...: here. thERE. EVERYWHERE!

Current H!GhL!Ght @ the S.C....

SiMPSON DiD iT!

...we UPSET our BiGGEST RiVAL, the Central Dutch in a nervewracking, but AMAZiNG football game last Saturday!

It was a COLD, COLD day, but the STORM was HOT...we went ahead 17-7; Central fought back to tie it (thankfully we held 'em to only a field goal) & the game went in to OT. We scored on a 2nd down 25 yard pass. Then on Central's 2nd down, STORM senior Tim Stover INTERCEPTED it to WiN 24-17! The fact that it was AT CENTRAL made the win even better.

I wish I could see the replay! :D

This was the PERFECT end to a 7-3 season & PERFECT beginning to a new SiMPSON STORM DOMiNATiON..it was very special for the seniors, the NEW coaching staff, the 8 SPiRiTED shirtless guys cheering on a freezing day, & the entire SiMPSON community.

READ The Des Moines Register article here.
READ the SiMPSON press release here.
CHECK OUT photos from the game here.
APPLY to SiMPSON for FREE here.
Be a STORM athlete here.

Friday, January 18, 2008

here. thERE. EVERYWHERE!

It is January 18th.

That's only 3 1/2 months till high school seniors make their final decision on where "home" will be for the next 4 years.

I have approximately 300 applicants from out-of-state that I work hard to stay in touch with, as well as keeping coaches up-to-date on their prospective athletes.

Financial aid awards begin going out in mid-March, during which I call every student.

And that is all squeezed into the following iNsAnElY cRaZy Spring travel schedule!

Keep in mind, this schedule takes mucho planning...

Calling and/or e-mailing super-busy guidance counselors to schedule about 120 high school visits...this is about as fun as pulling teeth, because the nice, organized list of perfectly mapped out times I start with is completely ScRaMbLeD into a giant PiNg-PoNg, ZiG-zAg pattern around a city!
Completely organizing two open houses AND two van trips & sending invitations to prospective students, alumni, student ambassadors, faculty & coaches
Registering, sending boxes of materials & sending postcards for all the college fairs
Reserving about 6 flights, 6 rental cars & 10 hotels
Quintuple-checking my luggage before leaving my house AND my hotel to make sure I not only have all my belongings, but also my mind! :P

Drum roll please...

Talk at Washington D.C. Simpson Alumni Event
February 2

Arizona High School Visits & individual meetings with students
February 9-15 (Tucson & Phoenix)

Nebraska Open House in Omaha
February 17 - Wanna come?! Click here for more info.

Winter Visit Day on campus
February 16 - Take a closer look @ Simpson! Register here.

Nebraska Van Trip
February 21-22 - A Day (& Night) in the Life of a Simpson Student! Learn more here.

Florida College Fair, High School Visits & individual meetings with students February 24-29 (Ft. Lauderdale/Miami/Palm Beach areas)

Illinois Open House in Schaumburg
March 2 - You can come to this, too! Find out how here.

Nebraska High School Visits
March 4-7

Habitat for Humanity & Civil Rights Spring Break Mission Trip to Southern Alabama
March 8-15 (Sponsored by Simpson's Religious Life Community)

Minnesota College Fairs High School Visits
March 24-28 & March 31-April 3

Minnesota Van Trip
April 3-4 - A Day (& Night) in the Life of a Simpson Student! Sign up here.

Colorado College Fair, High School Visits & individual meetings with students
April 6-10

Junior Visit Day
April 11 - It's never too early to start looking @ colleges! Make one of 'em Simpson here.

Work Saturday in Office
April 12

Chicagoland College Fairs
April 14-17

Nebraska High School Visits
April 21-25

...Every once in awhile I schedule sleeping & eating in there!

Know how I survive this?

The fact that I love what I do & the awesome people I meet! I am motivated by my passion for Simpson & helping bring in a SuPeR Class of 2008!

Look out world, here I come...