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Official Podcast of the West Ottawa High School Athletic Program. 29 Sports, One Team. The show that brings you into the lives of student athletes, coaches and other faces in the Panther Sports Community. Bringing you the stories you might otherwise never hear. Join Rodney Vellinga and Athletic Director Bill Kennedy as they dive in with you to get to know each other a little bit better.
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On To The Next: Gabby Reynolds in DC
Gabby Reynolds, Panther alum, 2024 Michigan Miss Basketball and current George Washington University student, shares her journey from Holland to the heart of Washington, D.C. Gabby opens up about her cherished high school memories, the strong bonds with her teammates, and the excitement of co-hosting a girls' basketball camp with Jorddan Myrick to inspire the next generation of young athletes.
Gabby reveals the cultural and environmental contrasts she's faced while adjusting to life in the bustling East Coast city, highlighting the challenges and growth that come with dorm living and navigating a new urban landscape filled with iconic landmarks. This episode offers a compelling look at her experiences balancing academic responsibilities with the demands of college basketball, and the lessons she's learned under the guidance of coaches like Carolyn McCombs and Jorddan Myrick.
From the intricate dynamics of building trust with new coaches to the unique training methods that have shaped her game, Gabby discusses her evolution as both an athlete and an individual. Hear about her personal growth, the inspiring support from her father, and the unforgettable journey of her high school team's championship win. This heartfelt conversation is a tribute to Gabby's past achievements and a celebration of her promising future on and off the court.
This episode was recorded on August 9, 2024.
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just being able to make that run with like the girls that I've been friends with for such a long time it was, it was very memorable for me and like even now I still look at the film from that game. I had Chapman send it to me and stuff, and so, yeah, it just means so much because they're literally like sisters to me.
Speaker 2:Hey everybody, this is Rodney Valinga with West Ottawa high school athletic program and you're listening to the 29.1 Podcast 29 sports, one team. The show that brings you into the lives of student-athletes, coaches and other faces in the Panther sports community, bringing you the stories you might otherwise never hear. Join myself and Athletic Director Bill Kennedy as we dive in with you to get to know each other a little bit better. Hey everybody, welcome back to the 29.1 podcast. I'm your host, rodney Valinga, and I'm sitting here with Bill Kennedy and Bill. We have a real special podcast today.
Speaker 3:That's for sure. We're joined by Panther alumni. Gabby Reynolds, who was home for a few days, was kind enough to spend some time with us. We talk about her adjustment as she gets up to speed in DC with her new teammates and coaches at George Washington. One of the most decorated athletes ever at West Ottawa. An absolute pleasure to talk with.
Speaker 2:Yeah, this is a sit down that will give all of us a lot of insight on the maturation process of a person and an athlete moving on to the next stage of life. Really nice. She even brought in her little sister, who sat down with us the whole time. This is Gabby Reynolds coming up. Well, hey, everybody, welcome back to the 29.1 podcast. We're here in studio again and it's so much fun to be in here. We have a very special guest today. Who might it be?
Speaker 1:Gabby Reynolds.
Speaker 2:Gabby Reynolds.
Speaker 3:Excited for this one, yeah, one, yeah.
Speaker 2:excited to have gabby back at west ottawa gabby, thanks so much for being here on the podcast. You just got into town. What was it tuesday night, correct?
Speaker 1:yes, like late tuesday, I think I got back at 11 pm oh, you did, did you fly back, or what'd you do? Yeah, I flew back. So I actually had a connection flight, so I flew into chicago and then from chicago to grand rapids and I got back at 11 o'clock. So yeah, it was crazy. I thought I was going to be back earlier, but it is what it is.
Speaker 2:Did the whole crew come pick you up, or was that like?
Speaker 1:No, it was just my dad. My dad picked me up. My mom had to work the next day. She stayed up to like wait for me, but she obviously wanted to like lay down and stuff, so she was just there. My siblings were all up, besides my oldest brother, because he had work the next day at like 4 in the morning or something like that People are still living regular life when you get home, right?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I know, it has not changed.
Speaker 1:I forget, people work in the summertime.
Speaker 2:Oh my goodness, but you're back for a camp, correct? Yes, do you want to tell us about that a little bit?
Speaker 1:Yes, so I'm working with Jordan Myrick on this Sunday. What is it doing? A basketball camp we did. We're doing one from kindergarten to fifth grade and then from sixth to twelfth grade. Um, I think it's from what the first one is from. I think one to 330. The next one's from 330 to 530. So just two separate camps just working on skills, basic development. Uh, we, I think we're planning on doing a little bit of scrimmaging with the kids. Um, so we'll see the turnout. I have to check to see how many people have registered. I still haven't done that yet, but we have to also kind of make a whole plan for what we're going to do and the order and everything. But I'm excited for it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's just a start Like this is your first camp, so whatever it is, it's going to be great one way or the other.
Speaker 3:Yeah, so I'm excited there's going to be many more, for sure, girls basketball too, which I think is a huge huge piece.
Speaker 1:Yes, because I think all the other camps that I've heard of has just been both and I feel like a lot of the girls are kind of scared and shy to come out to camps and stuff. So I just wanted to make it separate, just so that I didn't. I'm not going to make a boys camp yet, I think maybe the next year, just because it's a lot, especially like my freshman year and stuff. So we'll get in the once I get in the groove and stuff I'll do that. But I just wanted like girls to be seen and stuff and so I think this is a good way to kind of do that.
Speaker 2:Coming home. You've been away for almost almost two months. Right yeah, over two months. How many people?
Speaker 1:now that you're back in town, have been trying to get a hold of you or just like talk to you. So it's been quite a few. Definitely my head coach, tab, he's texting me quite a bit, um, but like just a lot of like friends and stuff that I've had since high school. Um, I'm still trying to figure out days and stuff for like when to hang out with them, on which days, how much time to spend with them, while also trying to um hang out with my family and stuff. And then also some of my old teammates. Um, I've heard there's like injuries going on and stuff, so I also have to go visit them and just check in on them. So that that's the plan right now. But, yeah, definitely just some connections that I've had in the past. They've just been reaching out and stuff.
Speaker 2:Yeah, that's really fun. There's one person, though, that had a planned. I heard had a scheduled itinerary for when you came home. Is that the case?
Speaker 1:I guess so Is it.
Speaker 2:So I talked to your dad. He said yep, uh, gabs is coming home and avea's got a whole itinerary of what she wants to do with her big sister that is actually true.
