THE REBOUNDERS CLUB

The Club for Supporters of Ohio State University Womens Basketball

NEWSLETTER
VOLUME 27 NUMBER 5 DECEMBER, 2011
the team to the Nebraska game on Feb. 26th, and our sales of Steak Escape coupon cards for only $5 each. Thanks for your support of our Club and of the Ohio State womens basketball program. GO BUCKS!! Jeff Grimm, President

PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
As I write this article, I am so proud of the terrific start our team has had. They are 7-0 including wins over really good teams in LSU, Florida State and Oklahoma. I decided to cancel my stress test with my Doctor after the Florida State game because I figured if my heart can handle that ending; it must be in good shape! On November 17th, Rebounders members had the opportunity to participate in the 2011 meet the team event. If you could not attend, you missed a very enjoyable time. We watched practice and then moved up-stairs to the Andy Geiger room to meet all members of the team, including managers. They introduced themselves and then answered questions from our members. If you didnt make it this year, do try to attend next year. The event is free and a benefit of membership! As in past years, after Big Ten home games we will have an opportunity to meet in the Fred Taylor Room (off the Northeast Rotunda) and hear from an assistant coach and several players. This is always a great way to learn more about our players and to hear directly from them about the game. Bring your questions and join us after each Big 10 game. Thanks to Roger McCoy and all the South Stands volunteers this year. As you know, the merchandise stand is an important fundraiser for the Club. We dont have the final numbers in from the University yet, but I am confident it was a successful year and we will be receiving a nice check in the next month or so. Thanks Roger and team!! Dont forget to make your reservations for the away bus trips. Details are in Junes article later in this newsletter. And lastly, in the dont forget category, be sure to support our other fundraising activities such as the raffle to win a trip for 2 with

Three Time Olympic Gold Medalist Katie Smith

Katie Smith, one of the worlds greatest basketball players, will be our January speaker. Katie attended OSU from 1992 to 1996. In her freshman year, she led the OSU womens basketball team to the NCAA title game. While playing at OSU, she set a Big Ten career scoring record for men and women. In her senior year, she was voted Big Ten Most Valuable Player. Katie was the first female athlete at OSU to have her number retired and was inducted into the Ohio State Varsity O Hall of Fame. Katie has played professionally for fifteen years and had many firsts: In 2005, she became the first American female basketball player to score 5,000 total points in a professional career; In 2006, Smith became the first WNBA player to win an All Star game as a member of both the Eastern and Western Conference teams; She also became the only player to earn both ABL and WNBA championship rings. . Jim McCarthy, President-Elect

confirm your reservations by email. I do confirm all reservations, so if you havent heard from me within 48 hours, please contact me again. I dont want to miss anyone! If you are unable to attend, please remember that you are obligated to pay if I cannot fill your spot. So let me know ASAP and Ill do my best! Karen Anthony, Treasurer

Patricia (Pat) J. Botkin, 84, passed on Tuesday, November 8, 2011. Our condolences go out to Patricia M. Kearney and the Botkin family. ++++++++++ Gerald (Cliff) Shuster, 62, passed on Monday, November 14, 2011. Our condolences go out to his wife, Kathy Kastner, a Rebounders member, and his sons Jon and Jerry. ++++++++++ Both Pat and Cliff will be sorely missed.

DINNER RESERVATIONS Plan to join us on Wednesday, January 4th, at the University Plaza Hotel, located at 3110 Olentangy River Road. The doors will open at 6:00 p.m. for social time, and dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The menu will be market salad (mixed greens, tomato wedges, cucumbers, black olives and croutons), roasted pork loin with couscous cranberry chutney, steamed carrots, rolls and butter and ice cream for dessert. (A vegetarian meal or a gluten free meal is available upon request. Just let me know when you RSVP.) Drinks include water, coffee, decaf, tea & iced tea. Soft drinks and alcoholic beverages may be purchased at the hotel bar. Dinner is $16 per person, payable at the door. Remember, you are always welcome to bring a guest to dinner, introduce them to our club and invite them to join! Just let me know who will be joining you when you make your reservation. Dinner reservation deadline is 9:00 p.m., Thursday, December 29th. You may call me at 614878-1546 and leave a message with your name, number of reservations and a confirmation phone number. I will return your call to confirm your reservation. Or, you may email me at karekare61@yahoo.com and I will

