2008 Summer Staff

Holly Crim- Intern

Hometown: Van Alstyne, TX College Name: University of Texas at Austin Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: photography, court/sand volleyball, reading, Town Lake Favorite Sports team: Texas Longhorns Favorite Movie: The Man From Snowy River Favorite Type of ice cream: Bluebell Dutch Chocolate with Homemade Vanilla Favorite Bible verse: “He says, “It is too small a thing that You should be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved ones of Israel; I will also make You a light of the nations so that My salvation may reach to the end of the earth.” –Isaiah 49:6

Lisa Taylor- Intern

Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO College Name: Furman University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Hiking, Reading, Yoga Favorite Sports team: Denver Broncos Favorite Movie: Finding Neverland Favorite Type of ice cream: Moose Tracks (Fudge and Peanut Butter) Favorite Bible verse: Phillipians 4:6- "Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God."

Nate Robertson- Head Coach

Hometown: Aliso Viejo, CA College and Graduation year: Biola University 2004 Occupation: Instructional Assistant/Independent Facilitator Special Education Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Traveling, photography, coaching baseball, movies, hanging out down at the beach. Favorite Sports team: USC Trojan Football! Favorite Movie: I like a lot of different ones, from Field of Dreams and Sandlot to Gladiator, Braveheart, and the Bourne series. I also like older films by Hitchcock and quotable ones like Monty Python’s. Favorite Type of ice cream: Peanut Butter N Chocolate Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 43:18-19 “But forget all that—it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do a brand-new thing. See, I have already begun!”

Laura Grace Hodupp- Intern

Hometown: St. Pete College Name: Liberty University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: playing sports, going to the beach, hangin out with friends and family, playing my djembe ☺ Favorite Sports team: LA Sparks (shout-out to my buddy #23 ☺) Favorite Movie: Vantage Point, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect. – Romans 12:2

John Kalilikane- Intern

Hometown: Waianae, HI College Name: University of Phoenix Sport: Team 45 Hobbies: Watching mixed martial arts, any water sports and traveling. Favorite Sports team: Don't really have a sports team but my favorite fighter is Fedor Emelianenko Favorite Movie: Across the Universe Favorite Type of ice cream: Coffee Favorite Bible verse: Ephesians 4:2- "Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

Monica Munevar- Intern

Hometown: Washington D.C. College Name: Liberty University Sport: Soccer! Hobbies: Drawing, anything outdoors, playing clarinet/mellophone, watching movies/TV, listening to music, and much more! Favorite Sports team: AC Milan/Italy Favorite Movie: High School Musical 1 and 2! Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: I Timothy 4:12 "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity."

Lauren Hoover- Intern

Hometown: Colorado Springs College Name: Metropolitan State College of Denver Sport: CHEER! Hobbies: snowboarding, singing, traveling, eating, socializing Favorite Sports team: Detroit Redwings Favorite Movie: Zoolander, Legally Blonde Favorite Type of ice cream: Peanut butter chocolate…mmmm Favorite Bible verse: John 16:33-These things I have spoken to you, that in me you might have peace. In the world you will have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.

Sarah Christopher- Head Coach

Hometown: Dallas, TX (originally Austin, TX) College and Graduation year: Dallas Christian College, 2005; Dallas Theological Seminary Occupation: English Teacher and Coach Sport: Basketball/Cheerleading Hobbies: Volleyball; Basketball; Softball; Baking; Children’s Ministry; Reading; Theatre; Music; Art. Favorite Sports team: University of Texas; San Antonio Spurs; Green Bay Packers. Favorite Movie: Indiana Jones trilogy; Pride and Prejudice (the A&E and 1940’s versions); Babette’s Feast; The Mission Favorite Type of food: Tex-Mex; Italian. Favorite Bible verse: Life Verses: Ephesians 4:2 —“Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” ; Isaiah 55:8-11 —“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the LORD. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. As the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and do not return to it without watering the earth and making it bud and flourish, so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater, so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.”

