Build a home

The second game of the night involved very homemade graham cracker "houses".

The best home in world-the softball field!

Each senior picked out of the Santa hat names of her teammates that made up her team. They were given one bag of supplies to create a "house".

Kylie, Kristi, Kristy and Carly with the winning "Home". The softball home was complete with a home dugout and bench, stands with fans in them and our trees lining the fence with a flag pole in centerfield.

Alexa, Forbes, Jen and Kaitlyn made the neighborhood with streets, cars, a stoplight, a playground, igloo and more.

Steph, Shades, Lizzy and Kob made a house with a rooftop pool and softball field in the back yard. The kids had been having fun that day and made a snow angel in the snow too.

Blakeney, KP, Ashton and Lonni stuck to traditons and made a true house, with a beedy eyed snowman and snow ball fighting wall.

Hillary, Courtney, Kelsey and Maria made a two story Charleston single row home with an ice skating pond and campfire.

The process involved many laughs and "cement" fixes with frosting. The girls once again demonstrated how creative they can be and each house was quite unique!

Ornaments!

The ornaments are a tradition in Cougar softball. Each player makes an ornament and helps Coach Hoerner decorate her tree. This year Amanda Lonergan was voted the winner by her teammates. She made in igloo with penguins on top; each penguin was doing a different student-athlete action (studying, weight lifting, practicing).

Lizzy: Straw snowflake/spiderweb

Forbes: Foam ball snowman

Kelsey: Wrapping paper bow

Hillary: Present to CofC Softball from Santa

KP: Snowflake with really big snowballs stuck in it

Alexa: Paper mache santa with each players' name on the ball body

Shades: popsicle stick santa (four years strong of popsicle stick ornaments!)

Jen: coffee filter angel

Courtney: Cougar Softball snowflake

Kylie: Foamy snowflake

Kristi: Country Kristi (she stole overalls from a Ken doll for the outfit)

G: Lion King/Clown/Elf/Santa cup-a hodge podge of holiday faces really

Kaitlyn: Gum snowflake (she wins $1000 from her sister for making her ornament out of gum)

Maria: Penguin kit that is really a door hanger but hangs on trees too

Kob: Wreath with bells (thanks Lonni for the help)

Blakeney: Snowflake full of each players' name

Steph: Polish snowman who pitches with a Jenny Finch glove

Carly: Snowglobe with Christmas tree (cut from tree in dorm) inside minus the water but including glitter snow and presents

Jason Mraz

The first concert event to be held in the Carolina First Arena:

Jason Mraz

Like any event in the arena since it's opening the softball team was on hand for concessions! We got reaquainted with old friends, Tiru from Aramark.

Maria and Kylie learned how to make popcorn from Forbes. Maria and Kylie were also very good runners.

The mike check went off with out a hitch, the mikes were loud.Lonni seemed to be the most excited although she claims to not know a single Mraz song.

Mr. Jason Mraz.
How do I describe this picture, it is so well framed, yet so creepy. KP is truly in the picture and not photo-shopped in.

The staff enjoyed the entertainment, Cougar softball was just as entertaining as Jason.

The crew for the concert (starting clockwise with girl in yellow): KP, Maria, Alexa, Lonni, G, Kylie and Forbes. GREAT WORK GIRLS!

This picture was too cute not to include, I didn't count before I snapped so I missed G.

Late in the show Lonni found entertainment. The lady in orange. She danced with her throug habout six songs. The lady in orange just didn't know it.

The whole crew got into the dancing act and shook what mama gave them.

But a few good workers manned the stand.

Lonni and KP even attracted strangers over to dance with them.

Lonni had many friends at the show who found her to dance with.

Lonni and her fine reporting skills showing us all how excited fans were for the show!

The song Lucky, featuring Coach Hoerner, KP and Lonni being VERY funny with the man in the yellow who just didn't know what to think of us all!

The Cougar Softball dance party.