Last Saturday, the Wabash College soccer team ventured through the pouring rain to the Indiana Dunes in Northwest Indiana for some team building recreational activities. As soon as the team arrived to the beach, the clouds lifted and sunshine dominated through the afternoon. Although swimming was prohibited due to high bacterial levels, members of the team spent the afternoon playing Ultimate Frisbee, intense games of beach soccer and volleyball. The team building culminated with each of the team’s four workout groups performing skits before the rest of the team. The impressions and impersonations of Coach Giannini and Coach Oleck were hysterical as each group parodied the both of them, as well as their own teammates. By five o’clock, the team loaded up in their vans and headed back to Crawfordsville after a great day at the dunes. 

            As a freshman, the day brought me closer to my teammates and the upperclassmen. I started the day with a doubt as to what could come out of this trip, but I left with a feeling of belonging. The team morale was lifted and became a closer brotherhood than it had been before.  When we step on the pitch, that brotherhood will serve as a booster in a tight game and allow us to encourage our fellow players.

-Josh Manker, Class of 2011