We are three junior women who play basketball for Oglethorpe University. We would like to share with you the life of a D3 basketball player. We will recap our Christmas break.

The campus was a buzz about the ensuing month long winter break. The women’s basketball team was excited about the 9 day break we received! While everyone else was joyously stuffing there face with chocolate cookies, mac & cheese, Aunt Kathy’s chocolate cake, or anything that tasted delicious, we had to watch what we ate! We knew that we could not return to the gym as big as buses and slow as snails.

On Christmas Eve we were all snug in our beds dreaming of good ol’ Saint Nick and his presents. But the real excitement came when we realized the real Santa, aka Coach Sattele, had many more surprises in store for us. Once we anxiously returned we received these surprises. What else could they be but two-a-days and game film! What else would a girl need?!

No matter how grueling two-a-days can be we all knew that this was something that needed to be done to rise above the competition. We willingly sacrifice our break because we love the game and want to be the best. The goals we have set this year are high. We want to go as far as possible in the NCAA tournament as we can. We are not practicing two-a-days to have another disappointing ending, what team does? Now that the break is almost over we’re looking forward to the second half of the season. There will be more blogs to come just so you can really get into our basketball shoes!