Speaker 1:She did text me quite a few times. She was like gabby, can you take me shopping this day? Gabby, can you take me thrift shopping this day? Like she's just been asking me like left and right to do things like I didn't know. She had an entire itinerary so she hasn't communicated that part to me.
Speaker 2:Yes, oh, that's great. Well, you know, sometimes when people leave and they go off to college, the whole home dynamic changes. For sure. I'm sure for Nevaeh, it's just nice to have you back for 10 days.
Speaker 1:I think it's different. I mean, I don't know if she's ever been in a household without her sisters and stuff, because we have what. There's four girls in our house, and so she's always had a sister, but now that her last one is gone out the house, she's like only with brothers now. So very different for her Very, very different.
Speaker 3:And you're I mean. Things happen very fast, right, graduation happens two weeks later you're on your way to George Washington.
Speaker 1:Felt like whiplash. It was the craziest transition I think I've ever had. It was the craziest transition I think I've ever had. It was good. It was crazy Just to get adjusted and stuff was really tough, but it was really good. I'm glad I got there earlier because we had the choice to get there June 1st or a little bit later. I think June 20th was the option. So I was glad I was able to get there earlier and just kind of get the adjustment as hard as it was.
Speaker 2:But it was still good to just get there and stuff you guys were able to kind of turn, taking you down or over to dc kind of, into a little bit of a family vacation your dad shared with me.
Speaker 1:Yeah, we did. That was fun. Um the trip, I think we, so we split it into two days. We went to my grandparents house for the first night. We stayed there for where are they? They're in a wasso machine. So like 30 minutes from on the way okay, yeah, so it is on the way.
Speaker 1:so it just kind of cut down the time going to DC so that our trip wouldn't be as long in the morning. So we went to Wasto, stayed overnight and then we woke up at I think what was it four in the morning, I think something like that. The next day.
Speaker 2:Nevaeh is here. By the way, younger sister has come and sat in Her mic is on, headset is on, not saying anything.
Speaker 1:So we left the next day I think four in the morning to get to DC so I could have everything, so I could get myself unpacked and everything in DC that day instead of getting there super late at night. But yeah, we I mean we didn't really talk in the morning because we were all asleep but we got there, got myself unloaded and then kind of just went through the entire process of getting ready for college. So we went, visited around the the facilities and stuff in DC and the Smith Center, which is like the gymnasium that we play in. We went to a few of the places that you could eat at like on campus and stuff, just kind of looked around and stuff. So that's really what we did the first night or first day.
Speaker 2:We were there and I stayed with my family in a hotel that week as well, just because it was kind of like my last time seeing them.
Speaker 1:That's a tender moment, yeah, so it was super weird. And then the next day I had the choice to stay with them, but I wanted to get adjusted so I stayed in my own dorm, cause I also had got an all set up and everything. It took me a while, but yeah, so that's really what happened. And then they left. I think what was it? Two, three days later, I think something like that nice to do.
Speaker 2:that I've noticed over the years.
Speaker 2:so when we're in a community like this you don't always know everybody, but you kind of see everybody right, whether it's the face or whatever. But one thing that stands out to me about your family is you all go to each other's games. This is a big thing I would be at so, nevaeh, you play with my daughter Sadie on some basketball teams and we'd be at a gym and here come the Reynolds. I mean here they come, whatever time it is. It's 8.15 on a Saturday and here come that Reynolds family all coming in to watch somebody play. Can you tell me a little bit about why your family does that?
Speaker 1:Yeah, I just think that's a very important thing to do, especially when you're a kid just to have those memories of knowing that, like what you do matters to your family and stuff, like I don't know. I feel like when I was a kid, knowing that my entire family was going to be there whatever time it was in the morning it could have been an eight o'clock game watching me when I was like six years old, like when you could barely dribble the ball, like they were still there to show up and show that like what you're doing is important and matters to me. I think that's just very I don't know that's a very valuable memory, I think, as a kid, and so just being able to be there and show my support in any way, I think for all of us, is just, I think it's just very important.
Speaker 2:Your dad shared with me because he grew up in Chicago but single parent home. He was like I never got to have that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2:Like his mom, was working more jobs than she should have been.
Speaker 1:Right or couldn't have to do, and he's like I never had that. And he goes.
Speaker 2:I just really wanted our family to be that so.
Speaker 1:Yeah, my dad, he definitely does make that like something that's very like. I don't even know like the word to describe or to say, but he just makes it like mandatory basically for us to be there, but it doesn't even feel mandatory anymore.
Speaker 2:It just kind of feels like it's natural for us, because I can see it feeling mandatory at whatever time you're getting up.
Speaker 1:Yeah, especially like in high school when you're playing a Friday night game, having to wake up to watch, like elementary school kids play it like the next day at like 8 am. It was hard at first but then it just kind of started to become like oh, like this is going to mean something to them.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and I want to do a special shout out to your mom, because sometimes when I finally talk to one parent, I keep mentioning them. So I talk to Keith Reynolds Wonderful. But, your mom, leanne, mom's, the mom Dudes know that moms run the show.
Speaker 1:Yeah, right.
Speaker 2:So we do a shout out to your mom here for a minute, too minute too, but let's, uh, let's talk about the school. You're at. One thing for me, when I heard that you were going to george washington, I was like where?
Speaker 1:yeah, right, this is the midwest. Yes, so we go.
Speaker 2:We think michigan, wisconsin, western michigan, michigan state, that's all in our heads. Bill, you are from more of the east coast. Uh, do you want to talk about? George washington a little bit. Maybe the two of you can a little bit, yeah, from.
Speaker 3:You know, originally from baltimore, growing up there on the East Coast, you know DC was always a place that we could hop on the subway and go visit, just to go kind of get a different experience within a different city. I guess, gabby, what are kind of your first impressions now being in the mid-Atlantic? We talked a little bit about the weather. It's a little bit chillier here in Michigan right now. Maybe just talk a little bit about what that adjustment's like going from the Midwest to that area. Mid-atlantic East Coast area. So far.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So I think what I just was talking to my friend about this yesterday it's kind of random, but like when I'm in DC walking around and stuff you like, it's just so many young people there, which is really strange to me. Even in the airport the other day I was just seeing all these old people and I was like whoa, like I forgot, like it's just like you just don't even see. I mean, it's like you see people like 40 and younger. It's never like.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that's a really strange dynamic and I guess I didn't really realize that until I got there. But yeah, so that's one thing. And then city life, city living, is just very different. Definitely much more traffic there, even yesterday Aggressive drivers.
