HALLOWEEN COSTUMES

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CANDY, AND CONDITIONING

Tuesday, October 30

From top row, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA),
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ),
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD),
freshman #11 P Jessica Anderson (Smyrna, DE),
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
bottom row, left-to-right,
sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

PREPARE TO WIN

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA),
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

SMALL IMPROVEMENTS

Wesley Wolverine junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

16 LESSONS FOR SUCCESS

16 Reasons
Why Athletes Are
More Successful in Life

AN ARTICLE SUMMARY:
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LESSON 1: 
WORK ETHIC BEATS TALENT
"If you can't outplay them, outwork them." -Ben Hogan

LESSON 2: 
ROLE OF A TEAM PLAYER
"Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with her/his role on the team." – Scottie Pippen

Wesley Wolverine senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

LESSON 3: 
BEING COACHABLE
"It is what we learn after we think we know it all, that counts." 
– John Wooden

LESSON 4:  
HANDLING ADVERSITY
"It's what you get from games you lose that is extremely important." 
—Pat Riley

LESSON 5: 
BEING COMPETITIVE
“Champions don't show up to get everything they want; they show up to give everything they have.” 
- Alexander den Heijer.

LESSON 6: 
APPRECIATING DELAYED GRATIFICATION
"It is better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret." — Jackie Joyner-Kersee

LESSON 7: 
BEING GOAL DRIVEN
"Set your goals high, and don't stop 'till you get there." 
– Bo Jackson

LESSON 8: 
COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE
"Amateurs do things 'till they get it right. Pros do it 'till they can't get it wrong." —Steven Jackson

LESSON 9: 
BEING SELFLESS
"A team will always appreciate a great individual if he's willing to sacrifice for the group." —Kareem Abdul Jabbar

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

LESSON 10: 
BEING A RISK TAKER
"If you are afraid of failure, you don't deserve to be successful!" 
—Charles Barkley

LESSON 11: 
FOCUSING ON EFFORT
"I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times." 
– Bruce Lee

LESSON 12: 
CONFIDENCE BREEDS SUCCESS
"If you don't have confidence, you'll always find a way not to win." – Carl Lewis

LESSON 13: 
LEADING BY EXAMPLE
"A person always doing his or her best becomes a natural leader, just by example." – Joe Dimaggio

LESSON 14: 
ALWAYS GIVING GREAT EFFORT
"You're never a loser until you quit trying." —Mike Ditka

LESSON 15: 
SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES
"Good players create opportunities. The great players and the great people seize them." —Mia Hamm

LESSON 16: 
HOLDING YOURSELF ACCOUNTABLE
"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others." —Don Shula

JAPAN CUP

The USA Women's National Team will be bringing their bats and gloves this week to Takasaki City, Japan from November 2-4 to compete in the Japan Cup games.

Joining Team USA are No. 2 Japan, No. 4 Australia and No. 5 Chinese Taipei. Teams will compete in round-robin action before being placed into seeded Championship rounds.

CLICK HERE FOR THE USA’S JAPAN CUP ROSTER. 

CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE JAPAN CUP.

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA).

NEVER QUIT

Wesley Wolverine junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

STAY MOTIVATED

HOW TO STAY MOTIVATED…

Take it ONE DAY AT A TIME.

Surround yourself with POSITIVITY.

Create a VISION BOARD.*

Make S.M.A.R.T. GOALS.**

REWARD YOURSELF.

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF.

Acknowledge your POSITIVE ATTRIBUTES.

Recognize your PROGRESS.

Visualize accomplishing your GOALS.

BE KIND TO YOURSELF.

DON’T COMPARE yourself to others.

*A VISION BOARD is a tool used to help clarify, concentrate and maintain focus on a specific life goal where you display images that represent whatever you want to be, do or have in your life.

**S.M.A.R.T. GOALS are specific, measurable, achievable, results-focused, and time- bound.

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #9
OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA).

CONDITIONING 10-25

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Thursday, October 25

OSTERMAN EMERGES

Pictured, Wesley Wolverine freshman #11
P Jessica Anderson (Smyrna, DE).
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FAST PACED FASTPITCH

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

BELIEVE...

From left, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL).

CONDITIONING 10-23

CONDITIONING:

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Tuesday, October 23

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Wesley Wolverine freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ).

CLASSROOM WORK

From left, Wesley Wolverine
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
junior #6 P/OF Allison Mills (Leonardtown, MD).

ADULT SOFTBALL

Spring and fall trophies
Four Wolverine grads part of local 
adult softball championship team

Softball is a game that you really CAN take with you. It doesn’t have to end in the last at-bat in school-ball.

It can be seven innings played well beyond high school or college whether it’s simple pickup games, or competitive corporate teams or hard-played adult leagues.

Last night, Monday, October 22, playoff games were contested late into the night for this Fall’s adult slow-pitch championship at Dover’s Schutte Park, Delaware.

