I don't have much time left here, so I think knowing that I only have a couple months left makes this season special. I'm not worried about winning any personal awards. I'm more concerned with our team winning the MAC Championship.

Personally it's an honor and I'm thankful for getting an award but it couldn't have been done without my team. It was totally a team effort so I don't think I deserve anymore credit than anyone else.

You can see it in our eyes out there that we're playing for each other. Everything wouldn't be as good as it is without all 17 girls, three coaches and our trainer and our team wouldn't be so successful if it weren't for every single person putting in a 100 percent effort into it.

You tend to be very, very cautious this time. And it was nice to get excited about something different. It wasn't David all over again. This was Rachel.

Now is the best time to look at the situation.

I'm real sorry that Mark has chosen this time to run against me because I think we have a good team on the council. One of us isn't going to be there next January and I think that's too bad. We both can't win, but we've both been very valuable members of the team.