Ok girls, I could really get into this. I went through a box that had some old photos and found a few from the 1993 year. I had to include one at the end that was of me, Char, Mar and Michele when we were in club and about 15 years old. Anyway, this blog has made me reflect on the Final Four memory a bit more fondly than when I usually think of it. Mar and I can't start talking about it without getting upset to this day. So thanks again for remembering how much fun we had that year!
Shauna
1993 Final Four Reunion
Favorite Quotes
"It's the hard that makes it great!".....Stephanie
"Win in three - with motrin" ....... Chris
"Win in three - with motrin" ....... Chris
"The key to this match is __________ & ____________."
(you guessed it -- passing & serving) -- Carol
Also "The Road to the Final Four" we wrote & drew on the board in all of our pre-game meetings. -- Carol
"POINT, COUGARS!" I almost forgot about our fans hollering this out every time we scored! -- Carol
"We're gonna win!!" Chris and I both looked at each other after the 3rd point of the first set of the UCLA game and said this in unison. It still makes me giggle. Laura
Favorite Memories
I remember being in Hawaii. We were on our way back to Laie after being in Honolulu. Char had to go to the bathroom so bad that she had to get out of the van to go - about 5 miles before we got there.
I have a couple of funny memories from Hawaii too. It seems like we spent a lot of time when we were there driving from the North Shore to the city. We had to travel through a really long tunnel and of course we all would scream through the entire length!
Also on one of those drives we started having a conversation about what movie stars we had crushes on. Mine was Tom Cruise (until I discovered how short he was!), Shauna's was Kenny Rogers, and Lori's was Johnny Depp.
Not sure if this was the 1993 year or not, but it was pretty funny when our huge vans would come to stoplights on road trips and we would all rock the van back and forth!
-- Carol
I have so many fun memories of the Hawaii trip -- it seems like it was really a great kick- off for the 1993 season!
--Arriving at the gym in Hawaii for our first match and thinking we were late, because there were tons of Hawaiian fans already in the stands.
--Our matches being on LIVE TV in Hawaii.
--After we had played our 2 matches and got to spend the day at Waikki Beach, people on the beach recognized us from being on TV. We all thought this was so cool, because we didn't have anything on us to identify us BYU volleyball players. -- Carol
I have a couple of funny memories from Hawaii too. It seems like we spent a lot of time when we were there driving from the North Shore to the city. We had to travel through a really long tunnel and of course we all would scream through the entire length!
Also on one of those drives we started having a conversation about what movie stars we had crushes on. Mine was Tom Cruise (until I discovered how short he was!), Shauna's was Kenny Rogers, and Lori's was Johnny Depp.
Not sure if this was the 1993 year or not, but it was pretty funny when our huge vans would come to stoplights on road trips and we would all rock the van back and forth!
-- Carol
We were in Hawaii and driving back for the 10th time from the other side of the island and we were talking about our favorite singers (sorry it's more pc now to say musical artists). I said something to the effect of "if I were on a desert island and could have only two people, it would be Kenny Rogers (1st record I ever got) and Rod Stewart (boy, does this date me)! Anyway, Carol said her favorites and then Marianne said "If I were on a desert island I would want to be with Brad Pitt." I said, "Marianne, he is so much shorter than you," and she said "Who'd be standing up!" We all laughed like crazy and I still laugh every time I think of that. - Shauna
One of my other memories was of being on a plane to somewhere and someone asked if anyone had some Motrin. There were like 8 or 9 of us who all said "yes I have some," and then started to pull out our bottles. -Shauna
And on the flip side of that I remember coming back from the Final Four on the airplane and Chris coming up to each of us and telling us to hand over our prescriptions. I didn't quite understand it until a few days later when I came in and told her that I was having horrible pain in my back. Chris told me that I have always had that pain in my back (because of my SI joint from scoliosis) and that I normally just lived with it, but for the past few months hadn't felt it because of the Motrin. She wouldn't give me anything for my back pain and told me that I'd have to learn to live with the pain again. I thought it a bit of a "cruel and unusual punishment" at the time, but after a few weeks got used to it again.
I'd like to dedicate our Final Four season to that little pill we all loved so much and Chris for helping to control substance abuse! - Shauna
One of my favorite memories was at the Joseph Smith Building, meeting with the apostles after going to the final four. I remember someone (okay I can't remember if it was Elder Perry or Elder Maxwell - my memory isn't as good as it used to be) was talking about how Elder Nelson had been watching the game and started calling others saying, "Our girls are on TV." That comment always stuck with me. I realized that we were representing something more than ourselves and the school. StephI have so many fun memories of the Hawaii trip -- it seems like it was really a great kick- off for the 1993 season!
--Arriving at the gym in Hawaii for our first match and thinking we were late, because there were tons of Hawaiian fans already in the stands.
--Our matches being on LIVE TV in Hawaii.
--After we had played our 2 matches and got to spend the day at Waikki Beach, people on the beach recognized us from being on TV. We all thought this was so cool, because we didn't have anything on us to identify us BYU volleyball players. -- Carol
Monday, July 28, 2008
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4 comments:
Wow, I never would have recognized the 15 year old version of Marianne!
Thanks for all the great pics. Lots of great memories from the Hawaii trip . . .it really did start the 1993 year out great!
The night you showed Muki and I the night out in Las Vegas was so much fun! Who needs to sleep the night before the spring tournament at Pepperdine?? I tried to take my kids on the Magic Motion Machine that you introduced me to at the Excalibur, but it is just not the same these days!
Carol
Shauna,
Thanks for the pictures...because of them I will NEVER let my girls cut bangs or get a perm. I hope you're well and I can't wait to see you. xoxo
Gale (the weakest link on the 1993 team)
Shauna,
What did I do to deserve the sweet club picture? I don't think I would have recognized myself either! Gross. Can someone tell me why 1993 looks like 1985? Or is it just me?
Mar
Shauna...Thanks for the memories and the pictures. It will be fun to see everyone at the reunion.
Leslie
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