For many students around the country it is the most dreaded time of the semester. Here at IUPUI it is no different, it is finals week! I am lucky in the sense that I have no true finals. However, my group and I have been working on our I-Core project that is worth 20% of our grades in three different classes. And wow it has been a busy couple of weeks. We have spent nearly 30 hours in the library this last week. The worse part about it is that we really did not procrastinate. The actually class part of I-core turned out pretty good and actually it was kind of fun. I just keep telling my self it is all over on Friday.

Last Friday 7 soccer players and I all went to Kittles Furniture store and played "elves" for Santa for some underprivileged children. This is the third year in a row that I have participated in the program and it was just as fun as the other two. We took 3 girls from the girls team and 4 guys. We take soccer balls, t-shirts, and pictures for the children and hand them out. Also, each child is sponsored by a family and given lots of good toys, clothes, and winter apparel. It is so fun to see the smiles on the children’s faces and watch them run and play.

Also, last week the Kelley School adopted me and many other student athletes. They have taken us in and they are doing things for us to make the campus no more about us. It was really exciting to for me and others to be adopted and we are really happy to be able to work with them in the future. I have attached some pictures for the Kittles day and my player card that Kelley School has made for us.