Hi Rebounder family. I just wanted to take this time to wish you all a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Holiday season and a great 2012 New Year. It seems like each year goes faster than the year before. The other day, as I was making up my Christmas and holiday wish list, I was thinking and I discovered that there was only one thing I really wished for. I hope that if I wish really hard my wish will come true. However, it is a very big, Big, Big, BIG, BIG, BIG wish. My wish is for all of us in the Rebounders Club to make my wish our 2012 resolution. My wish is for every member, new and old, (not age but length of time in the Rebounders) to increase our commitment and support for our club. We have an awesome club but we need everyones help next year to carry on. Please consider buying one more raffle ticket; helping with the Christmas locker room decorations, or bringing treats or snacks for the team? Please volunteer when our president asks for members to help in working the south stands at the football games or hand out flyers at the games or at the visitors table? Please step up your commitment for our golf classic on September 17 by getting people to donate money for sponsorships; getting golfers; bringing in silent auction or door prizes? AND, most of all, please consider being part of the Executive Board by running for President Elect or Secretary. We really need you to become more involved so not just a few are making all the decisions or doing the work. After the first of the year I would love to talk with you about these great opportunities. Until then, I wish you all the BEST and GO BUCKS!!!! Mimi Mudrak, Past President mimimudrak@msn.com, 614-890-5136

FUND RAISING WIN A TRIP WITH THE TEAM! Would you like to travel with the team to the Nebraska game on February 26th? We are selling raffle tickets and the winner will be drawn at the February 1st dinner meeting and the winner does not have to be present. The winning ticket holder will be awarded a trip for two with the team to the Nebraska game. Thats transportation, meals and room. How do you get your tickets? Stop by the membership table starting at the 12/13 game, attend a dinner meeting or just mail a check payable to The Rebounders Club to Judy Grimm, 636 Crossing Creek S, Gahanna, OH 43230. The tickets are 2 for $ 5, 5 for $10 or 15 for $ 20. All proceeds benefit the Ohio State University womens basketball team. Dont forget, we still have the Steak Escape coupon cards available for only $5 each. The cards entitle the holder to free food when an additional purchase is made. You can get 3 free sandwiches valued from $4.39 to $7.69, two free fries, free drinks and even discounted sandwiches. By using this card you could save between $19.93 and $29.83 and who doesnt like to save money? These coupon cards can be purchased at the games, dinner meetings, or by sending in a check to the above address. Just in time for the holidays! Judy Grimm, Fund Raising Chair

worked five games each. Thanks to all who participated. In 2012, the seven home games will be Marshal, Miami (FL), Ohio University, Eastern Michigan, Purdue, Penn State and Michigan. If anyone wants to work at a specific game, let me know and I will put your name on the sign-up sheet before the sheets are passed out for club sign up. That will ensure your participation at the game you prefer. The sign-up sheets will not be available until the last two dinner meetings of the year. Roger McCoy, Fund Raising

OSU SOUTH STANDS MERCHANDISE SALES As the OSU regular football season came to an end, it is time to report the results of the efforts of 19 Rebounders who volunteered their time in the south stands merchandise booth. Earnings for the club totaled $2929 for the year. This is down slightly from last year but still a significant contribution to the clubs financial well being. Karen Anthony, Donna Story and Neil Fachman had the most fun as they

Rebounder name tags are available for purchase through the club at a cost of $4 for rectangular style or $6 for State-of-Ohio shape. This month we are announcing the availability of a Rebounder-engraved, 2-gigabyte jump drive for $15 (see above photos). You can request to purchase name badges or jump drives by completing a sign-up sheet available at dinner meetings or at the Rebounders Table during home games. You may also contact the projects coordinator, Betty Peters, directly via e-mail at petersbetty@hotmail.com. When you make requests by e-mail, please put Rebounders Name Tag on the subject line. Betty will notify you when your items are available. Payment via cash or a check is requested when you place your order. (Checks should be made out to The Rebounders Club). The name tags and jump drives are produced by students at the Ohio School for the Blind (OSB) as a training project. In addition to being a small fundraising event for The Rebounders, these and other such projects provide a little income for the OSB students while giving them vocational experience. We encourage you to wear your Rebounders Name Tags proudly whenever you attend OSU sports events, Rebounders meetings or any gathering where OSU fans may be present. It is a way to help us get to know each other and can also be the kind of conversation starter that might attract more members to our group. Betty Peters, Nametags

membership table as well as flyers that give the perks of being a member. Visit Brenda and John Fingeld and Ronny Arnett at the table to pick up or drop off materials. THE MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE

MEMBERSHIP We welcome new members Richard and Carolyn Moseman of Hilliard, recruited by Dick Wallace, Ken Harris of Powell, recruited by his wife, Diane Harris, Janeen JoJo Osborne of Columbus, and Pete Gaudet of Dublin, Ohio. I guess we could say that Pete Gaudet was recruited by Jim Foster since he was an assistant coach for the Ohio State womens basketball team. Our total membership is currently 347 members. Thanks to all of you for your support of womens basketball at Ohio State. Have you been to a dinner meeting yet? Our dinner meetings for the rest of the year are on the first Wednesday of the month (January 4th, February 1st, March 7th, April 4th, and May 2nd). Why dont you mark your calendar now, so that you will not miss any of the great speakers? Perhaps you also would like to mark the dates that the reservations are due. They are due on the Thursday before the meeting which would be December 29th, January 26th, March 1st, March 29th and April 26th.If you were one of the persons who liked to sign up for next meeting when you attended, that option is available once again. While I am reminding you of things, dont forget the after-the-game meetings with a coach and team members. We meet in the Fred Taylor Room at the Schott which now has a glass door that allows you to see into the room located in the NE rotunda. Those eight meetings will start with the Big Ten season which will be: January 2nd (Iowa), January 12th th (Northwestern), January 19 (Nebraska), January 22nd (Illinois), February 6th (Wisconsin), February 12th (Purdue), February 16th (Indiana), and February 23rd (Minnesota). Remember that membership is everyones job. Now that we are playing games, its a great time to recruit new members. We wouldnt have a great team without recruiting, and we cant have a great club without recruiting. There are membership forms at the

