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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 1000th |
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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 #2
Where do we go from here? We are not having the season
we talked about and prepared for all year long. We have
lost to teams we KNOW we should have beaten. We have
proven to ourselves that we ARE better than what we’re
showing. We ARE a championship team, but we are at the
same exact place we were last year. It is the 1st week
of February and we only have 7 wins, SEVEN! What do we
do from here? I have my own ideas, of course, that would
make us UNSTOPPABLE!! But I am not my TEAM.
This team is very special to me. It’s not special
because I’m a senior and this is the year I am always
going to remember, or that I actually made it all four
years, or anything corny like that. This team is special
to me because it is the first time since high school
that we actually have a TEAM. Aside from the wins and
losses. Aside from playing time. Aside from who does
what on the court and who works their ass off in
practice. There are so many other things that come with
a TEAM. This is the most valuable team I have EVER been
a part of and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!! This is
why...Chemistry.
Chemistry literally is the science concerned with the
composition, behavior, structure, and properties of
matter, as well as the changes it undergoes during
chemical reactions. It is also the interaction of one
personality with another. It is any or all of the
elements that make up something. Now some of my
teammates may not like me for this one, but I am going
to let you in on the composition, behaviors and
properties of matter that one would think would result
in COMBUSTION.
Starting with the freshmeat. Our lovely trio, Ash, Mal
and Jace. They all live together. Their apartment is the
hangout spot. They always have food, snacks and a big
screen TV. Ashley, also known as “Trashley”, is one of
the Blondies that laughs at literally EVERYTHING!
Mallory, or Malby, sometime Fiona (and we really painted
her green for Halloween), is one of the big girls. She
keeps her hair knotted up in a ponytail and is our
supporter on the team. She’s always there for a good
long talk, or someone to laugh with. Personally, we like
to do puzzles together, especially over Christmas break!
Jacy is our little baby. She’s the youngest and the
smallest on the team and always seems to get caught in
the wrong situation at the wrong time…haha! Getting
caught eating chicken wings the night before a game or
packs of brownies falling out of her binder when coach
asks to borrow it…not good. We love to tease her, but
she has got to be the most generous freshman I have ever
had! Next is Pooh, she’s only a sophomore and she’s the
head of our team. She always wears an afro puff and
REFUSES to let any of us touch it. She keeps us mellow.
She’s always doing her sexy dance in the locker room and
LOVES to be on her phone. Ayrie is our Big Easy transfer
from the south. Jambalaya is what we call her off the
court because of her New Orleans accent and her smooth
groove to old school music. Nicole, also known as Nic,
is our free spirit. Her interest in fashion confuses us
most of the time because of the crazy outfits she puts
together when we go out. Kat is our white girl with
micros, yes microbraids! Most of us refer to her as “Big
Country” because when she calls for the ball she says, “BAAWWL!”
She could fall asleep on command and if you play music
with this girl around, she will be the first one to sing
and two-step to the beat. Finally, the 3 captains of the
team, Lauren, AK and myself. Lauren is probably one of
the funniest people I know. She can impersonate ANYONE
to a T, especially Coach Gray-Miller!! She likes to
refer to herself as a Diva and a dancer. She loves
bright colors and boys! AK is like our mother. She’s the
oldest on the team and recently was a teacher at an
inner-city middle school where her students came up with
the nickname, Miss K-Geezy!! Of course it stuck! And
then there’s me... J!! I like to have fun with each and
every one of my teammates. They call me “garbage
disposal” because I eat all the leftovers at dinnertime!
I love food! Anyways… can you believe all of these
different personalities come together and have
chemistry? Well it’s true. We are the Billikens!
Stay tuned….because conference is a whole new season. I
like to think of it as “the main event”. Our
nonconference schedule was practice for our main event.
We have been selected to finish 10th in the conference.
Are we going to finished 10th? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
Katie Paganelli #23
Class of 2010
Senior Entry #2 |
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