NorCal Awards Night

The last weekend we were in California NorCal held our annual Awards Night. This night is one of my most favorite and most dreaded nights of the year. I love it because the entire NorCal Volleyball Club community gets together to celebrate the season we just had. Its so nice to see everyone together in one place. Each team dresses up in a different theme, we all eat a nice dinner, raffle prizes are won, and awards for the season are given out to the players, teams, and coaches. I despise this night because I have to run the entire show. In other words, I am standing up on stage with a microphone for about 3 hours!!! For those of you that know me well, you know how painful this is for me. I can not stand all eyes on me, so I really dread this part of the night. My only saving grace this year was that Mckaley does not mind being on stage at all (Tyler's genes apparently). She stole the show and took a lot of attention off me thankfully by wanting to stand up on stage with me the entire time. Although it was difficult to get her to not want to talk in the mic, it wasn't so bad having her there playing with the balloons or being held by me. All in all, I think the night went pretty well. Numerous parents and players thanked me for having it and said what a wonderful job we did with the presentations and the organization of the event. A big thanks to Terry, Robyn, Kristen, Heidi, Jan, and Fred for organizing and making it such a success.

Above is a picture of all the NorCal seniors and coaches behind them doing a dance to "All the Single Ladies". We call this dancing with the seniors :-) All the seniors got together and planned a dance for the coaches to perform. It was hilarious. Great job to the class of 2010.

Above is my little cousin Devin. Well she is not exactly so little anymore as she graduates from high school this year. I am so proud of her. Not only is she an amazing setter, but she is a wonderful girl as well. After graduation she is heading to Sonoma State to play there. It has been so much fun getting to watch her grow up. I remember babysitting her when she was young pushing her little sister Kelly around in her walker and I also remember her first tryout for NorCal 12s. She was a stud back then and continues to be. My only regret is never getting to coach her. She is the type of athlete every coach dreams about coaching. She is serious about the game, about getting better, and does her best in every practice and game. She is a very 'thoughtful' player and I love that about her. I can not wait to see how she does at Sonoma and the many years after that! Congrats Dev!