Our second game of the season got off to a rough start. As a team we came out a little sluggish and DCU took advantage of that and pulled out to a quick lead. I got in early foul trouble again and got two fouls in the first quarter, they wont cut me any slack over here, guess I am to physical, ha..We cut the lead to about 15 points, but never got closer than that. It was a frustrating defeat because as a team we are much more talented, we just need to use our talents together and we will be heading in the right direction. We are a team with not much experience (A whole new starting 5), but I am sure we will gain experience as the season progresses. I still see a ... read more

Wow...what a weekend I had in Dublin...I went to Dublin with another American who is studying here as well and playing volleyball. We headed down Saturday afternoon and took the bus. Crossing the border we got stopped by the immigration patrol..pretty scary. I didnt know I should bring my passport and they asked for everyone to take them out. Thank goodness they didnt ask for mine!! We were fortunate enough to get tickets to the Ireland vs Italy soccer match, quite the experience. They tied 2-2 so it was a fun game to watch. Sunday we went to the Guinness factory which is really cool. We did the tour around the factory and meet some people from America along the way. They are studying abroad in Barcelona. I found that when you are traveling people are ... read more

Hello everyone! Had a very good weekend. Thursday night was a lot of fun. We celebrated 250 years of Guinness which was a blast. Pretty cool I got to be in Ireland for that day. We had media night before we went out. My coach, Ian O'Boyle, Gareth and I all had a press conference which went well. You can see the press conference on you tube. If you type in Ulster Elks Media night it should come up. I was also on the radio friday on the hour every hour which was also very neat. They also did an article on me in the Belfast Telegraph. I cannot wait for the season to get under way, 6 more days until we play Belfast Stars which should be a good game. Belfast Stars are our rivals ... read more

Still without Internet hope to have it by Thursday so you all can see the pictures I have taken so far. The lifestyle here is somewhat different then over in the states. First off dryers are not normal here, majority of people here hang dry their clothes and for me that is a huge change. I did actually hang dry my first set of laundry which was very cool. I actually bought a device that is just made for hanging your wet clothes. Another lifestyle change is to get hot water you have to hit a switch that is in our kitchen and it takes about 15 minutes to get hot water, so most of my showers have been cold. Lastly, there is no AC in the houses, only heat so I went and bought a ... read more

Everyone has been telling me it would take forever to pack, but I put my whole life in three suitcases and it took me about and hour and some change. It was very easy for me. Just took everything out of my closet and drawers and put them in the suitcase. I am very exciting to get over there, I leave tomorrow at 5 and arrive in Belfast Friday morning at 9. In Belfast it is 6 hours ahead, so all you people who drunk dial me remember the time difference! ha I will continually post about my experience and upload photos so you all can see where I am living. It is going to be an awesome year of basketball and school. I am very very excited and I hope you all enjoy following my ... read more