Halloween Wrap Up

While everyone is still digesting all of their Halloween Candy (.and still munching on what is left over from Trick-or-Treating), we are going to wrap up all of the shenanigans that went on with our team Halloween Weekend. The weekend was full of candy, cupcakes, birthdays, and of course, basketball.


To start the weekend, the coaches brought in cupcakes for the girls. They were appropriately decorated and made with Funfetti cake batter.

Delicious!

Next, the girls had Halloween parties to attend on campus throughout the weekend. Here’s a look at what some of the girls wore.

Our practices this weekend went well. The girls did not have any “tricks” up their sleeve and it was a “treat” to get some good competition in. The Mount practiced well. We showed some things that everyone liked, and we identified some things we want to work on before our first official game. The big surprised of the day happened off the court. We had our first snow of the school year. It was the first October snowfall in 32 years!

View of Campus From The ARCC in Saturday's Snow

On Sunday, the girls went back to the lab. Practice went well, and the girls had a special guest appear.

Everyone’s favorite Teletubby – Tinky Winky!!!.............

Oh wait, it was just Coach Whitten. He surprised the girls by dressing up and previewing his costume. We also had a pumpkin Decorating contest. The girls were divided into four teams and told to decorate little pumpkins. Below is what we got back....

4th Place

3rd Place

2nd Place

1st Place

Halloween day the girls had off from practice. It was a day to unwind, rest, and catch up on schoolwork. Coach Whitten was able to spend Halloween with his family and got to wear his costume for real this time, and he went trick-or-treating with his two sons, Jamie and Brayden. 

Jamie, Coach Whitten, Coach Whitten's Wife Angie, and Brayden

The assistants did not have any special costumes to wear this weekend, but on Monday they did catch a brief break from being Whit’s Angels : )

Coach Gauthier, Coach Steele, and Coach King in their everyday costumes as Whit's Angels

Get to Know Our Assistant Coaches - Coach King

    10 Questions for Coach King

1. What is your all- time favorite movie or song?

I have too many movies to choose just 1 so I will give you my top 5:

A League of Their Own, Juice, Bronx Tale, Love & Bball, Breakin

2.  Do you have a Smartphone? If so, what's your favorite app?

IPhone, I don’t have a favorite app but I use the camera a lot!!

3. Who are your mentor(s)?

My mom: she is one of the strongest women I know and doesn’t let anything stand in her way

Jim Stromberg:  my high school coach, because he knows how to be successful and tells it to you honest

Tom Garrick:  my old college assistant coach because he is a player’s coach and he is always there when I need advice about anything

4. What was your very first job?

Besides working bball camps during the summer my first legit job was working part time at two places: Wagner-Lee, Financial Planning Company & a hostess at Red Robin(yummmmm) and in the fall I coached 8^th grade soccer and the winter I was an assistant varsity bball coach.

5. If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?

My hair would be longer

6. What do you consider your greatest success?

Having my nieces and nephew look up to me and the fact that my family is so proud of me

7. Tell us something about you most people don't know?

I played the Oboe since the 5^th grade

8. If you could have dinner with any three people, living or dead, who would they be?

Martin Luther King Jr., Shaka Smart, Pat Summitt

9.      What is in your fridge right now?

Not much bc it’s the end of the week:  Orange juice, turkey bacon, yogurt

10.   If you could have a different career, other then what you're doing now, what would it be?

I would be a gym teacher or working with at risk kids (some type of community outreach)



Coach King with the 2011 MSM WBB Senior Class