2012 REBOUNDER BUS TRIPS The first road trip will be to Michigan State University on Sunday, January 15, for the 4:00 p.m. game. The bus will leave the OSU Golf Course at 11:00am. We will have dinner in East Lansing immediately following the game and then return to Columbus. The cost of the bus, game tickets and driver gratuity will be $55 for Rebounder members and $60 for non-members. We have the necessary 30 passengers and there is room for more. Please join us and cheer the Buckeyes when they play Michigan State. The second trip was scheduled for the Penn State game on Monday evening, February 20. At this time it looks like that trip will need to be cancelled due to lack of interest. Several of you have expressed interest in a bus trip to the Indiana game On Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. If you are interested in traveling to the Indiana game, please sign-up by the December 22 deadline. The cost will be $55 for members and $60 for non members. There will be a sign-up sheet at the membership table at each game and at the dinner meetings. Make your reservations now by contacting June Allen, buckeyejune@yahoo.com or 614-4888296. Guests are always welcome to join us on the bus at the non-member rate. June Allen, Events Chair IF IN DOUBT ASK! This simple phrase is a friendly reminder to alumni, fans and friends of OSU that it is always better to ask before you act! There are many ways to be involved with Ohio State's athletic teams, but we must always be mindful to do so within the University, Big Ten and NCAA rules and regulations. Our goal is for your involvement to be: win-win-win - for you, for Ohio State, and for its talented young student-athletes. ii

FUN FACTS

The Voice of OSU Womens Basketball

Sammy Taylor Two Ohio State women basketball players have been named as Big Ten players of the week. Samantha Prahalis was named the Big Ten player of the week in recognition of her performances in wins over Howard, Stony Brook and LSU. In those games, Sammy averaged 20.3 points, 8.7 assists, and 6 rebounds. Also, in those three games, she had 26 assists and only 4 turnovers. In the win over LSU, Sammy had a busy night and flirted with a triple double as she scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists. In the game against Stony Brook, Prahalis had 25 points, 11 assists and 0 turnovers. Taylor Hill earned her first ever Big Ten player of the week honors in recognition of her performances in wins over Florida State and Oklahoma. In the two wins, Taylor averaged 25.5 points per game, 4.5 rebounds, 4.0 steals, 3.0 assists and hit six threepointers. In the win over LSU, Hill scored a career high 31 points. At Oklahoma, she scored 20 points and had five more assists. Also, Prahalis has been named to the 2011-12 Naismith Womens watch list by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

If you have not been following Marty Bannisters blog on ohiostatebuckeyes.com, you should consider doing so. He brings the game up close and personal through the eyes of a person who has been following the team for years. Here is one paragraph taken from his blog: Wow, what an impressive win for the Buckeyes Sunday in Norman against Oklahoma. The 69-63 win over the 18th-ranked Sooners improves the Buckeyes to 7-0 on the season as they head into finals week. Not only did the team navigate a very difficult three-game stretch of LSU, Florida State and Oklahoma, but they did it doing many of the "little" things that add up to wins: A Martina Ellerbe rebound that kept a possession alive and resulted in a key basket on Sunday; Emilee Harmon stepping off the bench and providing four points (including two big free throws) and a rebound; Raven Ferguson hitting two large threes in the Florida State game; Scrappiness on the defensive end of the floor from just about everyone; and the continued great play on both ends from Tayler Hill and Samantha Prahalis. Confident, but not surprised, seems to be this teams mental outlook right now. The approach to Sunday's game in Norman was the same as it was in the prior six home games, made all the more impressive by the fact it was Ohio State's first road game with a still young team. iii

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

This newsletter is a publication of The Rebounders Club, an independent organization. Its content does not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of The Ohio State University.
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If you would like to submit an article for publication, please send your article to joegolf404@aol.com. The deadline for receiving articles for the January newsletter is January 4, 2012. We do reserve the right to edit the article for length. Pat and J. R. Logsdon, Editors

Picture taken from WNBA.com Ohio State University Compliance Office iii Article taken from ohiostatebuckeyes.com
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