A Day in the Life: #22 Katy Keating

Today’s “A Day in the Life” post profiles junior Communication Studies major and women’s basketball team forward #22 Katy Keating.  Katy was nice enough to keep track of her day last Friday.  Why is this important?  It was the day the Lady Dons played in the first round of the WCC Tournament in Las Vegas!  Here is “A Day in the Life” of Katy Keating: Friday, March 4, 2011:

#22 Katy Keating

800 am: Wake up, fall back asleep
820 am Alex knocks on door (removes tape to make sure we didn’t sneak out). 
821 am: Don’t get up to open door
822 am: Alex knocks again, get up to answer door
825 am: Go into bathroom wash face and brush teeth
835 am: Walk into the room and wake up my roommate Anton, get dressed for breakfast
840 am: Lay on the bed waiting for Anton to get ready to go downstairs
855 am: Meet for breakfast downstairs in Palms Hotel-Bistro Buffet
900 am: Eat breakfast : yogurt and granola with fresh fruit, mini pancakes, hashbrown
940 am: Return to hotel room to get gear together for game
945 am: Shower and get dressed for game
1015 am: Get socks, shoes, mouthguard, jersey, shooting shirt, and shorts into backpack

Katy, happy because she ate at a famous Vegas buffet

1020 am: Head to lobby, then bus for departure to gym
1030 am: Get on bus, butterflies kick in, text my teammate across the bus “im nervous” she responds “me too, you’ll be fine once we get there”
1045 am: Arrive at arena, show ID to get into building, walk into locker room
1050 am: Get ankles taped, rinse mouth guard, put jersey and shooting shirt on, put my hair up into a bun, get gum from coach, tie my shoes, hit the floor.
1055 am: Warm up in hallway with team, stretch, dance, and sing random songs.
1100 am: Start warmup on the floor. Say what’s up to “qua-sayyyyy” laugh along with teammates at the inside joke.
1110 am: Start shooting warmup with posts, get shots up, get threes up, clap it up.
1124 am: Go into locker room for pregame talk, scout, and prayer.
1140 am: Return to floor, start last part of warm up
1150 am: National anthem
1200 pm: Starting line ups
1206 pm: GAME TIME

Katy, experiencing double coverage (I think that's what it is called) in the WCC Tourney

230 pm: Season is over
235 pm: Crying feeling like I single handedly ruined season for everyone including our 3 seniors, shatter my mouthpiece case, walk into the locker room with all my teammates crying as well.
240 pm: Coach Azzi walks in teary eyed as well, post game speech, Coach Steading speaks to seniors and team
250 pm: Finish changing out of uniform etc, walk out of locker room, head to the game floor to say hi to my best friend on LMU say hi and bye to her because we knew we were leaving Vegas.
300 pm: Get on bus back to hotel, leaving at 445 pm be ready.
330 pm: Run upstairs, shower, return to casino. Meet up with teammates. Hit roulette tables.
427 pm: $60 leave tables, run to cash out, while in line Nick Cannon walks by, I shout “hey nick!” he waves, my teammates says “ohmygod i just want to hug him!” not caring about what happens I yell “HEY NICK! CAN MY GIRL GET A HUG!” he says sure waves her over toward him, she sprints over and gets her hug.
500 pm: While entering the airport, call dad, tell him about the game, get off bus, check in at ticket counter, check bag, enter security.
515 pm: Go to gate, flight is at 705, we go eat, return to gate, play some slots.
640 pm: Board plane, go to sleep.
705 pm: Take off.
850 pm: Land at SFO
920 pm: Get luggage, get on bus
1015 pm: Arrive at USF
1050 pm: Arrive at Loyola Village, shower, unpack.
1130 pm: Celebrate with seniors in the city.

The Lady Dons on the road

So many comments to add!  1) How smart is the tape across the door?  I’m filing that away in the “future pareting techniques” drawer.  Kidding.  Maybe.  2) Don’t you love Vegas buffets?  3) Although their season is over, the Dons fought hard in their final game and almost pulled off an upset!  The final score was Santa Clara 62-Dons 58.  4) Katy’s reaction to the loss shows how hard these women played this season.  I think their record doesn’t reflect all of their hard work and dedication.  5) Impressive brush with fame… Nick Cannon! 

Special thanks to the “University of San Francisco Women’s Basketball” facebook page for the pictures!  Search in quotes to be their fan!

Thanks, Katy, for taking us through your day!  We’ll extend our vicarious time in Vegas on the blog tomorrow.  Who will you see?  Who will it be?  Check tomorrow to find out!