Volleyball Blog #1

Hey hey! This is Whitney, but my nickname is Nini, call me what you like. I'm a sophomore on the volleyball team this year. We are in our second week of 2 a days and we fortunately have a little break from practice and are up in snowbird for a team leadership conference. So far it has been really fun! We were all split into groups and had a nice long bus ride up the windy roads up the canyon until we finally got to our hotel. We went with each of our groups and road the tram 11,000 feet up the mountain. Me, being afraid of heights, was kind of freaking out! When we finally got to the top, we had to hike down the mountain and stop at different stations for various activities. It took about 3-4 hours to get all the way down the mountain. 

When we were back to our hotel, we had a few minutes to rest then it was off to dinner. Which was easily the most entertaining dinner i've ever had. They had 4 microphones set up on a stage so while we were waiting for our dinner, Me, Ame, and Shelbi got up to be background dancers for our other teammate LaKell while she sang Hero by Mariah Carey. After we got our meal and we were finished eating our table, which consisted of our team and 2 softball and basketball girls got up and played a dancing game called Little Sally Walker. It was super funny! In the game you strut your stuff and dance around!! I'm pretty positive everyone thought we were crazy, but it was extremely fun!! We even got 2 guys to join!! After our extreme dance off we needed to go cool down in the pool and hot tubs on the roof. There were new friends and intense chicken fights, but our party got cut short due to lightning. 

  Our team gets along extremely well!! ESPECIALLY for it only being the second week. I love all the new freshmen that have come in, the transfers, and all the returners!! We all have such good chemistry, this trip has allowed us to all be insanely crazy and dumb together. I'm looking forward to this season and what our team can accomplish. 

-Whit