What's it like to be a Blugold?

What does it take to be a member of the UWEC Blugold Fastpitch team?  Here's a few points that make us the team we are

• Blugolds persevere through ups and downs.
• Blugolds are enthusiastic and eager to lace up their cleats.
• Blugolds stomp it out, to a comfortable tempo, to set the mood of the game.
• Blugolds cheer for their teammates, preferably from the diaphragm. 
• Blugolds huddle and sway in call and response chanting, "GAME TIME."
• Blugolds do their best to have patience with Wisconsin winters...even if it continues into late April.
• Blugolds value the Blugolds of the past and the emblem on their uniforms.
• Blugolds balance softball and studies to maintain sanity.
• Blugolds support one another, on and off the diamond.
• Blugolds laugh at the fear of grass stains, dirty uniforms, or nasty raspberries.
• Blugolds strive to take advantage of each opportunity.
• Blugolds devour Noni chews, Red Vines, and Swedish Fish.
• Blugolds take care of "bid-ness."
• Blugolds depend on each other, but are responsible for themselves.
• Blugolds jump into a cold pool together at 6 am and sprint 16 lines in 60 seconds.
• Blugolds expect excellence.
• Blugolds appreciate the privilege to play.
• Blugolds live to play the game.
• Blugolds execute.
• Blugolds love.

Go ahead and ask a Blugold what it means to them.  Most would say that this is what we are about.  

We are proud to be Blugolds.

- Karen Hansen, Student Manager