Lydia Blaney- Intern

Hometown: Lancaster, Ohio College Name: Spring Arbor University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Dance, Photography, Painting, Eating Favorite Sports team: Ohio State Buckeyes Favorite Movie: Step Up Favorite Type of ice cream: Double Chocolate Chip Favorite Bible verse: “The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.” 1 Timothy 1:5

Laura Dillahunty- Intern

Hometown: Dallas, TX College Name: Dallas Baptist University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: working out, reading, cooking, and hanging out with friends Favorite Sports team: Dallas Cowboys Favorite Movie: Pride and Prejudice Favorite Type of ice cream: Good Heavens Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 41:10 "Do do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

Patrick and Alexis McClure- Head Coach

Hometown: Seattle, Washington College: Patrick: Azusa Pacific (Bachelors), Seattle Pacific (Masters) Alexis: Seattle Pacific Sport: Patrick: Basketball/Soccer, Alexis: Cheerleading Hobbies: Patrick: playing basketball, reading (short stories, contemporary fiction), writing (short stories), coaching (basketball, soccer, football),hanging out with my wife, Alexis: ooking/baking, scrapbooking, drinking coffee and chatting with friends, hanging out with my Hubby, and our dog Roxy Favorite Sports team: Patrick: Los Angeles Lakers / U. of Washington basketball / Seattle Mariners, Alexis: Seattle Mariners and San Francisco 49ers Favorite Movie: Patrick: Gladiator/Amistad/Miracle, Alexis: Father of the Bride / Little Women / Double Jeopardy Favorite Type of food: Patrick: was Italian, might be either Thai or Chinese now, Alexis: Chinese and Mexican Favorite Bible verse: Patrick: Corinthians 9:25-27: "Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. Therefore I do not run like a man running aimlessly; I do not fight like a man beating the air. No, I beat my body and make it my slave so that after I have preached to others, I myself will not be disqualified for the prize." Alexis: John 3:30: "He must become greater; I must become less."

Frankie Atonya- Intern

Hometown: Nairobi, Kenya. College: Biola University. Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Making friends, sports, movies, music, reading, going to WNBA games, e.t.c. Favorite Sports team: Barcelona FC. Favorite Movie: A Walk To Remember, Coach Carter. Favorite Type of food: “Ugali and nyama choma” (Traditional Kenyan food.) Favorite Bible verse: Ephesians 2:10: "For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, Which God prepared in advance for us to do."

Emmanuel Kwame Okai-Kwai- Intern

Hometown: Tema-Ghana Occupation: footballer-soccer Sport: Soccer Favorite Sports team: LA Lakers Favorite movie: Asoriba a Ghanaian movie Favorite Type of food: Banku Ghanaian food Favorite Bible verse: John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not parish but have everlasting life."

Tiffany Hadden- Coach

Hometown: Whitter, CA College and Graduation year: Biola University, Class of '07 Occupation: Elementary Teacher, High School Basketball Coach Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Watch Movies, Weekly trips to Disneyland, Going to WICKED, hangin with the kiddos Favorite Sports team: Lakers and UCLA Favorite Movie: Pride and Prejudice, and The Sandlot Favorite Type of ice cream: I'll take Jamba Juice over ice cream any day! Favorite Bible verse: at the moment......Isaiah 26:3-4 "You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you, all whose thoughts are fixed on you! Trust in the Lord always, for the Lord God is the eternal Rock." (thanks Katie) :0)

Caleb Lawrence- Intern

Hometown: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago College Name: Biola University Sport: soccer Hobbies: soccer, eating, sleeping, chilling with friends Favorite Sports team: Lakers, USC Football, Trinidad national team- SOCA warriors Favorite Movie: The Office TV series, Green Street Hooligans Favorite Type of ice cream: cookie dough Favorite Bible verse: Philippians 4:13, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.”

Adam Moore- Coach

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA College and Graduation year: Liberty U - 2007 Occupation: Ceramic & Porcelain Tile Installer Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Basketball, Guitar, Cooking, and Moose-back riding. Favorite Sports team: New Hampshire Dodgers. Favorite Movie: Rush Hour 3. Favorite Type of ice cream: Pickle Cheese. Favorite Bible verse: 1 Thess. 5:16 – 17. "Be joyful always;pray continually"

Kelly Friestad- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Newark, IL College and Graduation year: Judson University - 2008 Occupation: Student; Looking to be a P.E. teacher Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Playing/Watching Sports, playing with kids, being outside Favorite Sports team: Cubs Favorite Movie: Hoosiers, Simon Birch, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Wedding Planner, Coach Carter… Favorite Type of ice cream: Cotton Candy from Frosty’s in MN Favorite Bible verse: Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Colossians 3:23 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart as working for the Lord, not for men.”

