Trojan Candy arrived at the Meryl Norman Stadium in time to take pictures and videos of the Women of Troy Beach Volleyball Senior Salute. I ran out onto the sand and videorecorded the three Seniors entering the stadium flanked by their parents. Then I took pictures of each Senior at the net with her parents. Unfortunately, somehow, all the pictures and videos were lost. What an utter disaster!
Luckily, I was able to take pictures of some USC athletes who attended the match and of the three Seniors with Head Coach Anna Collier after our Trojans beat Pepperdine 4-1.
Seen at the SCene:
One last friend posed for my picture. Women of Troy Volleyball player Samantha (Sam) Bricio (11/29/2015) worked the match for the athletic department.
FIGHT ON, Women of Troy Beach Volleyball Seniors!
My husband Jim and I arrived right on time at the Galen Center lobby. I started taking pictures as soon as I could get my camera out of its bag.
Trojan Candy was able to "catch up" a little with Daniel Munoz (3/30/2015). Daniel earned his M.S. in Communication Management and Marketing. He has been a Graduate Manager with the men's team this year. Congratulations and FIGHT ON, Daniel! He posed with Kurt Karis and Shaqquan Aaron. Those two players are everywhere, just like Pierson and yours truly!
Just when everyone else was seated inside the donor room, Trojan Candy was still in the lobby looking for more players. That's when friends Larry and Wandy Jung walked towards me. I snapped their picture with Nikola Jovanovic and Julian Jacobs (3/30/2015).
Now, it was finally time to go inside the Founder's Room for dinner.
Once inside, I saw Shaqquan Aaron sitting with teammate Kurt Karis at a nearby table. I wanted to interview both players. I was able to finish my interview with Shaqquan but ran out of time to interview Kurt. Next time, Kurt! As for Shaqquan, he is majoring in Marketing. He came to USC because he loved the coaches. Trojan Candy is sure glad that he's a Trojan now! On a more personal note, Shaqquan's hobby is playing video games. His favorite games are "Call of Duty" and "Smash Brothers." Shaqquan's favorite types of movies are Marvel and Disney movies. As for music, Shaqquan likes Rap, Hip Hop and R and B. His favorite artist is Drake. Shaqquan's favorite food is seafood. Perhaps we'll have seafood for dinner! Nah....chicken or beef. Sorry, Shaqquan. So nice to meet you, Shaqquan and FIGHT ON!
Trojan Candy saw a familiar face at another table adjoining ours. I just had to go take a picture of Samer Dhillon (3/26/2014) and his mother Harjit.
After dinner the program began. The team awards were announced:
Team Captain Jordan McLaughlin addressed the audience. Jordan said, "Our team is proud to represent USC on and off the court. We are excited for the future."
After Jordan spoke on behalf of the team, Coach Enfield had Darion Clark come on the stage with his special friend, ten year old Cale Smith. Darion gave Cale a special #10 jersey, which is Darion's number, to congratulate Cale in his overcoming cancer. FIGHT ON, Cale! [Thank you, Pierson Clair, for letting me use your picture.]
Next, totally unexpectedly, Coach Enfield honored Tony Fox for his forty-five years of service directing the Spirit of Troy at all of the men's basketball games. Tony, who is retiring, was awarded a commemorative Tommy Trojan trophy from the team. Congratulations and FIGHT ON, Tony!
At the end of the program, the entire team came onto the stage. When Trojan Candy was taking pictures, I had camera trouble. Here is my "artsy" picture of the team.
Now, here is the team picture taken by my good friend, Pierson Clair. Pierson lets me put his pictures in my blog. You can see all of Pierson's pictures at www.pc4photo.com. Thank you, Pierson!
Trojan Candy then walked around taking pictures of as many guests and players that I could.