Speaker 1:Very, very, yeah, honking everywhere in the morning, like I don't even need an alarm. Everywhere in the morning, like I don't even need an alarm, I feel like anymore I can just hear people honking early in the morning, cause I'm like in the center of it, like I, you can see the Washington monument from my room, so I'm right there, so I know. Yeah, so it's really nice, but yeah, so it's just a bunch of traffic. The weather obviously it's very hot there.
Speaker 2:I don't know. Well, yeah, and it's. It's a fairly large school.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:So of course I did my Wikipedia on George. Washington like everyone does. But it said they got. It's about 26,000, 27,000 students.
Speaker 1:Yeah, there's a lot of, yeah, a lot of people there.
Speaker 2:Physically where you are check this out. You are actually only six blocks west of the White House.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I'm right there, like I come out of my room. If I were to walk out of my dorm, take a right, take a like, walk like two blocks straight, take a left and then the washington and then the white house is like on my right that's so cool, it's right there, so I visited there.
Speaker 1:I mean, we take scooters and stuff at night, like just like going around, like looking at the white house, the monuments because there's so many of like everywhere. But no, it's a really cool experience and even like at night. You, I was driving around yesterday and I was like man, it looks. It looks so dark out here Because in DC it's like there's lights everywhere. So there's just little things that are just so different, I know yeah.
Speaker 2:And the campus is different right, so it's right down in DC, of course, in downtown yes. And there's also the Mount Vernon campus.
Speaker 1:Yeah, can you talk?
Speaker 2:about the two different campuses and what that's like.
Speaker 1:So I've actually I've been to the Mount Vernon campus like a few times, but that's only because we work out at the gym. It's called the Vern, so we work out there once a week, but it's where we do our conditioning workouts and stuff, so I've only been there like very few times Take a bus up there, right yeah? We take a bus up there, so that's also new. Like having to take buses like I've never done that in my life. So like having to get to adjust to the city living.
Speaker 1:It's very different you better be on schedule, I know because if you're late then yeah, it's, you're screwed, so we've um. So yeah, we, my team and I we take the bus to go to mount vernon, but then that's about the only time I've actually been there, like I've not seen the campus over there. I know there's like living situations there, that people live out there, but I haven't really been there enough okay um, so I'm yeah, I'm on the other side of campus, all right and are you like in an athletic dorm.
Speaker 2:Do you have that or what's that like?
Speaker 1:we like? Are you saying like we do that room with people that are athletes? Or actually it's. We have a freshman dorm, so I'm in like just like the area where it's just freshman. But it's nice though, because, like I live with the rest of my freshman teammates and stuff, but we also just have our own single room.
Speaker 1:Like we don't share rooms or anything, like you just have your own room which is super nice, like at the end of practice, you just get to like lay in bed, like in your, by yourself, which is super nice. I mean, obviously you have to like share bathrooms, which sucks, but it's like yeah, well, you've been doing that your whole life, right, exactly, exactly.
Speaker 3:I think we all do that, yeah that is a little bit different than living with nine other football guys, like I did when I was in school.
Speaker 1:Oh my gosh.
Speaker 3:Ten football guys in a dorm together.
Speaker 1:Oh, my God.
Speaker 2:I'll lose my sense of smell for that.
Speaker 1:I could not.
Speaker 2:I will get rid of that.
Speaker 1:That's so.
Speaker 2:So you know you've been down there a little bit. We're going to get into this a little bit, but you've really matured as an athlete over time. Yeah, it's from being a freshman playing here. You had a bit of an awkward start down there. You had some portal stuff going on, so there was some new players in there. The two other freshmen that were there weren't there yet, cause you went early.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that was tough.
Speaker 2:Tell me a little bit like it was, just, you know, wanting to get into a groove with people around you. You didn't have that at first.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no. So it was very weird. Like there were several people that transferred out that I had any. I had no idea how to even transfer, cause sometimes they didn't make a post about it, so I was just kind of in there and I was like, well, where is everybody at?
Speaker 1:And like some of the coaches had left too. But like that just happens in college basketball you can't I mean college sports in general it just transferring happens and you can't really do anything about it. And so I got there and it was tough because I was the youngest too and so I just felt very alone. And there were transfer students but like obviously they were already in college, so they already had the idea of what college life was like. They were able to easily click with other girls and stuff. So I was just kind of the youngest one and so it was just tough just feeling alone and stuff and and I would, which is a common thing for everybody that goes off to school yes usually those first two or three weeks.
Speaker 2:I remember when I went to school it was like the loneliest two weeks of my life.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I was like oh I know my friends, I know, yeah, and it's just because, like the entire time, I was just kind of like in my head I was like man, I'm really missing out on summer right now, like I think the week I left it was the week of beach week so it was like man, I'm seeing all these posts and like friends doing fun stuff while I'm over here, 12 hours away away from family friends, like nobody's with me besides coaching staff, like.
Speaker 1:so it just felt very. I felt very isolated, which was like the worst feeling ever I think I had. I think I practiced, and right after practice I would just come to my room and sit down for the rest of the night, so it it wasn't anything and I could have like I should have definitely went out in DC and just like done stuff, but I was just I don't know, I just was in my room, and so that was not the best feeling, but it was a much needed experience and stuff, of course.
Speaker 2:Yeah, did you find basketball was a bit of a refuge there?
Speaker 1:Yes. Yeah, that's something familiar, yeah, familiar, yeah, I definitely don't think I've played basketball more in my life, um, and you play a lot, yeah, you trained a lot when you were here, yeah, and so, like when I was there, I mean if I was bored I would just walk to the gym. It's eight, it's like a seven minute walk to the gym, so I oh that's another thing walking all the time. You just walk everywhere, which I am going to get a scooter soon but we do have north, south yeah, yeah but it's not that far yeah, it's just.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, it's not the same, but um, it's just. I would just play basketball, like whenever I got bored it could be like eight o'clock at night I would just go to the gym, whatever, just get up some shots, just because I didn't know what else to do come for food so yeah, that's like what it was and then, as those other freshmen eventually got there, have you been able to kind of form some connections with some of those girls that are going to be teammates?
Speaker 1:very much so. Like the freshmen, I think we like I would like consider them already like sisters, like we talk all the time and it's nice that we live in the same area because, like at night if we're having like a hard if we had a hard practice, something like that we'll just go to each other's room, talk about it and then just kind of like rant and stuff which is super. But then, even like having the other freshmen there, we've been able to connect slowly with the other, um, the upperclassmen and stuff, which has also been really nice. It's just, um, it took us a minute, but yeah, we're very, we're very close now.
Speaker 3:Where are the other girls that are coming in in this freshman class? Where are they from? Are they from other areas of the country as well?