Alex Ream- Intern

Hometown: Austin, Texas School Name: Round Rock Christian Academy Sport: Basketball/Soccer Hobbies: Fishing, Hunting, Playing guitar. Favorite Sports team: Chicago White Sox Favorite Movie: Angles in the Outfield Favorite Type of ice cream: Homemade vanilla Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 40:8 "The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever."

Steve "Farley" Judy- Intern

Hometown: Butler Pennsylvania College Name: Malone University (formerly Malone College) Sport: (favorite sports) Hockey and Football. (sport to help with over the summer) Soccer Hobbies: Sports, anything active, relaxing with friends, drawing, video games, you name it. Favorite Sports team: The Pittsburgh Penguins Favorite Movie: The Little Rascals Favorite Type of ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip Favorite Bible verse: I Corinthians 10:12-13 "So, if you think you are standing firm, be careful that you don't fall! No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."

Heather Lodovico- Head Coach

Hometown: Bristol, CT. but now in good ole Austin, TX- hook em College and Graduation year: James Madison University- 1998 Occupation: Associate College Director- Hill Country Bible Church- UT Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Diet Coke, Sitting in the sun, working out.. Favorite Sports team: Uconn Huskies..NY Yankees a close second Favorite Movie: Good Will Hunting Favorite Type of ice cream: strawberry Favorite Bible verse: hmm right now- Psalm 73:23-28 "Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you. But as for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge; I will tell of all your deeds."

Lexi Martindale- Intern

Hometown: Augusta, Georgia!!! College Name: Azusa Pacific University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Coaching cheer, athletic training, tumbling and stunting! Favorite Sports team: I like all teams Favorite Movie: Don’t have one Favorite Type of ice cream: Strawberry Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 40:31 But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.

Katrina Golden- Head Coach

Hometown: Salem, Oregon (currently living in Spokane, Washington) College and Graduation year: Azusa Pacific University, 2005 Occupation: Resident Director at Whitworth University Sport: Cheerleading ☺ Hobbies: Running, baking, photography, going to coffee Favorite Sports team: Boston Red Sox; New England Patriots; Oregon Ducks Favorite Movie: Any movie that makes your heart think ♥ Favorite Type of ice cream: Frozen yogurt is the way to go…and with that, Animal Cookie Parade from 21 Choices in So Cal. Favorite Bible verse: “Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.” (Proverbs 3:3)

Lauren Brewer- Intern

Hometown: Yukon, Oklahoma College Name: Oklahoma State University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Phi Mu, hanging out with friends, drawing, interior design, baking, my phone! Favorite Sports team: Oklahoma State Cowboys! GO POKES!! Favorite Movie: Dane Cook: Vicious Circle, A River Runs Through It, The Breakfast Club, too many! Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Devotion from Coldstone Creamery Favorite Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 10:13 “No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.”

Jannah Gleason- Intern

Hometown: Orland, CA College Name: Currently searching for a grad school Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: quilting, reading, hanging out with my friends and giving massages!!! Favorite Sports team: L.A. Dodgers Favorite Movie: Red Eye Favorite Type of ice cream: Double Fudge Brownie Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5-6 "Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.

Dan Kamwesa- Intern

Hometown: Westerville, OH College Name: Malone College Sport: Soccer/Basketball Hobbies: eating food, picking out my hair, sleeping, putting on new socks, climbing mountains, chopping down trees, digging really big holes, wrestling bears, and most importantly talking to Tim Conrad. Favorite Sports team: Wisconsin Badgers, Green Bay Packers, and L.A. Lakers Favorite Movie: Snatch, Gladiator, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, & Back to the Future Trilogy Favorite Type of ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip Favorite Bible verse:Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is---his good, pleasing, and perfect will."

