Position, Possession, Completion
From June 10–11, BYU–Hawaii held its annual Hawaii Education Week (for two days) which featured some great presenters, including Joy Monahan, professional longboard surfer whom we featured about a year ago. She gave a fantastic workshop entitled, “Position, Possession, Completion.” In her presentation, she drew parallels from an outdoor adventure that she and some of [...]
Making Connections
May 28, 2011—As part of my efforts to build a web presence for LatterDaySports.com, I’ve been having fun learning about, using, and fumbling through social media. I maintain accounts on both Facebook and Twitter. My Twitter following started extremely slow but has built steadily over the past few months. I post a few times each [...]
The Streak Continues
April 2, 2011—The season has finally come to an end for the BYU and BYU–Hawaii men’s basketball teams. The Cougars ended their NCAA tournament run with an overtime loss to Florida in the Sweet Sixteen, while the Seasiders came tantalizingly close to an NCAA II national championship, losing to Bellarmine in the title game. For [...]
Screaming for Ice Cream
BYU–Hawaii students perform ice cream chants during a March 2, 2011 basketball game versus Grand Canyon University. Photo courtesy of BYU–Hawaii Photography. March 4, 2011—Many years ago when I was a student at BYU–Hawaii, the men’s basketball team started a popular tradition. Free ice cream would be served after games to the entire arena population, [...]
Socializing with LDS College Sports
January 17, 2011—I recently had the thought, “How many followers do college athletics programs with large LDS populations have on social networking sites?” So, I decided to find out. The two most relevant sites are of course Facebook and Twitter. The table below represents what I’ve found. Followers on these sites fluctuate by the minute, [...]
