Remarks Delivered at Student Athlete Banquet by Oriana Galasso '20
Title
Remarks Delivered at Student Athlete Banquet by Oriana Galasso '20
Description
A transcript of a speech given by SAAC representative Oriana Galasso at the 2020 student-athlete banquet, held over Zoom.
Creator
Oriana Galasso, 2020
Date
05-03-2020
Language
English
Subject
Events
Sports
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19:35:27 >> ORIANA GALASSO: THANK YOU SO MUCH, DONNIE, FOR THAT GENEROUS INTRODUCTION.
19:35:43 SO, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE GOT THIS NEW GUY WHO STARTED TALKING ABOUT BUILDING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE. AT FIRST, A LOT OF US WERE UNSURE OF THE ACRONYM BTE, IT LED TO FUNNY ALTERNATIVES LIKE BEST TEAM EVER.
19:35:53 IN MANY WAYS I THINK HE IS RIGHT, MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO WIN OR ACHIEVE MORE SUCCESS USING METRICS TO A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
19:35:58 WHEN I REFLECT BACK, ONE TEAM COMES TO MIND, EXCELLENT PEOPLE.
19:36:14 IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE BEING SURROUNDED BY A HIGHER QUALITY GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN THOSE I COMPETED WITH, LEARNED FROM AND WERE MENTORED BY THESE PAST FOUR YEARS. MAC ATHLETICS YOU ARE VALUED FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND THEN WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE IN COMPETITION.
19:36:57 IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU DEVELOP MEANINGFUL AND LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIPS FROM PEOPLE AND OTHER PROGRAMS ALIKE. A PLACE WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERY SENIOR'S FAVORITE MEMORY FROM THE PAST FOUR YEARS WAS NOT A CERTAIN WIN, BUT RANDOM FUNNY MOMENTS IN PRACTICE, LIFTS AND OTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS OFOF -- HUNDREDS OF HOURS WITH TEAMMATES AND COACHES. AND IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING, IT IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE YOU MAY NOT HAVE MET MAY HELP YOU. A PLACE WHERE COMMITMENTS ARE CELEBRATED AS LONG AS THERE IS ENOU
19:37:05 AND IT IS A PLACE WHERE TEAMMATE OFTEN PUSH YOU INTELLECTUALLY AND CHALLENGE YOU IN THE WAY WE RESERVE FOR THE CLASSROOM.
19:37:12 AND A PLACE YOU CAN LEARN TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF ONLY BECAUSE YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRULY ROOTING FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
19:37:37 EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE QUALITIES SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN AN AD FOR MAC ATHLETICS I HOPE EXPERIENCES RESONATE WITH MANY YOU HAVE THE WAY THEY PAINTED MY MEMORY OF BEING A MACALESTER ATHLETE. MOST IMPORTANTLY I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN NONE OF THE CORNERSTONES WOULD EXIST WITHOUT THE UNDENIABLE EXCELLENT PEOPLE CAN COMPRISING MAC ATHLETICS.
19:37:38 NO DOUBT THIS COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE THE GOALS
19:37:52 BECAUSE OF EXCELLENT PEOPLE THAT ALREADY WORKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOMETHING TRULY EXCELLENT. MAYBE THEN WE CAN HAVE BUILT TOWARDS EXCELLENCE SWEATSHIRTS.
19:37:59 I OWE GRATITUDE AND FOR NOW THANK YOU TO THE M CLUB.
19:38:11 SAAC IS SORRY WE COULDN'T MAKE A LAST-MINUTE VIDEO FOR YOU. FOR MANY THE T-SHIRTS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH ATHLETIC EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO CARE ABOUT US EVEN WHEN YOUR CAREERS HAVE BEEN LONG WHOEVER.
19:38:20 EVERYONE PART OF MAC ATHLETICS THANK YOU FOR GIVING MYSELF AND STRS A PLACE TO BE EXCELLENT PEOPLE, LEADERS AND ATHLETES THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
19:38:37 IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT SO MANY UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS CALL HOME. EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT END IN ANY WAY WE EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED, I HOPE WE CAN BE PROUD OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXCELLENCE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
19:35:43 SO, ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE GOT THIS NEW GUY WHO STARTED TALKING ABOUT BUILDING TOWARDS EXCELLENCE. AT FIRST, A LOT OF US WERE UNSURE OF THE ACRONYM BTE, IT LED TO FUNNY ALTERNATIVES LIKE BEST TEAM EVER.
