Best Year____ Ever!!
So freshman year is in the books, and boy was it one I will never forget. As a local kid from Louisiana I didn’t know what to expect by staying in state for college, but it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made. New Orleans is one of the most unique places in the world. I think that this statement pretty much sums up my experience at Tulane this past year. Unique!
Best Athletics Ever!!
Ok, so...Maybe not. Tulane might not have the best athletics programs, but that doesn’t mean New Orleans Sports aren’t fun! Tulane plays our football games downtown in the Mercedes Benz Superdome, which is a blast! I mean, come on. Its the Dome!!!! Basketball and Baseball both play on campus, in Devlin Fieldhouse and Turchin Stadium respectively. Although we aren’t the most winningest program in the country, Tulane home games are so much fun to go too. Everyone loves to cheer on the Green Wave!!
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| Home Openers for Basketball, Baseball, and Football! Bottom: the opposing team has just scored |
One of my favorite Tulane games to date, has to be a basketball game over Christmas Break. Tulane was visiting the University of Alabama in basketball, and I was visiting Tuscaloosa. Well due to my friend’s connections at Alabama, I got to go watch Tulane play the Crimson Tide!! Now of course we have a decent basketball program, but I was not expecting to beat an SEC powerhouse!! The game started off scraggly with Bama taking the early lead, and holding the lead for most of the game. This brought out many jars and sneers from the Bama fans sitting nearby. But, when the buzzer sounded, Tulane won with a come from behind win to beat Bama 53-50!! What an experience. From being nagged by Bama fans the entire game for wearing my Tulane shirt, to walking out of that game with the W, I truly had so much fun!! This game will forever stay in my mind as one of my favorite games ever.
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| My photobomb of the ESPN Announcers during the game!!; Victory is Sweet!!; Our seats at the game. |
As far as my personal involvement in Tulane Athletics, I am a rider on Tulane’s Cycling Team. I was a runner and triathlete throughout high school, so it was kinda cool to put all of my focus on one discipline for a while. Joining the cycling team was one of my best decisions here at Tulane. The people on the team are so amazing, and I get to travel across the country competing against other colleges in one of my favorite sports! Our road racing season is in the spring, and we race against many colleges from throughout Texas, Oklahoma (where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain), Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana! Earlier this month, we proudly won our 3rd consecutive SCCCC Division II Conference Championship! I can’t even begin to say how much of an amazing experience it was to ride for Tulane this year. I got to meet so many new friends I wouldn’t have otherwise, and I got to travel around the South. Its definitely an experience I would never give back, and it’s one I can’t wait for next year!
Aside from Tulane sports, New Orleans also has the New Orleans Saints, and the New Orleans Hornets! (Now Pelicans). I was lucky enough to go to games for both teams this year! In November, I went with 2 friends to watch the Saints Play the Atlanta Falcons. We get to Superdome, climb a ton of ramps, only to realize, we still hadn’t reached our gate. We kept climbing, to finally find our seats, on the very. top. row. of the Superdome. How much did we care? None! We had a blast. The Saints ended up beating the Falcons, ending their chance for an undefeated season! As for the Hornets game, one day my neighbor on my floor walks in with an email for the first 50 or so students to sign up get free tickets to a Hornets game! Well we all jumped on that, and got to see the Hornets play the Milwaukee Bucks. Of course, the first thing we thought was, hmm, I wonder how good/bad our tickets would be. We get to the New Orleans Arena, to discover that all of were getting to sit in Press Box seats, get free food, take pictures with the Honey Bees, AND, to put a cherry on top of the evening, get to be the tunnel for the players as they leave the locker room!! I felt like a kid in a candy store, and all of this came from just checking our Tulane email.
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