 We had a great time. They had so much grit and it was it was a culmination of several years of work for the conference to Be established and for us to get the AQ. So when I think of them think about how hard we laughed how much we were on the road together and and They're humor and they're just they're grit through such a really hard season One of the first people that comes to mind is Nikki Miller She was there when I got there in 2003 and I got there in 2003 After the season had started and Nikki stuck with the program through its hardest times all the way through her senior year and The 2006 squad Nikki was our only senior and I think about all the time We spent together how committed she was how much she weathered through those four years and her patients with the program When I think of Nikki, I think of her on her senior day And it was a muddy field and she had her ponytail on top of her head her signature hair cut and hairstyling and I Just think of everything she put To the side so that she could be a leader on that team for four years I also think of Tonya Who was a captain and was was a multi-sport athlete and very much a leader and then that entire junior class It was my first recruiting class and that was the bulk of the team was my first recruiting class in that junior class Think with this team we made a decision as a college two years prior to create a conference and This team was part of that but we had to wait two years before we were even eligible for an automatic Qualifier to the NCAAs and so this team to have had to have patience and have long-term goal setting and and really be Committed to that there would be a payoff in the end. They worked hard. They worked hard for a reputation for pride As an independent school prior to that we got beat up all the time We were everybody's guaranteed W and we had to stick through that and still be a team two years later to get to the NCAAs I think with this level of achievement That this team had it set a bar for what other teams can do There was there was so many things that could have inhibited these players or the team to be really successful And they overcame them all there was no excuses. No no getting out of stuff easy They they worked hard and they fought for every goal they got they learned from every loss they had It set a culture of you know, you're gonna work hard You're gonna run through walls and you're gonna love your teammates and you're gonna come out another side really proud of yourself