We're going to do everything we can not to lose the momentum we have and get ready for the next level.

We're young, but we knew from what we were doing in the year that we were barking up the right tree. They were buying into what we were asking them to do in everything from the weight program to the conditioning. We are just seeing the fruit of their labor. If they continue to do that, they will be able to make some noise on the national level for years to come.

(The center) is a tribute to a life that meant so much to this community and this university.

I find so many opportunities to fall, to falter, and fail when I refuse to surrender to change. Change will come into my room and rearrange my tidy world. Then like dominoes, one things changed falls upon another until it feels like the world is collapsing around me. But when I yield, when I surrender to the necessary change, I can stand back and look at the beautiful picture created by what seemed to be my world falling apart.

It's nice to know that people see what we are doing. I think we do set an example. All of the kids there come from low-income families and we did, too. It shows them if we can be successful, they can, too.

Seeing a kid that they said couldn't make it, make it is wonderful. Just to see them smile is worth it. We are making dreams come true.