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Nicaragua

Hello everyone! I know it's summertime and ya'll haven't heard from me in a long time, but I thought I'd let ya'll know how awesome our tour went in Nicaragua! We won three of our five matches, ate a lot of great food, and had more...

Published Sat, Jun 21 2008 7:37 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, sports, Community Service, Nicaragua

Time to get Down to Business

We had our last workout on Tuesday, and we don't have practice for Nicaragua until after finals. I'll still hit the weight room a few times before then, but now it's all about the student side of being a student athlete. Today after I shoot...

Published Wed, Apr 23 2008 3:10 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, Homework, sports, Finals, Nicaragua

Just a few More Weeks Until Nicaragua!

So we're just a few weeks away from our service trip in Nicaragua and Costa Rica! We are so excited especially with finals coming around we all know how much we need this trip, and a break! The garage sale we had last weekend was a huge success, and...

Published Thu, Apr 17 2008 10:27 AM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, sports, Finals, Fundraising, Plainfield, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, IPFW

This is What the Season is all About!

The Holiday season is upon us!! This is one of my favorite times of the year, despite the cold! In the spirit of the season the volleyball team decided to do a few projects to give back to the Indianapolis community!! I love doing stuff like this, especially...

Published Fri, Dec 7 2007 5:25 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, sports, Community Service, Christmas Spirit

I am so Not feeling Global Warming Right Now!

I was so excited about getting to go back home for break. You know the usual is always great seeing my family, friends, and most importantly the 80 degree temperatures! Unfortunately only two out of three of those were very consistent this Thanksgiving...

Published Tue, Nov 27 2007 8:25 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, family, sports, Friends, Community Service, Atherton Union, Golf Team, Christmas, Home Cooking, Training, Thanksgiving, Tennis Team

End of the Line...

We fought hard tonight, but it's the end of the season as of tonight. We finished 5th in conference, but lost in the quarter finals of the Horizon League tournament . We played Valpo and gave it our best. We were all sad that we lost, but we couldn't...

Published Fri, Nov 16 2007 9:07 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, Horizon League, sports, Volleyball Conference Tournament, Horizon League Network

Success = Fun

Wow, finally a second to breathe after all of this excitement! We won both games this weekend. This puts us in a great position for our conference rankings. The information on the horizon League page isn't updated yet, but I want to say these two...

Published Sat, Nov 3 2007 10:05 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, Hinkle, UIC, sports, Halloween, Loyola, D.E.M.I.A., Electronic Journalism, Hurricane Katrina, Charity, Fairbanks

Crunch Time

For some reason it always seems that papers, exams, and other important things are all due around the same time. We have two more weeks left of regular season play before the conference tournament in Milwaukee. That means, I have three weeks to get my...

Published Sat, Oct 27 2007 11:12 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: athletics, sports, Alpha Phi, Halloween, Time Management, College Success, Lambda Chi Alpha, SAW IV, Haunted Houses, Fod Bank, Horizon League Volleyball Confrence Tournament, Philanthropy

Family

I'm so excited about this weekend, because my dad is coming up to see me!!! I don't get to see him or the rest of my family that much so I get really excited. It's even better that we have a game this Sunday, so he gets to see me play too...

Published Fri, Oct 19 2007 1:52 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, family, Hinkle, sports, IMA

Surprise Surprise!!

This week is the reading break before midterms, and usually the team is away traveling for conference. This weekend we're in Cleveland, Ohio to defeat Cleveland State and Youngstown. We also did a little contest of pumpkin decorating. Everyone decorated...

Published Fri, Oct 12 2007 1:39 PM by MelodyA

Filed under: Volleyball, athletics, family, sports, Pumpkins, cleveland state, The Horizon League, cleveland, Web Cast, Lebron James, cavaliers, detroit, ohio, pistons