Summer in BG and First Time Blogging

Welcome to the new blog site of the BGSU Women's Basketball Team!! This is our attempt to let everyone know what is going on within the program and an inside look at the players and coaching staff!

Players Update: All 13 of our players are currently on campus and enrolled in summer school. They have started 7 am workouts everyday with Coach Kelly (our strength coach) and are already working hard to build the foundation for another great season! The freshmen are excited and come into the office everyday with huge smiles. They are quickly getting acclimated to the weight room and life on a college campus! Unfortunately, as coaches, we are not allowed to do any sort of work with the team in the summer. This is where our phenomenal strength staff (Kelly, Rick, Hillman...you are the best!) has a tremendous impact on setting the tone for the season! This is a great time of year for everyone to get stronger, get lots of shots in, and most importantly, bond as a team. Lindsey "Golds" Goldsberry hosted the first team dinner last night...from reports there was good food and good times to be had by all! We preach all the time about having a Championship Lockerroom and how that leads to championships on the court.

Coaching Staff Update: Well, it's July...and that means recruiting, recruiting, recruiting!! The entire staff leaves this weekend to hit the road in search of the next generation of Falcons! We will travel all across the country in our orange and brown...from Chicago to New Orleans, and Indianapolis to Washington, DC (try not to get lost this year Coach Miller!!) All I can say is thank goodness for the invention of the GPS!! It is truly a Godsend and everyone on staff has one in their car ready to go! Coach Kevin has affectionately named his Gigi and is his summertime companion. :)

The team and coaching staff enjoyed the month of June...spent lots of time with family and ran two high school team shootouts. Both team camps were a huge success...sold out both days and had many young recruits on campus. In two days, we brought more than 900 high school student-athletes to campus!

Before closing, I want to give a little Happy Birthday shout out to Sheri Quiroga, our administrative assistant who we couldn't live without, and Monique "Mo" Rosati, our new Director of Operations who is the best thing to happen to our staff...both celebrated birthdays this week...and I think both turned 29... :)

Team Birthdays: Tracy "Skeet" Pontius also celebrated her birthday this past week! Coach Roos will celebrate her birthday on July 17 and Jen Uhl will have a birthday on July 27!

Pictures and more updates from the road will be coming soon! Thanks for visiting our new blog site and we hope you enjoy it! You will be hearing from multiple people throughout the year...coaches and players...to keep everyone updated on our program!

Important Upcoming dates: WBB Golf Outing will be held on Wednesday, September 10th...mark your calendars now! All proceeds from our golf outing will go towards our Summer 2009 Foreign Tour!! Details coming soon...

Countdown to Opening Tip of the 2008-09 Season: 141 days :)

Happy Fourth of July!!

Coach Poole