Speaker 1:Yeah, so actually one of them. She's out of the country right now. She's coming back the 15th. I haven't met her yet. I think she's in ooh Germany.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I saw that. I was on the website too. I'm like, oh, they've got a freshman from Germany here. Yes, yeah, that European game, let's go, yes.
Speaker 3:I know.
Speaker 1:Yeah, so that was yeah. So I haven't met her yet, but we and I think her name is Miriam there's two girls I'm really bad at names and then my other teammate, Kyra, she's from Virginia, and then my other teammate, Morgan, she's from New Jersey.
Speaker 3:Okay, I love the East Coast representation.
Speaker 1:Yeah, they're all from the East Coast. Well speaking of the East.
Speaker 2:Coast. Let's get this Panther crowd, this Panther Nation, a little familiar about the Atlantic.
Speaker 3:10, because that's the conference you're playing in. Yes, a crowd, this panther nation a little familiar about the atlantic.
Speaker 1:10, because that's the conference you're playing in?
Speaker 3:yes, great league, great league and some amazing venues.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, I can't wait to talk to you down the road after you've had a chance to get into some of these venues in the a10 I'm so excited honestly and I still have to honestly get like the full research of like atlantic 10, like all the teams and stuff, because there's a bunch of moving.
Speaker 1:I think umass was just in the a10, I think they just they just moved right, yeah, so there's just a lot of that yeah, so there's just moving and stuff like even like the big 10, I think, is all changed, like their conference is just like they're just all changing and stuff well, what's funny is I was going through on their website. They don't even have your schedule out yet no, yeah, and it's so frustrating, oh my goodness I mean like I'm so anxious, like I just want to know who are non-conferences. You know who your conference?
Speaker 2:is. I was like, let's talk about Gabby's first game. I'm looking, it's like oh, the schedule's not yet released.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what it's so funny. I've gotten asked that question about my schedule all the time. But it's not out yet, and I'm surprised because our season is coming up I mean not super shortly, exactly, so I would have thought it would be out by now, but no, college schedules are out.
Speaker 2:Well, umass was a team that I was going to mention that was in the Atlantic 10, but they're not. But there's teams like Richmond, vcu, st Joe, so these are all pretty familiar names to sports fans.
Speaker 1:Yes, Yep, and Loyola too, loyola Dayton, those schools, I think those are nearby here, so I'm excited for that.
Speaker 2:Right, you have a unique opportunity. The coach you're playing for, carolyn McCombs, is just in her third season there. Yeah yes, so talk about maybe her a little bit. I know last year they were 13 and 18.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:So they're definitely looking to move up. It's been a while since they've been in the tournament yeah. Talk about just meeting her her.
Speaker 1:Yeah. So I really love Coach McComb. She's just been like. She's been nothing short of great. She has a very high expectation for all of her players. She doesn't kind of coddle to you if you're not doing well in practice and stuff like that. She's very sweet. She doesn't. She's not. It's different because she's not the same as Chapman, where Chapman would be like, I mean, he would dig into you if you're not doing something very great so he something very great so it's not like that, but it's just she pushes you to be at your best every single day and she is very patient too.
Speaker 1:Like if you don't get cause there's in college, there's just a bunch of terminology you have to use like all the time. I'm not used to saying people's names, I'm not used to like saying just like different terms all the time. Like we have like a play. It's like button hook, like you don't even know what that even is. It's just like button hook, like you don't even know what that even is. It's just that some of them just seem so random. But so we have that kind of stuff that I'm still trying to get used to. But she's been doing really good at just being patient and like knowing that it's going to come to me and stuff.
Speaker 1:And so it has. Um, it definitely has, but obviously there's still room to grow. But, yeah, I've been excited to like be playing under her. I've never been coached under a female, and I think I've said that a few times, but just being coached under one, um, it's just very different and it's a good different. The coaching staff, the rest of coaching staff, is actually very new. There's two no three actually, because a third one just came a few weeks ago. Um, three new assistant coaches that I just met coach prior amy, prior coach jazz and then coach novak. They're all new coaches and stuff, so I'm getting getting used to them. Coach Pryor is my point guard coach, so we do a lot of stuff together, especially before practice and stuff, just getting up shots just to get myself warmed up before, and then sometimes we'll shoot after and stuff. But yeah, no, I really like these coaches and stuff. They've been, yeah, they've just been really good to me.
Speaker 2:So you have to reestablish yourself as a player again.
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's very.
Speaker 2:You have your resume, go online and read it, and then you got to get out on the court again, don't you?
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah, so it's also that's another thing, like in practice and stuff. Like I know, in high school and stuff, I was always used to just being able to shoot like whenever I want, like kind of just having the green light of anything. In college it's very different, obviously. You have like every single player on the court you're playing with can play basketball, so it's like you just got to trust everybody, like, and make the right decisions, make the right reads all the time and stuff, and so, um, yeah, it's very different. And even like in college and stuff I didn't know the mid-range was just like not a shot that you don't shoot right, I was talking to your dad about that so one thing that we were discussing was like uh, going to a new coach and adjusting to them and he goes.
Speaker 2:The crazy thing that gab's going through right now is they don't want her taking that mid-range. Yeah, talk about an athlete again, just, and you constantly need to make adjustments and have a temperament where you go really, and I was.
Speaker 2:Who was I talking about this too? I think it was you, I don't know, but it was like, yeah, so the, the, uh, the mid range shot is not a good shot and I go well, yeah, for most people it's not, but it is when gabby's taking it, yeah, so they better get on board. But maybe just you know talk about that like now.
Speaker 1:You got to adjust your game again right, yeah, and so and that's also tough because I in high school and stuff I would take the mid-range shot because I couldn't shoot the three ball. So then I started just getting like really good at the mid-range shot, just because I just really wasn't confident in shooting the three ball, and so that's what I've just been doing and I've just gotten so used to it over the last few years and so now that it's like not a thing has been really tough. So just like when I'm used to like being able to just, if the defense is a little bit off of kicking it out, which is just not something I'm used to. And it's tough because, like I don't know, I feel like I've proved in several ways in high school that I can shoot the shot pretty well. But in college and stuff, you just got to make those adjustments and you got to trust the coach and what she's saying or what she or he is saying, and just yeah, I got to go with it.
Speaker 3:So is that kind of a philosophical thing for coach mccomb? She's more of a.
