesbeck Contracting. The field this year, Roanoke, Mary Washington, and Ferrum, is awesome with all the teams being pre-season ranked or receiving votes, but us. There will be some great basketball in Crenshaw that weekend of Nov. 19/20. Come on out and support the Yellow Jackets and get them tipped in the right direction for the new season. See you soon. And remember to Think Yellow Jackets!

Getting Closer

Same `ole, same `ole. You often hear that and everyone knows what it means. These last two weeks have been just like that. But I love it! Get up-go to class--get work done-practice at the oddest hours of the day--go to bed late; then do it all over the next day almost the same way. Sounds boring, but believe me my life is not boring. I am so busy that I do not have time to be bored. I love seeing the team every day--they are not boring! Our scrimmage was a great test for our team. We coaches had the chance to see some combinations that we were not sure would work against an opponent. We also had the chance to see what we have to do when the shots are not falling. I was glad it was a scrimmage and those stats aren't seen by anyone. Thursday was the ODAC media day. I'd like to thank the coaches for picking us at #3. We were pleased with that spot considering all the strong teams in our Conference. It should be fun this season. There are a lot of very good players returning from each team, so it will be a tough schedule this season. We have one more test before we open on Nov. 16. More to come later.