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Posted by Michelle on Jan 23, 2004 in Jeff, Michelle
As most of you know, Jeff & I are obsessive college sports fans. We love to collect UNC (me) and VT (Jeff) stuff – the pile got to be extensive enough where we devoted an entire room to it.
I’d say it is about 60% UNC stuff, 40% VT stuff. And since I took the photos, I’m highlighting some of my favorite UNC stuff.
Left side view: big wall of autographed photos and some of the stuff
Posted by Michelle on Aug 23, 2003 in Michelle
Well, having FRONT row seats certainly has its benefits – one of which was a ton of good photos from the game on UNC Saturday.
Playing was Jamison, Stackhouse, Walter Davis, Capel, Forte, Haywood, McInnis, Cota, Swikker, Shammond, Larry Davis, JR Reid, Sam Perkins, Derrick Phelps, Brian Reese, Donald Williams and Terence Newby.
Tons of guys were back who didn’t play – Kenny Smith was the master of ceremonies. You had Phil Ford, Rick Fox, Joe Wolf, Al Wood, Randy Wiel and Charlie Scott on the bench. The present 2003 guys hung out all over the place. And you had alums like Warren Martin, Ndaiye, Montross, Charlie McNairy and others scattered all over the place. I’m sure I’m missing some people.
And they even tossed in some women’s players – including my all-time fav Pam Leake.
And the opponents had Anthony Grundy, Dauntay Jones, Chucky Brown, Delaney Rudd, Rusty Larue, Steve Blake, Chris Wilcox and others.
It got hot down the stretch and it turned into a real game too
LINK: 2003 UNC Alumni Basketball Game photos
(You click an image and it will show it to you bigger. There are arrows up top to scroll through them forward or back, or hit the up one to go back to the main page)
Posted by Michelle on Sep 23, 2002 in Michelle
I don’t write much about work events but today was something special.
Camille Little, a women’s basketball player I’ve watched since she first hit varsity committed to play for UNC today. I’ve emailed with her mom over the years and I drove up to Winston for her announcement.
 Camille Little poses for a shot with her dad Robert and her mom Elaine. |
The announcement wasn’t really drama, it leaked out it was UNC but I didn’t want to miss it being official.
So I sat there in the sun out front of her church, with her family, friends, coaches and church family all there for her day. Her mom came out and hugged me, and she was all lit up with joy and pride.
Camille made her announcement and they gave her Carolina Blue roses as everyone cheered. I felt like part of the day, just lucky to see something like that in person – the fulfillment of a dream for her and her family.
I interviewed her, took some photos, got one with mom and dad. As I left one of her church deacons kindly made sure I knew how to get back to the highway and I was on my way back to home.
I’m sure I’ll see Camille play much more in the future, wearing the hallowed baby blue but for now, this was her best appearance.
Posted by Michelle on Sep 19, 2002 in Michelle
Michelle is thrilled to be appointed to the Board of Directors of the TEAF. She’s helped in other capacities over the past few years with the foundation and was tickled to accept a spot on the board.
(6/03 update: Michelle has now been appointed also the Executive Board as well)
The Triangle Educational Advancement Foundation is a 501(c)3 volunteer organization that conducts the Eurosport Spring Soccer Showcase for girls in April, the ABC 11 Pigskin Preview at Carter-Finley Stadium in August, the Eurosport Fall Soccer Showcase for boys in September, and the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational Basketball Tournament at Reynolds Coliseum in December.
In addition to providing once-in-a-lifetime athletic experiences for the players, coaches, and fans, the goal of these events is to provide scholarships to deserving students within the Triangle.
Over the past eight years the Foundation has distributed over $400,000 in scholarships to each of the 28 public high school in the Triangle area. The proceeds of all four events are combined and scholarship availability is annually announced to area guidance counselors in the spring with recipients named prior to graduation in May.
Posted by Michelle on Aug 15, 2002 in Michelle
I have been helping the Panthers with some PR on a project and they invited me to
their kickoff luncheon in Charlotte.
Each table had a Panther and sitting next to me was All-Pro punter Todd Sauerbrun. You have to love a punter that tackles like he does. I got to ask him tons of pushy questions and he was such a good sport and told some hysterical stories.
Got to chat with Julius Peppers near the end of the event and he even autographed a UNC jersey to me. Talked about the old days when he was playing for So. Nash.
Wesley Walls is obviously the mouth of the team but Mike Minter seemed to be the heart.
And the lunch food was darn good too for banquet food!