Speaker 1:It's three or you're getting to the rack yes, yeah, that's what it is, and she also. She I don't know if she's huge into off the dribble threes either, which I think I really only shot off the dribble three just because it was hard to get a catch and shoot three, I think in high school, um, but so it's kind of like you got to drive it and kick it out when it's a catch and shoot three, or it's a drive and a layup like those are kind of like the two things that she wants. Floaters I think she's okay with.
Speaker 2:I've never tried it yet I hope so.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I haven't done it yet in practice, but um, I think right now it's really just layups and then um threes and you're primarily playing at the point guard at this point, right yes, yeah, she, yeah, she recruited me to be a point guard, which is also, yeah, that's a good thing too, because there's been the other coaches and stuff that I was recruited by were kind of iffy with that, so, okay, really well you know, you didn't have to showcase that in your high school career yeah, you didn't have to like dish the ball 15 times a game no, yeah, it's different.
Speaker 2:Yes, very coming up this season, you're hoping for some quality minutes this year yes you feel you can make a nice contribution as a freshman.
Speaker 1:I, yeah, I really I do really think so. I think the practices and stuff that we've had um at the start of the year it was obviously rocky and rusty and stuff I wasn't doing the best cause I was still adjusting and I still am. But yeah, I think right now I'm starting to prove myself in the in the sense that, like I can compete with anybody. Um, I think there's lots of room to grow, but right now I feel like I'm doing really good, just getting the basics and stuff down, making better reads and stuff, not rushing into my shots and stuff like and not doing too much, you know.
Speaker 1:So I'm just really, right now, trying to get the coaches trust, cause that's the biggest thing you need is just getting the coaches trust and cause if you don't have a coach, just you're just not going to play. Um, because if you don't have a coach, just you're just not gonna play, like I just don't. So, um, that's really what my focus is at right now, and just being able to get in the gym early, getting in the gym or then leaving the gym late kind of thing, and then hopefully, yeah, getting good minutes you kind of just spoke to it, but the thing that, as an observer, and watching you over the course of your high school career the part that set you apart.
Speaker 3:I've been involved in high school athletics for 20 plus years. You are like a top one percenter as far as work ethic is concerned, you are always willing to put in the work, and that's always, regardless of the adjustment to the college game.
Speaker 3:make sure you fall back on that, because that work ethic is going to shine through, not only because of your coaches, but it's going to be the part that is going to be the catalyst for you you know, getting improvement and getting on the court yes, yeah, and my coach and I were just talking about that the other day, just kind of saying that that's what separates you is like.
Speaker 1:Whatever your work ethic and that's just in general, like for any college athletes is going to be the work ethic I think there's another big thing that separates gabby reynolds from the field too your work with Jordan Myrick over the years.
Speaker 2:What I love about him is he teaches basketball different. It is so different the skill base, the stop, the pacing the hesitation the footwork. I really think for you at George Washington that's going to be a huge advantage, especially maybe transitioning from the main score all the time you're going to find that all that stuff is going to give you some great opportunities for everything else right like yeah a lot of times today everybody plays at 100, 100 speed, as fast as we can. Go, go, go, go go yeah but the that little pause.
Speaker 2:You know it, you love it as much as the rest of us, right yes, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1:So Jordan, he I think it's just crazy, like just to see, like, because I feel like people can see the stuff that he posts on his story and people might think it's crazy or people might think it's just doing extra stuff, but it's like you don't do that stuff in games. It's really just to get you to challenge your thinking. Like when you're in games, sometimes you don't expect a third person to come in on you or like to trap you or something like that. So what he does is just like the cone stuff he does. Um, it looks crazy when you do it, but it's so helpful because in games it's just like a react, like it's just it's an instinct, you know, and so that's what he teaches and stuff.
Speaker 1:And in college, when even just in scrimmages that we do, I just feel like the stuff that he's done has really prepared me for the next level in all areas, like the change of pace that he does, like you were saying, like the pausing and stopping and stuff, even the ways you go off, like the layups. There's just so much that he teaches. That's just yeah. You don't find many trainers that can do it.
Speaker 2:I was talking to him yesterday for a little bit. I go in the gym once in a while. He's working with somebody, so I'm standing watching just for a little bit as much I can. There was a really cool thing he was doing. I think it was, uh, one of the girls in the west ottawa team, but she was on the left hand side of the key left hand dribble and she was gonna cut across. She was. She was going horizontal yeah towards the key.
Speaker 2:Instead of pushing off with her left foot to get into the paint, she jumped off her right foot yeah right goes off her right foot with a two-foot land in the paint, I'm like nobody does that.
Speaker 1:Yeah, nobody does that, naturally right, yeah, ever yeah, but the advantage yeah is so great.
Speaker 2:It's just a different move that nobody sees. I would say for you I don't, you probably don't see it, but I see all this stuff. When I watch you play, I'm like, oh, no one does that.
Speaker 3:Nobody's doing that.
Speaker 2:That's a different move. It's fun for us as fans of basketball to go oh wow, this is different.
Speaker 3:It's fun. It leads to some poor officiating at times.
Speaker 2:I know.
Speaker 1:There were some calls over the years when gabby made moves in the lane and she would get called for travel yeah it's not a travel dude, but they were not used to seeing a female player pull off a move like that like that you said, like female basketball and stuff, because because even like we would have a game I don't know, not this year, but like last year when we would like play before the guys or something like that, I would do a move, I would get a travel call on it. It would be just like a swing step or even just the euro or something and they would call a travel. But then you see it all the time and guys and it's just never a call. So it's like it's just not as common in girls basketball and that's like I don't know.
Speaker 2:I mean, that's what jordan did to me, so yeah, well, he talked about that when he said uh, when I talked to him he was like well, you tell me, the first time you worked with gabby and stuff, right, he's going. Man, she came in you know how jordan talks oh yeah, so relaxed and smooth and I'm gonna do a disservice to him here by trying to imitate him but he's like, yeah, gabby came in.
Speaker 2:She's like really lanky she. You could see she had talent, but it was very undeveloped and he even said this is the first time he worked with a female athlete doing the stuff that he did he did and he wasn't sure where it was gonna go yeah, yeah, I remember that that was.
Speaker 1:I remember I first walked because I had never had a trainer before either. My dad was always a person that took me to the gym. He would take me to churches, even like, if, like, if gyms were open, especially during like COVID, and stuff Me and eventually me and Jordan were like starting to work together and I was so nervous working with him just because it was like he just has like a way of like the way he teaches and stuff.
Speaker 1:It's so it seems like it's careless because he has such like a monotone, like his voice turned into like he's like a brother to me. I'm like, even when I moved to DC, he was the person that I missed the most, which was crazy. Like I didn't even care, like it wasn't my friends, it wasn't my parents, it was George. I missed, like, cause I was with him every day.
