What a year it has been. For us all. After coming into the conference tournament as a SEVEN seed (out of eight), we brought every ounce of passion, desire, and love for the game we had together and won it all. It was so much harder to leave school after this semester and I’ve been trying to figure out why. Is it only because we won a championship and I didn’t want to leave that in the past? That is a reason, yes, but there is something else that was there this year that has been stronger than ever.
I have always felt a sense of family ever since I stepped onto Auburn’s campus. But there was something we had this year that I’ve never experienced before! Auburn is all about family, most know that from our football program. It’s not only within athletics and your individual team, but throughout the entire campus. After we won in Orange Beach, there were so many people that recognized us, called us out across the concourse, and congratulated us and told us what an incredible thing it was that we had just accomplished. I was Christmas shopping in Auburn the other day, nearly 6 weeks later, and people still congratulated me in the store.
Here are a few pictures that give a small picture of our experience this year in Orange Beach!
Auburn Soccer, though, was something else this year. We all really saw and felt the end as we rode the bus back to Auburn after we lost our final game. No one wanted to leave. We had all been “all in” since the first day of preseason, and we were on such a natural high that no one was ready to say goodbye. I feel so blessed to be apart of this program, from players to coaches to staff to parents. The support from our parents this year was unbelievable – having a tigerwalk at every game regardless of the location was an added motivation to every match! Our individual families gave us a prime example of how to be a family on and off the field this year. Never could I imagine being anywhere else, so, war eagle to that. It is unreal the amount of support our program had this season, and truly amazing the friendships that were strengthened and formed. It’s hard to explain in words how much this program means to us all, but it shows when you can’t say goodbye to your teammates without tears!
And yes we adopted the elephant out of our condo, named him, and made him part of the team........ don't judge us please. I guess you could say that down in Orange Beach, we found love in a hopeless place!
WE MISS BABAR!!!!!
