Today was an exciting day, not only for Trinity Basketball, but for the entire Trinity University Campus – First-Year Move-In Day! Sam’s gymnasium was packed with eager first-years checking-in, bouncing between information booths, and getting their photos taken for their TigerCards. The first week of freshman year at Trinity is definitely a memorable one, with scheduled events such as lecture speakers, information sessions, dorm and mentor group activities, and the additional excitement of getting to know so many new faces from all different backgrounds.
For us, it was great to spend some time with our incoming freshmen class and their families. Only at a university such as Trinity are families from all over the country able to immediately connect and hit it off so well. We are excited to have such an enjoyable group of people join our Trinity Basketball Family.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Alumni Perspective - James Lake '06
With a busy summer full of camps and recruiting, it has been a while since our last update on Courtside. With the school year quickly approaching (first-years report next Friday!), things are starting to pick up again. We thought now would be a great time to post another Alumni Perspective.
"When Coach Burt asked me to write about what it means to be a Tiger I sat for about 30 minutes, sifting through all the mental highlights of my 4 year career. Countless plays and games vividly flashed in my mind, the Stroberg game winner against Southwestern, our miraculous comeback against University of Dallas on Campus of Champions weekend, and who could forget Luton's ridiculous SportsCenter top ten worthy drop step dunk against Millsaps. Even some of the low points crept back in to my thoughts, like the crushing defeat at Wisconsin Stevens Point, and even all of my "attempted dunks", for lack of a better word, throughout my career. However, the one thing that truly stands out in my mind over the course of those 4 years are the friendships I established and still have to this day. The fact that I'm writing this right now is a testament to the friendships created on the court at Trinity University. During our 5 years as roommates, Coach Burt could have probably filled the Alamodome with my complaints whenever I was asked to write a paper or anything more than a paragraph for that matter, but I jumped at the chance to write about my experiences as a TU basketball player because I knew it was important to him.
The friendships that are created on the court can not be duplicated anywhere else. Sure you can hang out with a few friends at the dining hall or say hi to a buddy from Econ 101 in passing walking back to your dorm room, but when you can take one look at your teammate and know exactly what he's thinking on and off the court because of the hours, days, weeks, months, and even years of hard work you've put in, that's a special feeling. Even when we get together today to play a little pick up ball it's still fun to know when that back door pass is coming even if we might be a few steps slower than we were in our prime.
Through all the hard practices, off season scrimmages, big wins, and heartbreaking losses the one constant was always friendship. You can't play at Trinity for more than 4 years (or an extra 5th year of intramurals if you're lucky), but the stories and memories that you'll make will last a lifetime. I will be in Arizona soon for a mini college reunion and more than half of the guys there will be old basketball teammates from Trinity. I can guarantee you we will find at least a few hours on that trip to talk basketball and tell stories about "back in the day" when the only care in the world we had was rounding up 10 of your best buddies and playing some ball."
James Lake
Class of '06
"When Coach Burt asked me to write about what it means to be a Tiger I sat for about 30 minutes, sifting through all the mental highlights of my 4 year career. Countless plays and games vividly flashed in my mind, the Stroberg game winner against Southwestern, our miraculous comeback against University of Dallas on Campus of Champions weekend, and who could forget Luton's ridiculous SportsCenter top ten worthy drop step dunk against Millsaps. Even some of the low points crept back in to my thoughts, like the crushing defeat at Wisconsin Stevens Point, and even all of my "attempted dunks", for lack of a better word, throughout my career. However, the one thing that truly stands out in my mind over the course of those 4 years are the friendships I established and still have to this day. The fact that I'm writing this right now is a testament to the friendships created on the court at Trinity University. During our 5 years as roommates, Coach Burt could have probably filled the Alamodome with my complaints whenever I was asked to write a paper or anything more than a paragraph for that matter, but I jumped at the chance to write about my experiences as a TU basketball player because I knew it was important to him.
The friendships that are created on the court can not be duplicated anywhere else. Sure you can hang out with a few friends at the dining hall or say hi to a buddy from Econ 101 in passing walking back to your dorm room, but when you can take one look at your teammate and know exactly what he's thinking on and off the court because of the hours, days, weeks, months, and even years of hard work you've put in, that's a special feeling. Even when we get together today to play a little pick up ball it's still fun to know when that back door pass is coming even if we might be a few steps slower than we were in our prime.
Through all the hard practices, off season scrimmages, big wins, and heartbreaking losses the one constant was always friendship. You can't play at Trinity for more than 4 years (or an extra 5th year of intramurals if you're lucky), but the stories and memories that you'll make will last a lifetime. I will be in Arizona soon for a mini college reunion and more than half of the guys there will be old basketball teammates from Trinity. I can guarantee you we will find at least a few hours on that trip to talk basketball and tell stories about "back in the day" when the only care in the world we had was rounding up 10 of your best buddies and playing some ball."
James Lake
Class of '06
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