1. Coach Roos had her contract extended to match Coach Miller's! This is an amazing honor and a credit to our athletic department for "thinking outside the box." Congrats Jennifer!!
Here's the link to the story: http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2009/10/13/WBB_1013090915.aspx
2. Coach Miller recently spoke at the District 8 High School Coaches Clinic at the University of Northwestern Ohio in Lima. He is asked regularly to speak about our High Ballscreen Offense. Over 70 high school girl's and boy's high school coaches were in attendance. And of course, his trusty assistants were also on hand to film, take pictures, and assist with his on court demonstrations. He is a good boss, however, as he did treat us to dinner afterwards! ;)
3. To celebrate the start of practice, the team enjoyed a family meal last week at SamB's. After a tough two hour practice, the team was treated to a great dinner at the favorite local restaurant. Chicken, pasta, salmon, and steak were all on the menu and our team had no trouble cleaning their plates!
4. Also last week, the men's and women's basketball teams held the Annual Tip Off Dinner. There were over 150 people in attendance to get introduced to the 2009-2010 teams, have a great meal and listen to Coach Miller and Coach Orr discuss the upcoming seasons. The event was hosted by two fantastic former Falcons: Women's basketball alum Kate Achter and Men's basketball alum Anthony Stacey. I do believe the theme of the night was the adjustment from high school to college basketball and how much the freshmen seem to be getting yelled at these days!! :) The sophomores in the room were the happiest group, as the attention is now off of them!
5. This past weekend the coaching staff was able to celebrate a momentous occasion. A great former Falcon, Sara Putoff, was inducted into the Hall of Fame. It is an incredible honor and we are so proud to have been able to share the day with her. She had two full tables of family and former teammates there to celebrate with her. Although we never had the opportunity to coach Sara, she remains one of our friends and biggest supporters. We do still wish she had some eligibility left because we would certainly find a new uniform for her!! Congrats Sara!!
Coach Miller and Sara Puthoff with her Hall of Fame Picture
6. The team also had their annual pumpkin carving contest this weekend at Coach Roos's house. We had a sundae bar for dessert and then they all got to work on their pumpkins. The creativity was flowing as they prepared for their presentations. The lights were turned out and in groups of 4 they presented their pumpkins for the coaches to judge! All of them were great and we were very impressed. Enjoy the entertaining pictures below of the winning pumpkins.
The winning team preparing for pumpkin carving domination
Scary. Only certain members of the team were allowed to touch the knives...
Pumpkin guts
The Winning Pumpkin: "The Swine Flu featuring Lauren Prochaska"...courtesy of Tamika Nurse, Tracy Pontius, Kelly Zuercher, and Sarah Clapper (there were some added effects coming out of the pumpkin's mouth that were not photograped due to the graphic nature of the flu.) :)
"Rolling for a Sixth Championship"...courtesy of Maggie Hennegan, Chrissy Steffen, and Jen Uhl 
"Disco Dancing Ball featuring Coach Miller the running man headed for the Big Dance"...Courtesy of Laura Bugher, Simone Eli, Tara Breske, and Chelsea Albert
"Kicking Butt this season"...courtesy of Jess Slagle, Danielle Havel and Jessie Tamerlano
7. Lastly, Lauren Prochaska and Tracy Pontius were both recently named to the Full Court Press Pre-Season Mid-Major Top 25 list. It's a great honor for both of our juniors as they prepare to lead our team on the "Race for Seis", or the run for our sixth MAC Championship!!
Here is the link to the story: http://www.bgsufalcons.com/news/2009/10/26/WBB_1026090245.aspx
Whew! I know that was alot but, like I said, it's been a busy month for the Falcons!! Our exhibition game is one week from today, so make sure you get out to Anderson Arena next Wednesday! The home opener will be on Friday, November 13th versus Chicago State in the Preseason WNIT tournament. Prior to the game, we will be revealing our Fifth Championship banner and presenting the team with their rings!
Roll Along!!
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