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Katie Paganelli
is a senior – finally. A member of Coach Shimmy’s
1st ever recruiting class, Katie has proven to be
loyal, committed, tough, and faithful. In other
words, she’s the lone survivor. As a reward for
Katie’s perseverance, she is on track to score her
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point as a Billiken at some
point during this season & has already been a part
of several record breaking teams at SLU. That
however, is not enough for Katie. This senior
captain wants to finish her career as a four year
starter while helping to lead Saint Louis
University Women’s Basketball to its best season
in program history. Coach Shimmy is confident she
will, assuming she finishes what she started….
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Katie
Paganelli
Diary Entry #1
I just played the LAST, 1st game of my college
career…wow! I can’t believe the time is already here. I
have no idea where I am going to be or what I am going
to be doing in about 5 months, but until that time comes
I will be competing for an Atlantic 10 Championship. For
those of you who do not know what that means, here is a
short outlook on what it includes: hours and hours or
practice, hours of watching film, lifting weights,
getting extra shots up on my own time, going to class,
keeping up with all of my assignments, studying, taking
ice baths, getting treatment, and then finding time to
eat, sleep, and keep up with friends and family. This
doesn’t sound like much fun does it? Well, it is the
time of my life!! The only negative thing about this
year that I can think of is that it is going to be my
last.
With my senior season getting underway, sometimes I like
to look back to see how far I have come. My first year
here at SLU I was one of five. I had four other
classmates that came in with me. We were tight, we had a
bond, and we all had fun together. We were the five
freshmen that were going to turn this program around and
make history together at SLU. Nowhere in my right mind
would I have thought that I would be the only one here
by the time my senior year rolled around. There is no
way any of the dreams I had my freshmen year were going
to come true because I couldn’t do it by myself. But
here it is, I’m the only one left, and this is THE year!
This year, I am a part of the best and my most favorite
team yet at SLU! This is the year we are going to make
history together! I feel like everyone is on the same
page. Practices are more intense this year than they
have EVER been in the past. Every single one of my
teammates holds an important piece to completing our
puzzle as a TEAM.
For my piece, Coach has delegated me as one of the three
captains of this team. This means she has high
expectations for me. Higher than they have ever been
before. My responsibilities as a senior and a captain on
this team are to ultimately be a leader. Being a leader
means knowing what the right thing to do is and actually
doing it EVERY time. Being a leader is working the
hardest. Being a leader is taking responsibility. Being
a leader is knowing my teammates. Being a leader is
challenging…
The most challenging thing to me right now is taking one
day at a time. I have my eyes on what is going to happen
with this team in the future because I trust in it so
much that I have to pull myself back. I know right now
that if we did not have an opportunity to get better
today, then we would not be where we need to be to reach
our goals tomorrow. In the past I have not been the most
consistent person in practice, but this is something
that has helped me to be the most consistent I have ever
been. With that being said, I can’t wait to play
Southern Illinois on Friday, but I know we have a whole
week of practice and getting better ahead of us before
we can reach one more step towards making history. Stay
tuned…
Katie Paganelli #23
Class of 2010
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