Speaker 1:You become friends with or tight with it's that shared space element yeah, and boy did you guys share a lot of space over the years there. Yeah, I, it's crazy. It was crazy just these two months not having him and stuff. And that's another thing, like he. Or hearing um, my assistant, because we have another um, uh, player development coach, um, and so him uh trying to help me and stuff. I always and I love him, like he's a great guy, but he wasn't. He's not jordan. So it's like having to get used to these new voices and stuff in my head and stuff. It's so hard. I was very stubborn at first but now I've got you got to learn to loosen up and stuff, but it's just hard not having him being in my head the whole time.
Speaker 2:That gets to something I want to get into next, and this is a little pause, so I can pull this up on my phone because it's very hard for me to read, so talking with your father your father is very when he gets older, like when he gets older, older. I can't wait to see Keith Reynolds at 85 with that big gray beard that he just no longer takes care of.
Speaker 2:That day is coming. But whenever I talk to your dad, I always feel like he's just so wise I mean, he's a theologian, for goodness sake. So I'm talking with him and we're talking about hey, well, gabby's going to be in DC and he goes. I'm not worried, he goes. Gabby has agency now. Gabby has agency. I didn't know what that term meant. So I kind of heard it before. Do you know what it?
Speaker 1:means. Is he talking about like having like people by my side, like coaches and stuff like that? Or is he, or is there a different?
Speaker 2:way. It's close to that, so let me read it. So it says agency is the sense of control that you feel in your life, your capacity to influence your own thoughts and behavior and have faith in your ability to handle a wide range of tasks and situations.
Speaker 1:Mm-hmm yeah.
Speaker 2:So think about even yourself, as a freshman, not having that in your life.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:And you grow through all these different adverse situations that come up as an athlete not being an athlete, but up until you're a senior.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:How did you develop this agency Like? Do you even consciously, are you even aware of it?
Speaker 1:I really think it just comes down to my dad and just how he raised me. I think a lot of my friends think that I have very strict parents and stuff, but my dad he like I think even if other people I think even my sister and my siblings and stuff I think are still trying to understand like where my dad comes from when he makes a lot of these like so-called points and stuff.
Speaker 2:I didn't get it.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I know, yeah, I know exactly.
Speaker 1:So I didn't get it until like I hit college I was like man, like everything he taught me was very real and I'm so glad he did even just um, I don't even think I would be able to adjust to college um like right as as quickly as I did without him. Um, like I would call him. I'm like man, because you know, like the transfer portal is like so prevalent like nowadays, like people talk about all the time. Like man, I'm like I don't think I'm gonna stay here, like it's too far away from home and like all this stuff like and I was just like I wasn't, especially because I was only freshman. So like all these thoughts were in my head already from like the get-go um and I remember calling him and he never called coddled to me. He wasn't like he's like oh man, like um, he never was just kind of babying me about it.
Speaker 1:He was just like straightforward. He was like Gabby. He was like you're, you're, you're 18. He was like you got to get yourself together. He was like get in the gym. He said whatever happens happens. He was like but what you got to do is not let everything that's happening right now just be like the main focus for you. He was just kind of like you got to not only look at the um, like the bad things, but like look at how privileged you are, like you're going to school for free, you're in dc, like all these things, and like the coach wants you there. You don't like not every college athlete has coaches that want them at their school, she. But like he was just kind of saying all these good things and stuff and he just really helped me. Um, yeah, just like how kind of look through it as at a much more positive lens, and so that's just what he's been like my entire life.
Speaker 2:And it really shows you just how you let your mind, where you let your mind go.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 2:Can have such a huge impact on your actions. Yes, your dad's so right, like okay, we can go there if we want to, but if we go in this direction, you can't even list everything that's good.
Speaker 1:Right, Exactly, Exactly, and so that's what he's just helped me a lot and just even like my entire life. Just like doing things, like just to keep me disciplined and organized, like having to do tours every day If I didn't do those tours I wasn't gonna hang out with friends making sure my homework is done, like reading every single night, journaling, like protein shake every single day, like those kinds of things. Like he was the one that kept me regimented and I think it's like I just do those things on my own.
Speaker 3:And some of those doubts and thoughts that creep in the mind as a freshman as you transition into the college athletic world. That's a very natural thing. That happens to a lot of people. I even reflect back onto my own experience showing up at Robert Morris my freshman year, and all of a sudden, every kid on the team is all county, all conference, all state and you're competing for those positions and it's like the easiest thing to do right is for your mind to go right to.
Speaker 1:Well, I can go and maybe find a space that's better and make it easier.
Speaker 3:I'm better for sticking it out where I was right. And then you just start to compete. Yeah, and that's where you really, I think, realize your full potential.
Speaker 1:Yes, and I agree, and I think it really builds your character too, I think. Even now I just feel I don't know, I mean it's it's only been two months but I just feel a lot more put together right now, like I was able to get through that, and I feel like I can really just like, if anything hard comes my way, I feel like I can push through that as well.
Speaker 3:I said that to Rodney earlier today as we were preparing to have you on. I'm like I can't wait to talk to Gabby now. Two months, just two months, it's a short amount of time. But you've been dropped into it and there's some maturity that's going to come out of it and I can tell yeah, it just feels very different, like I don't even.
Speaker 1:It's just so. It's very strange. You just have to be so regimented in college and stuff and just get what you got to do done and just I don't know it. Just I have a much better feeling about life. I don't know. Yeah, that's awesome.
Speaker 2:I thought we'd talk about the recruiting process and then I'm like, no, we're not going to. Because, no, we will a little bit yeah.
Speaker 1:That yeah.
Speaker 2:That was such a long. I went on your Insta, I went through all this stuff. I'm like, oh, here we go, Another one another, one another, one another one another one. There's Gabby, there's her dad, there's Jordan Myrick.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Well, they're dressed up in Michigan clothes this week. Oh, this week it's Pitt Like it was all over the place, right. A very long process for you. Very much, yeah, and that all happened. You did all that and you made your declaration. Wow, how nice was it for you that when that all ended, that senior year just sat in front of you. Yeah, you're free and clear of all that stuff. Can you tell me what effect having that all done?
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:What that, how that affect your senior year.
Speaker 1:I think it was just like I just had like a clean, like headspace, like it just felt so relieving. I feel, like I could like literally just be at rest, I think, because when you're going through the recruitment process, I mean you have to be on your phone like all the time. You're texting, you're calling.
Speaker 2:Every game's a show.
