The 2011-12 Year in Pictures PART 2

My Favorite Photos of 2011-12...

GO DAWGS!!

(Rt.) Miss Megan on "Dixie": This was taken by team member, Lauren Shammon. I was at this meet that warm Saturday afternoon in October with my friend Louise. It was a great day and a great win against Kansas State & TCU!




Below is distance runner, Ashley & javelin thrower, Allison (below, ctr)...two of our women involved with Team United on campus. (Photos courtesy of UGAAA)

How 'bout them Swim Dawgs!! (UGAAA photos)

Below: UGA Tennis'...two of my favorite players to watch: Kate (top) & Maho (below)

Below: Ali, Kat, Nicole, Kathleen & Mariel (Monthly meeting in January)

Below: My favorite Diamond Dawg, senior Colby May. Christa poses for a fun pic at Stegman. Below: Meredith, senior with the Lady Dawgs, had a great year! She will be missed!

(Lft) Tess from UGA women's golf.

Above: Anne Marie plays defense.

Below (lft): junior, Ebony from Lady Dawgs Basketball. (Rt.) I had a candid moment with Abby's bulldog at the Liz Murphey Golf Classic (March 2012).

Above: One of my favorite swimmers at Georgia, Tom, who is from the most beautiful place in the world--Israel!
(Lft) our staff poses for pic outside of Rankin. Below, Will of men's tennis. I love this shot!! Stole it off his Facebook! :)

Lft...new head coach of Georgia volleyball, Coach Lizzy. Rt...Kelley, our wonderful head women's golf coach.
Above: Jacqueline (UGA Equestrian) shares her story with the Promise Keepers of Lake Oconee, GA.










Beverly teaches at March's Women's Night (held at Cynthia's home in Watkinsville) What a feast we enjoyed that night!












FCA Winter Retreat in Shocco Springs, AL

Above: Breakfast with the Yeager girls

Paul & Virginia Friesen of Home Improvement Ministries (HIMweb.org) share on relationships at January's Team United monthly meeting.

Below...my Wednesday mornings are spent with one of the best Bible teachers in Georgia, Mrs. Carolyn Rogers. To the right: Alli teaches at an Equestrian Bible study on Thursday nights.










Below: The UGA women's golf team poses for a pic after a second place finish at the Liz Murphey Golf Classic. Wow those girls are good!!

(Below) "Title Town" grabs ahold of Mary Helen's shirt. (Rt.) Kate & Megan with Mary Helen.

(Rt.) Women's Night, Oct/November 2011 @ the Kinnard's & the Standard's homes

Below (lft) Me and Alli at the Equestrian tent (Oct. 2011). On the Right...with Mrs. Katie V at her wedding in September.

Below: Danielle (Dance Dawg) & Shannon (Cheerleading squad) participate in an ice breaker activity at Leadership.

The 2011-12 Year in Pictures PART 1

A photo from one of our first Team United monthly meetings of the school year (Sept 2011)















Leadership on Sunday nights (our student athletes who represent UGA teams)

(left: sophomore, Alisha Laing & senior, Kathleen Gates from UGA volleyball plan their strategy for an icebreaker activity at Leadership)

Weekly Team Bible Studies...there were 14 team Bible studies happening on campus this school year through the ministry of Team United (a coalition of 4 athletic ministries working together). I'm highlighting the ones in which I was the most involved and had young women whom I got to minister to personally through discipleship.

Multi Sport Bible Study on Monday nights has had several sports represented throughout the school year (Gym Dogs, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis & Red Coats), but this study has remained consistent because of the faithfulness of our leaders/hosts/roommates, Kathleen Gates (volleyball) & Kate Fuller (tennis). Members of this group studied the following topics this year: Foundations of the Christian faith; the AIA Principles; & the Books of Ruth, Esther & Ephesians; & we did a three week series on the Names of God. Multi Sport continues to be a "landing place" for those young women on sports teams who do not have individual team studies at this time. By the tail end of first semester, Shelby Altman, along with two other softball teammates & staff member, Emily Deans, began a study just for the softball team on Wednesdays,which went extremely well. Also, in January, the Gym Dogs began their own study on Thursday nights! Praise the Lord for Christa, Laura & Bekah (members of the team) who have boldly stepped up and are making that opportunity available for their team!

The Equestrian Team Bible Study happens on Thursday nights at team members' Jacqueline Johnson & Kate Skoglund's house on the Eastside of Athens. What a long way the ministry with this team has come!
A year ago last Spring, Jacqueline got the study going in her dorm room on East campus. Since then, we've had girls come and go, but a core group has remained faithful as we've studied the book of Romans this year. Megan Yeager (pic below),a junior on the team, began coming in August & since then, has become another leader for us (with Jacqueline). Megan's going to finish out the semester for us as she leads us in a study on the book of Esther throughout April. I have continued to enjoy going to the home meets out in Bishop (about a 10-15 minute ride from campus). I like to set up a tailgate tent once in a while to attract parents and spectators who come out to the competitions (the children love my free candy!). A visit out to the facilities during the week to see the girls is always a great escape from the fast pace of campus activities too. It's such a peaceful place out there and UGA is truly blessed to have this team of talented young women!

The UGA Cheerleaders get together on Thursday's as well. Shannon Young (below), a sophomore on the team, hosts this gathering at her apartment near campus. Former team member, Shelby Flowe, also occasionally teaches as well and her willingness to continue to reach out to the team amazes me. These young women love the Lord & they love God's Word! What a blessing they are to Team United! As you may know, junior transfer Anna Watson, caught much of the campus' attention in the Red & Black newspaper earlier in the semester as she was named the "NCAA's Strongest Cheerleader." Shortly after, Anna made an appearance on Good Morning America (with a cast wrapped on her foot--an achilles tendon repair), sharing her story about turning down a modeling contract because it required her to take steriods. The testimony of this young woman's faith in Christ in front of millions of viewers was absolutely amazing! Another young woman on the squad who has faithfully attended the team study all year is Kailyn Thomas. She has, like Anna, had a year filled with devasting injury--a torn ACL. She continues to smile & has an incredible heart for the Lord. I've enjoyed getting to know her in this Spring.

Winter Retreat, Shocco Springs, AL... in early February, forty athletes from UGA loaded a big Champion bus to head to the "FCA College Advance" retreat for a weekend of fellowship & worship. The speaker, Brian Lorritz of Fellowship Memphis Church in TN, was phenomenal, "hitting a home run" at each of the four sessions he spoke. His messages were relevant & challenging. The students who attended still talk about the nuggets of wisdom Brian shared that weekend.

More to come about the year in pictures PART 2...