Set the record straight
Over the last three years, this senior class has helped our varsity team accumulate a 56-13 overall record, two NLC tournament championships, two overall NLC conference championships, three sectional championships, and two regional championships one of the best three-year stretches in Plymouth tennis history. And this year’s team may have been the best. Not just the best out of that stretch, but perhaps the BEST EVER.
This senior class also works hard in the classroom. Alaina, Fernanda, Jocelyn, Alexa, Erin, and Olive all qualified for Indiana Coaches of Girls Sports Association (ICGSA) Academic All State. Alaina, Alexa, and Fernanda qualified for Indiana High School Tennis Coaches Association (IHSTECA) Academic All State. And eight of the 10 PHS representatives for Academic ALL-NLC have played tennis in their high school career: Alaina, Fernanda, Kyla, Alexa, Erin, Olive, Avery, and (Girls Manager/ Boys Player) Hugh Smith.
Attitude Award and Kyla was the recipient of the Plymouth Athletic Booster Club (PABC) Scholar Athlete Award. The accolades just keep coming in for this group.
As the weeks have gone by, there are so many things I’ve missed about this group. Even more than success on the courts, I’ve just missed the time together. I’ve missed the bond that our teams share. I’ve missed the camaraderie. I’ve missed the excitement of winning a big match. I’ve even missed the trials. I’ve missed all of it, because we did it all together.
While the worst may be over, I urge you to continue to check in on your family members, friends, neighbors, and seniors. I’m disappointed I wasn’t able to coach them this season, but these seniors are even more disappointed that they didn’t get an opportunity to chase after some lofty goals this spring. Let’s all continue to be great teammates. Not just to our PHS teammates, but to those in our community and in other communities as well. Let’s put WE > ME to good use. Together, we will get through this and we will all be stronger for it.
I recently reread a quote from Tim Tebow that says, “Success is about you. Significance is about your impact on others.” There was great opportunity for these seniors to have a world of SUCCESS this season, but beyond that, I have no doubt they would have had tremendous SIGNIFICANCE on others as well.
This situation isn’t fair. None of it is. But sometimes life just doesn’t seem fair. Life will go on and these seniors will go on to have great SIGNIFICANCE in their futures, and make a tremendous impact on others. I know this is true, because they have had a tremendous impact on me.
Girls: I love you, I miss you, and I’m praying for all of you.
Coach Haeck
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