Exciting Little Things to Show Progress.

It always amazes me to see how some of the little things that people overlook make such a huge difference in the perception of a team or program. Many of those little things are really beginning to happen and people are taking notice.

Our first batch of Iowa Lakes Soccer T-shirts have arrived and it is so much fun to see people around campus, town and even other campuses sporting them. You will also notice if you are reading this blog post, that the Iowa Lakes Soccer Program now has a team crest or badge. Ben McRae of the Goalkick Soccer Store here in Spencer designed that for us based on the thoughts I gave to him...and it looks great! Thanks so much to Ben for doing that and everything else he is doing to help the Iowa Lakes Soccer Program.

I have a Texas recruit and his family about to arrive, so I better get rolling. But, I do want you all to know that...WE are definitely making progress!

Making Progress...and the Clay County Fair...

Time sure does fly when you are having fun! So many exciting things are happening around here. For starters, I am getting to enjoy the fun filled activities of the world famous "Clay County Fair" for my very first time! I have been wondering the last couple of weeks what all the talk was about; now I know. It is fair week here in Spencer! What does that mean...it means that there are about 200-300 thousand people in our small town to enjoy all the fun filled festivities at this huge country fair. What has it meant to me? Well, a little extra work...but fun work. I volunteered for the YMCA and worked at one of their 13 "Nutty Bar" stands. Thank goodness I shared the booth with a Nutty Bar professional by the name of Gardner which made the afternoon breeze by even though we sold over 500 nutty bars (ice cream on a stick with chocolate and nuts).

On the soccer side of things, things are really progressing rapidly around here. As you can see by the picture on this post, I now have my custom branded email template in place which makes it a lot more fun to email. The Iowa Lakes Print Shop has been staying very busy printing all sorts of materials for me to help me hit the "recruiting trail". Ben at the Goalkick Soccer Store in town has been jumping through hoops to get me prices so I can start ordering uniforms and equipment. And I am still receiving emails and calls from players wanting to join the new Iowa Lakes Soccer Program! Life is good.

The support of the college continues to be incredible and I have just really appreciated everyone's help during the short time that I have been here!

In short, that's what is happening so far...it's been a great experience already. Until next time...