Jeniece Rahn- Intern

Hometown: St. Pete, FL College Name: Liberty University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Family, Friends, Outdoors stuff, Reading, Cooking, Fightin fire with Lyn-Dan FD, The beach, Shopping, Movies Favorite Sports team: UNC women’s gymnastics Favorite Movie: too many to pick just one Favorite Type of ice cream: cookie dough with reese cups Favorite Bible verse: John 15:4 “Remain in me, and I will remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me.”

Amanda Loviza- Intern

Hometown: Midlothian, VA College Name: Western Kentucky University Sport: Soccer Hobbies: writing, traveling, photography, hanging out with friends and family Favorite Sports team: my Hilltoppers! Favorite Movie: Mulan, Miracle Favorite Type of ice cream: French Vanilla Favorite Bible verse: Phil 3:12-14 "It is not that I have already attained perfect maturity, but I continue my pursuit in hope that I may possess it, since I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ. Brothers, I for my part do not consider myself to have taken possession. Just one thing: forgetting what lies ahead, I continue my pursuit toward the goal, the prize of God's upward calling, in Christ Jesus."

Alli Rader- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Roseburg, Oregon College and Graduation year: Biola University, 2008 Occupation: Student (on to grad school) Sport: soccer Hobbies: dancing, playing games, having good conversations, laughing, working out, being outside, lots of things Favorite Sports team: Oregon State baseball and football!, Seattle Mariners Favorite Movie: currently, Amazing Grace (the list is too long) Favorite Type of ice cream: Umpqua Dairy's Milk and Cookies Favorite Bible verse: (one of many): ...One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple... I am still confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living. Wait for the LORD; be strong and take heart and wait for the LORD. -- Psalm 27:4, 14, but check out the whole thing

Kara Rice- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Lake Almanor, CA College and Graduation year: Chico State-2008 Occupation: After School Program Recreation Leader Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Soccer, basketball, coaching, scrap booking, coloring, laying in the sun, disc golfing, and boating Favorite Sports team: Brazilian Soccer Team Favorite Movie: How to Lose A Guy in 10 Days Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”

Leslie Macmanus- Head Coach

Hometown: Houston, TX College and Graduation year: Texas A&M University-2004 Occupation: Elementary PE Teacher Sport: Team 45!! and soccer Hobbies: playing outside, reading, cooking, working out, and singing Favorite Sports team: Any team that starts with Texas Aggie Favorite Movie: Return to Me Favorite Type of ice cream: Ben and Jerry’s Half Baked Frozen Yogurt Favorite Bible verse: Isaiah 61:10 "I will greatly rejoice in the Lord; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness…"

Jessica Larriviere- Intern

Hometown: Van Alstyne, TX College Name: University of North Texas Sport: Basketball Hobbies: traveling, snowboarding, taking pictures, anything outside, being with friends Favorite Sports team: Dallas Cowboys and the Mavs Favorite Movie: Romantic Comedies Favorite Type of ice cream: Vanilla & Caramel Favorite Bible verse: 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 "To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong."

Sarah Hodupp- Intern

Hometown: St. Pete, FL College Name: Liberty University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: hanging out with friends, playing sports, going to the beach (when I’m home!) and the occasional school work Favorite Sports team: Lady Sparks Favorite Movie: The Count of Monte Cristo Favorite Type of ice cream: plain chocolate or chocolate chip cookie dough Favorite Bible verse: 2 Timothy 4:17- “But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed…”

Katie Treas- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Yukon, OK College and Graduation year: NSU, ‘09 Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Playing Sports, Eating, Reading Favorite Sports team: Duke Favorite Movie: Step Up ☺ Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate with Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Favorite Bible verse: Psalms 62:8 "O my people, trust in Him at all times. Pour out your heart to Him, for god is our refuge."

Jedediah Mootsey- Intern

Hometown: St. Pete, FL College Name: Sola Scriptura Bible College Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Music, Surfing, Sports, Mountain Biking Favorite Sports team: Miami Dolphins Favorite Movie: Surfs Up Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Romans 6:1-3 "What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin so that grace might increase? May it never be so! How shall we who died to sin still live in it? Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Jesus Christ have been baptized into His death?"