Speaker 1:Exactly, especially in AAU, like just like I don't know, I mean, that's also I committed earlier. So then like an, a you and stuff, I would just be able to play and not have to worry about. Oh man, am I gonna get an offer? Am I gonna not get an offer?
Speaker 2:taking away like those kinds of things, like that taken away to scary well, because that would enter your head yeah, and so it wasn't.
Speaker 1:It's not like you can like strip the offer, but it's like coaches just would talk to you, and so that is basically like the kinds of things going in your head all the time. And for it to finally be over was very nice and, just going into high school season, being able to enjoy with the girls that I played with since literally six, fifth, sixth grade back on coach ped's team way.
Speaker 1:Yeah, literally yeah. And so just being able to have fun, being able to hang out with friends, like senior year, doing the fun activities like powder puff, like just doing all that stuff, it just felt more fun because it was like I didn't have to worry about oh shoot, wait, I got to leave this event early Cause I had to call a coach, like those kinds of things. Um and so no, it was very nice, it was very relieving. Did it help your personal relationships with teammates and that sort of thing too? I would say it was just have been the same thing, but I feel like I don't know. I think that everybody was just happy for me when it was over. That's nice, yeah.
Speaker 3:Last that run as we got into the tournament last year. Yeah, you know, we win a district and we go and we win a regional and then one of the coolest events I've ever been a part of is that I mean we sold out Granville's gym for that state semifinal. It was just awesome to see. Awesome to see that for girls basketball. One of the things that really sticks out to me is really that bond that was there between you and Chelsea and Brooke and kind of watching you all develop through the years of high school.
Speaker 3:What did having that experience to kind of, I guess, really put the cherry on top of the high school career? Yeah what does that? What was that like for you?
Speaker 1:I think that was honestly the best. I think this year was by far the best year, not even just because, like the senior activity and stuff, but like just how we had approached like the game of basketball and stuff, like we all really wanted it this year and you could feel it, I feel, like even from the stands and stuff, that we just wanted to win every single game. I think that one game we had lost ah, we lost that one game.
Speaker 1:It was out in like like battle creek central yes, I think that game really brought us together more because it was kind of like any like if we don't take anything seriously, things could go downhill really fast, and so I think he was needed just kind of for us to be humbled and stuff. And so like finishing the season out with those girls meant so much to me, especially on that kind of a run, being able to like hold the trophy and stuff in the air with them and like going out to eat celebrating win and stuff, especially after not winning. For how long was it since we had last?
Speaker 3:one. We just updated the banner yesterday, 1986.
Speaker 1:Yeah, see, and that is a very, that's a very long time, and so just being able to make that run with, like the girls that I've been friends with for such a long time, it was, it was very memorable for me and like even now I still look at the film from that game I had Chapman send it to me and stuff, and so, yeah, it just means so much because they're literally like sisters to me, like it was, yeah, very memorable.
Speaker 3:It was a great unifier for our community as well, yeah. That's what you know as an AD and you walk away at the end. That's what I was most proud of that we showed out for our girls, not just during the the regular, because we certainly did during the regular season, especially in a year where the girls were the second half of the double headers on friday yes, always had big crowds.
Speaker 3:I was always really proud that the black hole stayed in force yeah, you'd see the visitor student section yeah they'd leave as soon as the boys games was over, right um I was super proud of just the way our community kind of rallied around the team and came together for it.
Speaker 1:It meant a lot, yeah, and I think that was a big part of honestly why we went on that run, just like hearing the crowd like in the background and like hearing like every single game, like or every game day.
Speaker 1:you would just like go in class and be like and people, just random people, would just be like what do you think the score is going to be like today? And people, just random people, would just be like what do you think the score is going to be like today? How many points are you dropping today? Like all this, like random stuff, like everybody just was excited for the games and stuff which you never really got besides from like football games and stuff.
Speaker 1:You would hear people talking about that, but like girls, basketball and stuff, you just nobody talks about it like that. But I feel like we were honestly asked more about our games than the guys were, which is also very like that's not, that's just doesn't happen and so, um, yeah, I feel like they were just a very big factor in why we were so successful this year, just because they were so excited about us and like our journey and stuff um, one of the pieces of that run that definitely is kind of a highlighter or sticks out to me is that we were able to connect with karen beverwick the former all-time record holder here at west ottawa and actually have her at the game when you broke the school record and then you guys were actually able to meet for the first time on the court postgame.
Speaker 3:I will never forget the image of. I mean, you were hugging for a very long time and I think she had some kind words for you.
Speaker 1:Yes.
Speaker 3:And certainly you can keep those to yourself. But what was that?
Speaker 1:like you know, having that opportunity to meet someone that kind of came before you yes um to be there to help celebrate yeah, yeah, no, that was a very, very surreal moment, honestly. Um, I think it's just cool to hear from obviously she's a legend at the school to have that record, um, for such a long time too, just speaks volumes to her and how great of a player she was, and so just having her there and stuff, and just the words that she had, she was just very sweet and it was genuine. I didn't get any sense, because there's sometimes people don't like to see other people succeed and stuff. She was just very genuine and just yeah, she was super sweet and so meeting her was a very cool moment for me and I was glad that she was able to be at that game and when we were able to win that game, so it just made it even better yeah and maybe one day, gabby reynolds, the 52 year old gabby I know, yeah, is that ever gone through your mind?
Speaker 1:oh, for sure, yes, I think little gray in the temples I know.
Speaker 2:Pops will have the full gray. He'll still be around.
Speaker 1:I know He'll definitely be around.
Speaker 2:He'll be there.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, that's definitely ran through my head. I hope it happens soon. Honestly, I think that would be really cool. But yeah, no, I've definitely thought about that for sure.
Speaker 3:There's a young lady that's going to yeah she's got the goods she definitely does.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I, I very much agree with that, so I'm excited. I hope I can come by to watch a few games this season. Obviously it'd be hard because it'll be, I'll be in season, but yeah, I'm excited to watch, like this next group of girls and new era begins.
Speaker 2:Right coaching change too with chap and yeah, all that kind of stuff. Um, even like your relationship with chapman over the years, you had to develop into that right as a freshman.
Speaker 1:Yeah, I mean, let's talk about.
Speaker 2:Chap for a minute, because we got to talk about Chap.