Four Wesley College grads who played in past years wearing the fastpitch Wolverine uniform participated on the winning Knight’s Fine Jewelry team. They are Kayla Fromal, Lily Engel, Whitney Dibb and Wesley sports Hall of Fame member Kim Smith.

Earlier this past Spring, the Knights’ finished second of the seven league teams but played on to win the championship in the playoffs. This Fall, the Knights’ went undefeated throughout the season and playoffs to grab their second championship trophy this year.

TEAM PHOTOS: Wolverine Whitney Dibb holding trophies. Bottom row,
second from left, Kayla Fromal, third from left, Lily Engel,
on right at row’s end, Kim Smith.

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TEAMWORK / INTELLIGENCE

From left, Wesley Wolverine
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

CONDITIONING 10-21

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Sunday, October 21

GET BIGGG!

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD).

UPGRADE CONVICTION

Wesley Wolverine senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

SMYRNA HOMECOMING

HS homecoming
Fastpitch Wolverines cheer on
Jess Anderson at Smyrna parade

The Homecoming Parade is an American tradition. It’s happening now, this Fall, in small towns across Delaware. (The Wesley College Homecoming is set for next week’s Saturday – Monday, October 27-29.)

Jess Anderson

It was Smyrna, Delaware’s turn last Friday evening, October 19. Striding or motoring down Main Street were marching bands, fire trucks, cheerleaders, farm tractors, local dignitaries, a multitude of floats and school sports teams, including Delaware’s 2018 softball state champions, the Smyrna Eagles!

Delaware’s 2018 fastpitch Player of the Year, First-Team All-State, currently Wesley Wolverine freshman #11 P Jessica Anderson (Smyrna, DE), returned to her hometown for the parade. She rode with her champion high school team, smiling and waving enthusiastically from the Smyrna High softball float.

Lined up on the curb – & getting there early for a good spot – were Jess’ Wesley College fastpitch Wolverine teammates to cheer her on.

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FASTPITCH WOLVERINES AT THE

SMYRNA HOMECOMING PARADE

Friday, October 19

Wesley Wolverines on a curb along the parade route.
Pictured on left, left-to-right,
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

LIVE YOUR TRUTH

From top, Wesley Wolverine
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

IN YOUR MIND

The game is already won or lost in your mind and heart long before you step into the circle. Championships are determined on the practice field, early in the morning, late in the evening, and every time you make sacrifices in the pursuit of a dream that only you can see for yourself.

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD).

SUCCESS IS LOVE

Wesley Wolverine junior #23
IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD).

BETTER TEAMMATE

From top, Wesley Wolverines
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA),
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA).

CONDITIONING 10-16

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Tuesday, October 16

From left, Wesley Wolverines
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ),
junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD),
sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA),
sophomore #5 U Amanda Curry (Williamsport, MD),
freshman #21 C Gabby Monzo (Somers Point, NJ),
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

GIFT OF SOFTBALL

JENNIE FINCH: “I think the best thing softball has given me is the friendships, the sisterhoods … growing up with two older brothers and being able to have sisters.

“I think, too, just truly pushing my body to the max, fighting all my insecurities, battling through so much on the field, off the field.

“Realizing we are in charge of our mind and our mind is our most powerful tool. We have to own it. That’s huge: the confidence factor, and seeing the hard work pay off.

“Discovering who I am as a person, as an athlete, and having sport guide, direct and lead me there.”

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From left, Wesley Wolverines
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE).

NO SHORTCUTS

You don't get the results you want. You get the ones 

you work for in the gym, the cage and at practice.

Wesley Wolverine sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).

SPRINTING 10-14

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Sunday, October 14

From top, left-to-right, Wesley Wolverines
background: junior #23 IF Brooke Retkowski (Parkville, MD),
senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE),
senior #13 IF Ashley Royer (Lititz, PA),
background: freshman #11 P Jessica Anderson (Smyrna, DE),
junior #2 IF Karina Cardona (Cooper City, FL),
sophomore #4 P Abbey Mayse (Cecilton, MD),
sophomore #9 OF/C Miranda Kenny (Bethlehem, PA),
sophomore #25 P Dori Loukopoulos (Chambersburg, PA).

SLAP HITTER SPEED

SOFTBALL SLAP-HITTERS stare down a base path of just 60 ft. while having only 0.350 seconds to locate a pitch and as little as 0.025 seconds to decide whether to swing. Then, when the ball is in play, there’s a race at speeds reaching 19 mph, sprinting from home to first in as little as 2.66 seconds. A third base fielder can take no more than 1.5 seconds (or throw faster than 100 mph) to record a slapper out! – ESPN stats.

From top, Wesley Wolverine slappers

sophomore #32 OF Kelly Palmer (Hershey, PA), 

senior #8 OF Megan DiRubbio (Smyrna, DE), 

sophomore #1 IF Bianca Newsom (Edison, NJ).