Julia Cruz- Head Coach

Hometown: Lynchburg, VA College and Graduation year: Liberty University 2007 Occupation: Randolph College: Asst Woman’s Basketball, Asst Softball Coach, Adjunct Professor ☺ Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Leading campus bible study, Reading! Spending time with my girls on the team. Favorite Sports team: Miami Dolphins Favorite Movie: League of Their Own, Amazing Grace Favorite Type of ice cream: anything with chocolate and peanut butter Favorite Bible verse: Right now 2 Corinthians 4 (the whole thing)

Lindsey Elder- Intern

Hometown: Elliott, IL College Name: Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Hanging out with my friends, I like laughing Favorite Sports team: Cubbies! Favorite Movie: The Goonies Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Favorite Bible verse: Jeremiah 29:11 and Isaiah 43:2

Amanda Brown- Intern

Hometown: Gainesville, Virginia College Name: Liberty University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Sports, and Fun with Family and Friends Favorite Sports team: Washington Redskins Favorite Movie: I have too many favorites to choose. Favorite Type of ice cream: Cappuccino Crunch Favorite Bible verse: Romans 8:28 "And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him,who have been called according to his purpose." Also Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Lauren Harms- Intern

Hometown: Jamestown, North Carolina College Name: University of North Carolina at Greensboro Sport: Team 45 Hobbies: Being with my friends and family, shopping, and watching movies. Favorite Sports team: Clemson Tigers! Favorite Movie: Father of the Bride II Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Titus 3:4-7 "But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs having the hope of eternal life."

Sienna Garrett- Head Coach

Hometown: Surprise, AZ College and Graduation year: George Fox University, 2003 Occupation: Teacher Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Cooking, scrapbooking Favorite Sports team: Boise State Broncos Favorite Movie: no idea Favorite Type of ice cream: Moose Tracks Favorite Bible verse: Romans 8:37- "In all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loves us."

Josh Zabloski- Head Coach

Hometown: Clearwater, FL College and Graduation Year: Clearwater Christian College, 1999 Occupation: P.E. Teacher and Coach Sport: Basketball and Soccer Hobbies: Bike Riding, Baseball Games, Winning Knockout and going to WNBA games. Favorite Sports team: Minnesota Golden Gophers and Twinkies Favorite Movie: Field of Dreams Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: II Timothy 1:7- "For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline."

Heidi Woodall- Intern

Hometown: Stryker, Ohio College Name: Malone College Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Watch sports, play any sport I can, read, and watch movies Favorite Sports team: Cleveland Indians, Tennessee Lady Vols Favorite Movie: The Boondock Saints Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Peanut butter chunk Favorite Bible verse: Romans 12:12 "Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer."

Andrew Grismore- Intern

Hometown: Monrovia, IN College Name: Tri-State University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Sports Favorite Sports team: Atlanta Braves Favorite Movie: Glory Road Favorite Type of ice cream: Vanilla Favorite Bible verse: 1 Corinthians 13:4-8 "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. "

Lindsay Brimer- Intern

Hometown: Mesquite, Tx College Name: Howard Payne University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Singing, playing the guitar, making weird videos… Favorite Sports team: Mavs duh! Favorite Movie: Hairspray or Juno…. I can’t decide Favorite Type of ice cream: Ben&Jerry’s Half Baked! Favorite Bible verse: 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 "That is why we never give up. Though our bodies are dying, our spirits are being renewed every day. For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! So we don’t look at the troubles we can see now; rather, we fix our gaze on things that cannot be seen. For the things we see now will soon be gone, but the things we cannot see will last forever."