Speaker 1:Yes, yeah, chap, he's tough, he's a he like. He's just very much tough love, like if you, yeah, if you think a tough love it's Chap, because at first, when I had first met him and stuff, it was just he was yelling all the time and like I wasn't even close with him enough for I feel like somebody to yell that much. But obviously I know now. But so he just has been very, I don't know. I mean recently he just I mean he's always been this way, just being super supportive, always checking in on you, cares more about you than he does care about basketball. Obviously it doesn't look like that when you're watching, but he really does. Like even I got, I got back and he was like, hey, he was like wednesday I can take you out for ice cream or something like that, yeah, um, so he just really cares, um, but yeah, like freshman season it was tough, just like all the upperclassmen stuff. They were already used to him.
Speaker 1:So it was like when I was getting out I think it's like their norm, so it was not like they were like always checking in they were probably like thank goodness, we've got exactly exactly yeah and so just having yeah chapman he was just it was hard to really like him, but then like sophomore year and stuff, as I started like doing aau and like as he could see that I loved basketball, I think it just like really grew our relationship because he's obsessed with basketball and so I think that just really grew our relationship and I just I love the guy now. I think I don't think I was. I would even be close to the same player as I am now without him.
Speaker 2:I wouldn't be so yeah and you need that in sports. Like you know, part of doing this podcast is I was telling bill like, yeah, we want to put everything in a positive light, but the reality is there's challenges in sports yeah you know teammates getting along, getting along with your coach, having the same vision. This stuff isn't easy yeah but when you can, you know, go through it, get to the other side like you are and look back and go.
Speaker 1:Yeah right, exactly, yeah, and it's so worth. I was so glad that I was able to pursue a relationship with chapman because like even yeah, even in high school was talking about like going to a different school because I didn't think chapman likes me or anything and stuff, and my dad obviously he was never fond of the idea. He just never would. He's not like a take the easy route kind of dad at all and so he just like made me push through it and I would get, if I would get upset with chapman, my dad would make me email chapman or something like say something about like what it was that I was upset about, instead of like letting it stay on my chest and stuff and like just having a grudge towards chap and so just being able to, I don just like, yeah, build that relationship with Chapman has been, yeah, I've just loved it.
Speaker 2:Yeah, and it's a tough thing for younger athletes now too, because we all have these things that we go through, but it's important sometimes to stay in there. There's some fruit growing. It's going to take a little bit.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yes, for sure.
Speaker 3:And now there's another athlete in your family that is starting to kind of go through some of the things that you went through in that process. What is it like having a younger sibling? That is going to kind of walk in some similar shoes now.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 3:And how do you, I guess, really help him as he starts to go into that process?
Speaker 1:Yeah, that's a tough question because I don't think I've ever been asked that before, but it's very exciting, I think, just seeing like his journey and stuff to where he is now, it's just yeah, it's very exciting because I've just known like his entire life. He's always talked about wanting to go to college and play football and all this stuff and obviously like as a boy every boy says those kinds of things.
Speaker 1:So it's like you don't really think anything of it. But when I first heard about it it was like, oh man, like this is actually a reality and stuff and so just, and he's honestly since being like starting to get like recruited and all that stuff like him, like he's even starting to mature and stuff. So honestly it's been even good to see that part of him and so, yeah, it's been really cool to see him mature and get this kind of recognition and stuff. Obviously, I hope he continues to grow. But it's a different type of recruitment, I think. I think for football it's very different, because you just have to be so much better, I feel like in football, because you don't have to travel or anything like that. You've got to be recognized from limited games.
Speaker 1:Exactly, very limited, it's like nine games or ten maybe a year, whereas basketball just in high school season alone it's close, it's like 25 or something like that. And so, yeah, it just kind of goes to show his hard work and so I'm proud of him for sure for not giving up and stuff and like just being determined to what his goals are, and so I'm excited to see where he lands. He's definitely grown physically because I got a text from Coach Collins earlier this week.
Speaker 2:We need to order a larger jersey for Elijah the medium's not working out anymore.
Speaker 1:Yeah, no, he's got him big, a medium yeah.
Speaker 3:He was rocking a medium, so we had to put an emergency order in for the next size.
Speaker 2:You can pull it off at that age.
Speaker 1:Yeah, right, yeah.
Speaker 2:You head back to DC when it's soon. I mean it's not soon. You've got about 10 days here, or so.
Speaker 1:Yeah, Next Saturday I leave back to DC and I start orientation for classes.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I saw classes start on the 22nd.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what classes.
Speaker 2:Are you enrolled here in the fall?
Speaker 1:So right now think I'm in a writing class I'm going to take I think I have to take a psychology class. There's another class where it's just like a group conversation. I forget what the class name is, but it's like a group conversation.
Speaker 2:You got some great sage from Keith. You've got to bring that out, we'll see.
Speaker 1:And then there's another class, but I forget what it was. We're not taking any required classes right now. They're kind of all elective, so I don't know what my fourth class is, but we're only. I'm only taking four because I already took two more in the summertime that's nice.
Speaker 3:So you got a couple taken care of already, so it's a lighter workload right now I cannot encourage kids to do that. Enough to be able to go on campus early get that intro when you just have those two classes, so you don't have all of that workload on top of you.
Speaker 1:Exactly and honestly some classes are not that bad either. It's like you'll have an assignment, two assignments a day. Not even it's very easy. Well, I mean, I could say that easily, but just because I had other basketball players in my class so we would just do our work together. So that was very nice, Definitely an advantage, but it's just. It's definitely worth taking the summer classes because you just have a much lighter workload.
Speaker 2:Yeah, Season starts in November for George Washington. We don't know when the game is TBD, yeah, but we will keep our eye on it. Yes, we're looking forward to that. We want to thank you so much for coming in. Nevaeh is looking at her itinerary right now and saying, hey, we got to keep moving. No, she's not, I'm just kidding, but it's been nice having Nevaeh in here. Thanks for spending some time with your sister and listen to her talk. It's really nice.
Speaker 3:Yeah, I can't thank you enough, really appreciate it. So proud of what you did here, but what you're going to do in the future, it's going to be awesome to watch.
Speaker 2:I'm excited and you, washington Gear right now. Yeah, they're the revolutionaries, it's the revolutionaries.
Speaker 1:But the colors, yeah, are buff and blue, buff and blue, yeah, okay, yeah.
Speaker 3:Really sweet yeah.
Speaker 2:Panthers alumni now.
Speaker 1:That's crazy.
Speaker 2:Gabby Reynolds, thanks for coming by, really appreciate it, of course. With your sister it's been a great sit down and we wish you all the best in DC. We'll keep our eyes on you from afar, hopefully watch you online and we'll see you soon.
Speaker 1:Yeah, thank you for having me.
Speaker 2:Yeah, thanks, so much Thanks.
