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For our last home series we played the Akron Racers. For those of you who don’t know Shannon Nicholson, she was my teammate and other half at Illinois State. Shannon and I came into ISU together as freshmen and for the most part pitched as a duo throughout our career there. It wasn’t until our senior year when Shannon tore her ACL that the duo was temporarily split up. Shannon took a few weeks off to recover and with a knee brace was back in action! She did not play in the NPF last summer because she had surgery but we trained together all year long and she signed with Akron. We joked about pitching against each other but our NPF experiences have been quite different from college and neither of us saw the mound the entire series, cwap. Buuuuut we did take a picture together! Haha.
A few weeks ago we played a series vs. the Rockford Thunder. I got to start the third game of the series and my family came to watch! Here are some pictures of my cousin Isabelle and I at dinner after the game ☺
Smoothies sold at our games, they’re soooo good!! Available in several flavors including strawberry banana, pina colada, lemon, and more! The fun part about them being sold at our games is yelling out "MAUI WOWI!" whenever possible.
Before every game a group of us partake in some serious hacky sack! Each of us have signature moves and the goal is for each person in the circle to touch the hacky without it hitting the ground. Once we accomplish that it’s called a “hack.” If we all touch it twice it’s a “hacky,” and three times is a “hacky sack!” It’s very rare that we get further than that, but it has happened. Since our hacky tryouts video, we have had several new additions to the team. Only by a monitored tryout, of course. They include: Amy Hudson, Megan Gibson, and Savannah Long. Our most recent walk-ons in training are Michelle Tatlock and Tory Yamaguchi. Michelle has shown her dedication to making the team by purchasing her own hacky sack to practice. Tory’s skills are developing quickly; today she did her first toe pop! We’re hoping to initiate them in Kimberly. And our honorary member, Belle, is always welcome to play ☺
Our athletic trainer (Julie’s) boyfriend plays arena football for the Reading Express. I think most of us had never been to an arena football game before, so it was pretty cool. It’s a lot faster than regular football which keeps it entertaining. The field looks so tiny though, especially with the bigger players like Julie’s boy who’s like 6’9”! After the game we got to go on the field and meet him.
For most of our road trips we drive cars, with the exception of Chicago and Rockford. My road trip buddies were my roomie, of course and Teague (aka Mom). The first and most essential stop in all road trips was for coffee. Mom couldn’t have said it better in her text message: “We are leaving at 6am sharp. We will make a stop at Dunkin as soon as we leave.” I can guarantee you our car was the most fun… I mean, who else had road trip hats?! Exactly.