April Moore- Intern

Hometown: Puyallup, WA College Name: Washington State University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: dancing, laughing, sports, frisbee, talking, reading, ping pong, & hanging out. Favorite Sports team: Seattle Mariners Favorite Movie: The Rocky movies or Dumb and Dumber Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Philippians 1:20-21 “I eagerly expect and hope that I will in no way be ashamed, but will have sufficient courage so that now as always Christ will be exalted in my body, whether by life or by death. For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

Tripp Kerth- Head Coach

Hometown: New Orleans, La College and Graduation year: The Louisiana Tech University 2004 Occupation: Teaching/ Coaching Sport: Basketball/Soccer Hobbies: Any sporting event, eating things with Tabasco sauce Favorite Sports team: New Orleans Saints Favorite Movie: Ernest Goes to Jail Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookies & Cream Favorite Bible verse: Ephesians 3:20-21 “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen

Grace Hudkins- Intern

Hometown: San Jose, CA (originally Sunapee, NH) School Name: The Harker School Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Knitting, baking, reading, theatre, singing, dance Favorite Sports team: Boston Red Sox! Favorite Movie: A Walk To Remember Favorite Type of ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk Favorite Bible verse: “Love is patient, love is kind. Love never fails.” 1 Corinthians 13:4,8

Courtney Long- Intern

Hometown: Blacksburg, VA College Name: Virginia Tech – GO HOKIES! Sport: Basketball Hobbies: basketball, softball, hanging out with friends, going to the beach, watching movies Favorite Sports team: Virginia Tech Hokies Favorite Movie: I like lots of movies – Walk the Line, High School Musical, Elf, etc… Favorite Type of ice cream: Vanilla Favorite Bible verse: Luke 1:37 "For with God nothing shall be impossible"

Doug Hoover- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Bethel Park, Pennsylvania College and Graduation year: Malone University 2008 Sport: Basketball/Soccer Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, working out, playing halo : ) Favorite Sports team: Steelers Favorite Movie: Too many to choose from Favorite Type of ice cream: Friendly’s Fudge Swirl Favorite Bible verse: John 15:5: "I am the vine; you are the branches. If a man remains in me and I in him, he will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing."

Caitlin Macmanus- Intern

Hometown: Pharr, TX College Name: Texas A&M University Sport: Team 45 Hobbies: dancing, reading, exercising Favorite Sports team: Dallas Cowboys Favorite Movie: Pride and Prejudice Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Proverbs 31:30 “Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised.”

Kaitlyn Eusebio- Intern

Hometown: Asheville, NC School Name: North Buncombe High School Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Basketball, Soccer, Music, Outdoors Favorite Sports team: UNC Chapel Hill & USA women’s national soccer team Favorite Movie: Finding Nemo & Lord of the Rings Favorite Type of ice cream: Turtle tracks Favorite Bible verse: 2 Corinthians 3:16-18 "Whenever, though, they turn to face God as Moses did, God removes the veil and there they are—face-to-face! They suddenly recognize that God is a living, personal presence, not a piece of chiseled stone. And when God is personally present, a living Spirit, that old, constricting legislation is recognized as obsolete. We're free of it! All of us! Nothing between us and God, our faces shining with the brightness of his face. And so we are transfigured much like the Messiah, our lives gradually becoming brighter and more beautiful as God enters our lives and we become like him."

Joseph Pfeister- Intern

Hometown: Mesa, AZ College Name: Arizona State University Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Filmmaking and Programming Favorite Sports team: Phoenix Suns Favorite Movie: The Ultimate Gift Favorite Type of ice cream: I'm allergic to ice cream. :( Favorite Bible verse: Romans 12:2 "Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

Aimee Lind- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Rib Lake, Wis. College and Graduation year: Northwestern College (2007) Occupation: Grad Assistant Mercer Sports Information Sport: Basketball Hobbies: hanging out with friends and family, watching and playing sports, running, doing anything outside Favorite Sports team: Wisconsin Badgers Favorite Movie: High School Musical 1 & 2 Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookies ‘n’ Cream Favorite Bible verse: Psalms 5:11 “But let all those rejoice who put their trust in you; let them ever shout for joy because you defend them. Let those also who love your name be joyful in you.”

Levi Marti- Intern

Hobmetown: Gibson City, IL College Name: Lincoln Christian College Sport: Basketball, soccer Hobbies: Intramural sports, music Favorite Sports team: Illinois Fighting Illini and Jacksonville Jaguars Favorite Movie: Cinderella Man Favorite Type of ice cream: Moose Tracks and Summer’s Dream Favorite Bible verse: I do not really have a favorite verse, but my favorite books of the Bible are James and Romans.

