February 5, 2008

Inspi(red)

I want to start out by giving a shout out to our Men's and Women's Basketball teams. The boys battled back from a 9-point deficit with 10 minutes left and went on to win the game by 2 points in over time! On the women's side, Candice Wiggins recently made history by becoming Stanford's all-time leading scorer.

Stanford has been a pretty inspiring place lately. Students around campus are leading political rallies to encourage others to vote in the California primary and upcoming election. I was personally inspired by one speaker's passion and unwavering faith in his candidate. It truly is amazing that a woman or African-American has the opportunity to make history by becoming the next President of the United States.

Coming back to campus after losing to UCLA by .025 was definitely tough, but I think that our team has been able to feed off of the energy and inspiration around campus. We're motivated by the opportunity to make our own history not only at Stanford but also in the world of college gymnastics. There are only four teams that have ever won NCAAs, and we believe that we can be the next team to break into that group. The practices following the loss and yesterday's intrasquad show that we have the character and strength to make it happen. We are excited about the upcoming competitions in Chicago and Iowa and continue to upgrade and make changes that will better prepare us for success in the future. We've had a rough start of the season, but we are learning and growing from our experiences. SWG has the belief, faith, and commitment to do what it takes to end up on the top at the end of the year. I hope that you all enjoy watching us get there.

Thanks for checking in.

-Tabbs