19:35:53 IN MANY WAYS I THINK HE IS RIGHT, MANY OF US WOULD LIKE TO WIN OR ACHIEVE MORE SUCCESS USING METRICS TO A SPECIFIC PROGRAM.
19:35:58 WHEN I REFLECT BACK, ONE TEAM COMES TO MIND, EXCELLENT PEOPLE.
19:36:14 IT IS HARD TO IMAGINE BEING SURROUNDED BY A HIGHER QUALITY GROUP OF PEOPLE THAN THOSE I COMPETED WITH, LEARNED FROM AND WERE MENTORED BY THESE PAST FOUR YEARS. MAC ATHLETICS YOU ARE VALUED FIRST AND FOREMOST FOR WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON AND THEN WHAT YOU CONTRIBUTE IN COMPETITION.
19:36:57 IT IS A PLACE WHERE YOU DEVELOP MEANINGFUL AND LIFE-LONG FRIENDSHIPS FROM PEOPLE AND OTHER PROGRAMS ALIKE. A PLACE WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE ALMOST EVERY SENIOR'S FAVORITE MEMORY FROM THE PAST FOUR YEARS WAS NOT A CERTAIN WIN, BUT RANDOM FUNNY MOMENTS IN PRACTICE, LIFTS AND OTHER HUNDRED DOLLARS OFOF -- HUNDREDS OF HOURS WITH TEAMMATES AND COACHES. AND IF YOU ARE STRUGGLING, IT IS A PLACE WHERE SOMEONE YOU MAY NOT HAVE MET MAY HELP YOU. A PLACE WHERE COMMITMENTS ARE CELEBRATED AS LONG AS THERE IS ENOU
19:37:05 AND IT IS A PLACE WHERE TEAMMATE OFTEN PUSH YOU INTELLECTUALLY AND CHALLENGE YOU IN THE WAY WE RESERVE FOR THE CLASSROOM.
19:37:12 AND A PLACE YOU CAN LEARN TO BELIEVE IN SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF ONLY BECAUSE YOU SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE TRULY ROOTING FOR YOUR SUCCESS.
19:37:37 EVEN THOUGH ALL OF THE QUALITIES SOUND LIKE SOMETHING THAT COULD BE IN AN AD FOR MAC ATHLETICS I HOPE EXPERIENCES RESONATE WITH MANY YOU HAVE THE WAY THEY PAINTED MY MEMORY OF BEING A MACALESTER ATHLETE. MOST IMPORTANTLY I AM ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN NONE OF THE CORNERSTONES WOULD EXIST WITHOUT THE UNDENIABLE EXCELLENT PEOPLE CAN COMPRISING MAC ATHLETICS.
19:37:38 NO DOUBT THIS COMMUNITY CAN ACHIEVE THE GOALS
19:37:52 BECAUSE OF EXCELLENT PEOPLE THAT ALREADY WORKED AND WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD SOMETHING TRULY EXCELLENT. MAYBE THEN WE CAN HAVE BUILT TOWARDS EXCELLENCE SWEATSHIRTS.
19:37:59 I OWE GRATITUDE AND FOR NOW THANK YOU TO THE M CLUB.
19:38:11 SAAC IS SORRY WE COULDN'T MAKE A LAST-MINUTE VIDEO FOR YOU. FOR MANY THE T-SHIRTS ARE SYNONYMOUS WITH ATHLETIC EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR CONTINUING TO CARE ABOUT US EVEN WHEN YOUR CAREERS HAVE BEEN LONG WHOEVER.
19:38:20 EVERYONE PART OF MAC ATHLETICS THANK YOU FOR GIVING MYSELF AND STRS A PLACE TO BE EXCELLENT PEOPLE, LEADERS AND ATHLETES THE PAST FOUR YEARS.
19:38:37 IT IS AN INCREDIBLE HONOR TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT SO MANY UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS CALL HOME. EVEN THOUGH IT DID NOT END IN ANY WAY WE EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED, I HOPE WE CAN BE PROUD OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EXCELLENCE NOW AND IN THE FUTURE. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
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Transcript was provided by Zoom software and may contain errors.
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Oriana Galasso, 2020, “Remarks Delivered at Student Athlete Banquet by Oriana Galasso '20,” Macalester: Place and Community in a COVID Landscape, accessed April 29, 2024, https://dwlibrary.macalester.edu/spring2020/items/show/182.