Chelsea Lyttaker- Intern

Hometown: Mesquite, Texas College Name: University of Texas at Tyler Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Dancing, cooking, listening to music, being with my family and friends Favorite Sports team: University of Texas Longhorns... hook em’ horns! Favorite Movie: Breakfast at Tiffanys Favorite Type of ice cream: Mint Chocolate Chip Favorite Bible verse: Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you a hope and a future.”

Joe Paris- Head Coach

Hometown: East Peoria, IL College and Graduation year:Olivet Nazarene 2002/ Moody Bible Institute 2008 Occupation: Jr. High Bible Teacher Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Golf, snowboarding, reading Favorite Sports team: Duke Blue Devils, Illinois, Kansas Jayhawks. Favorite Movie: A few good men, the Kingdom, Hoosiers. Favorite Type of ice cream: The ice cream at Ghirardelli’s in San Francisco. Favorite Bible verse: Romans 10:17 "Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ."

Janae Blea- Intern

Hometown: Livermore, CA College Name: Biola University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: anything outside, reading, friends, pictures, cooking, dancing Favorite Sports team: USC Football Favorite Movie: Father of the Bride 1 & 2 Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookies & Cream Favorite Bible verse: Colossians 3:23-24 “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving.”

Chris Korbel- Intern

Hometown: San Jose, CA College Name: Azusa Pacific University Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Anything with the outdoors. Favorite Sports team: San Francisco Giants Favorite Movie: Dumb and Dumber Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookies n Cream Favorite Bible verse:Philippians 2:3 “Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves.”

Sara Zehr- Assistant Coach

Hometown: Silver Lake, IN College and Graduation year: Indiana Wesleyan ’07; Uindy 2010 Occupation: Physical Therapy Grad Student Sport: Basketball/Soccer Hobbies: hanging out with friends, scrapbooking, self-declaring theme dress-up days at school Favorite Sports team: Colts, IU B-ball Favorite Movie: You’ve Got Mail Favorite Type of ice cream: Mint Oreo by far! Favorite Bible verse: right now, II Corinthians 12:9 "But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me."

Kevyn Brown- Head Caoch

Hometown: West Palm Beach, FL College and Graduation year: Southeastern University 1995 Occupation: Teacher Sport: Soccer and Basketball and love to cheer Hobbies: snowboarding, golf, and tennis Favorite Sports team: LA Dodgers & Washington Redskins Favorite Movie: Man on Fire Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookies and Cream Favorite Bible verse: Galatians 6:1 "Brothers, if someone is caught in a sin, you who are spiritual should restore him gently. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted."

Christina Kent- Intern

Hometown: Austin, Texas School Name: Round Rock Christian Sport: Basketball Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, running, drinking coffee, seeing movies, playing sports. Favorite Sports team: Texas A&M Aggies Favorite Movie: How to Loose a Guy in 10 days. Favorite Type of ice cream: most anything from Ben and Jerry’s! Favorite Bible verse: II Timothy 2:10 "Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory."

Stene Verhulst- Intern

Hometown: Spearfish, SD College Name: University of Wyoming Sport: Soccer Hobbies: Anything outdoors and anything with family and friends Favorite Sports team: Huge MLB fan! Rooting for the Rockies and the Cubs in ‘08! Favorite Movie: Almost Heroes Favorite Type of ice cream: Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Joshua 24:15- "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Rose Velasquez- Intern

Hometown: Puyallup, WA College Name: Seattle Pacific University Sport: Cheerleading Hobbies: Singing, Reading and Writing Favorite Sports team: Seattle Mariners/ Seahawks Favorite Movie: While You Were Sleeping Favorite Type of ice cream: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Favorite Bible verse: Romans 8:38-39 "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Jessi Bilodeau- Intern

Hometown: Littleton, CO College Name: Metro State University Sport: SOCCER!!! Hobbies: singing, running, water skiing, wake boarding, laughing, dancing, rock climbing, just hanging out Favorite Sports team: Brazil soccer team Favorite Movie: Sandlot or How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days Favorite Type of ice cream: Mint chocolate chip Favorite Bible verse: John 16:33- "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."