This past weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in Ireland. It was the “Varsities” tournament, which is the end of year college basketball tournament every year. There were 35 men and women’s teams from all across the country that came for the 3 day tournament. My team, LIT, played one game on Friday and one Saturday morning. We won both of our pool play games to top our pool. Then we won the quarterfinal game Saturday afternoon before losing in the semi-finals to DCU. Playing three games in one day brought me back to the AAU days when I was 17 years old. Towards the end of the day, my legs were definitely feeling it, but we had a great run and played well all weekend.
The main reason why I am writing about this weekend however, has nothing to do with basketball. What made the weekend so special was that all 22 of the basketball scholars were at the tournament. The tournament took place at the University of Limerick, so I got to show everyone around the city that I have been in all year. Whenever all of the scholars get together for the weekend it is always pretty crazy and a lot of fun. It was sad to miss out on the two golf scholars (shoutout Dom and Kristen), I’ll see you guys soon, but it was so amazing to see everyone else. This blog post is meant to be a thank you to all of the other scholars. I am so lucky to be a part of SCL and am so lucky to have met these 23 incredible people. Whether we talk everyday or don’t talk that much, all of you have played an important role in my life and I know that we will always have something in common. We are truly one big family and all of the scholars are always willing to help each other. Some of my favorite weekends have been traveling to visit other scholars. No one knows how important the other scholars have been to me through my year in Ireland. This blog doesn’t do it justice and I can’t thank you all enough for the role that you have played in my life. I am already counting down the days till I see you all again!
