It was one of the busiest weekends on campus that I have been involved with and it was also one of our most successful. From Thursday afternoon to Saturday night, Hardin-Simmons was busy with Trustees meetings, homecoming activities and athletic events.
Friday night we had the Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner with over 230 people in attendance. All four of the inductees did a great job with their remarks and I thought it was a wonderful evening. I think several of the highlights for me were Collin McCormick thanking his mother for all of her support and basically saying that it was his turn to take care of her after all the years that she took care of him. Doyle Brunson said that when he was on campus he used to make fun of the Cowboys for Christ group, but that they knew what it took him forty years to learn.
All of our athletic teams were successful as the football, volleyball and soccer teams all recorded wins. What you don’t see in the box scores and game stories is everything that happened behind the scenes. With a hectic weekend like this, numerous people have to work long hours to make sure everything goes right. Thanks to our facilities staff for making sure that the fields were lined and marked and ready to go. Our athletic training staff and sports information folks also deserve a word of thanks for making sure that our student-athletes were taken care of –on the field and on the athletic website. I think all of our support staff should feel a sense of accomplishment for making sure that everything went as smoothly as it did.
So after this long weekend we get a slight chance to recharge our batteries, as everything is off-campus this week; after this past weekend, even the long drive to Alpine will seem easy.
Cowboy Up,
John Neese
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