This past Sunday afternoon, the Championship Ducks and their families joined together in the Bissinger Room to celebrate an AMAZING season and to recognize the Seniors for their outstanding contribution to the continual success of the Ducks the past 4 years. The luncheon commenced around 11am, with a phenomenal breakfast buffet taunting everyone's hunger... a special thanks to Annette from catering and Barbara from special functions for making the event so wonderful. Coach Reed spoke a few words, but then knew that in order to gain the attention of everyone in the room, she must first allow them to overflow their plates with every type of breakfast food imaginable. Bagels, Waffles, Eggs, Fruit, you name it- we had it.
As teammates and families stuffed their faces and went for round 2, a wonderful highlight video created by Kara Borzillo was played on the projector for all of us to reminisce on a successful year. After the video ended, senior speeches began. Two underclassmen stepped up to express the teams appreciation for each individual senior, as well as funny stories and memories, followed by a speech given by Coach Reed on each of the 5 amazing girls. The speeches were well-written and showed everyone how truly influential the Seniors have been on this team. A box of tissues were clearly set down at the beginning of the first speech to prepare for the expected waterworks.
After the speeches and photos were taken, various people spoke on behalf of our wonderful coach who believed in this team and worked so hard to achieve the Championship she knew we could win. Our amazing Dita/NFHCA North Atlantic Region Coach of the Year was spoken about highly by numerous teammates and family members for her overall success as a coach and for everything shes done to build this team. She then presented assistant coach Val with a pair of steamy UGG boots for all of her time and dedication to this team and for her attributions to the success of this team as well. Without these two AMAZING women, our team wouldn't be at the level we are today, nevermind Champions. In addition to the coaches, the volunteer coaches were then acknowledged for their contributions to the team and for volunteering their time to come out every week and help us better our skills. THANK YOU.
An overall successful luncheon with lots of tears and fun-filled moments. Seniors, you will be missed <3
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