...seems like forever. Amazingly enough, though, it was only six months ago today that the thing which morphed into Bleeding Bruin Blue started. From those humble beginnings, this site has grown to over 210 pages and almost 2,100 pageloads as we know it today. The first previews were written August 8 (during the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics, no less), I first entered into conversation about the site on August 14, and the Athlete of the Week came about for the first time on August 18. Publicity also skyrocketed in this time period, as the site was mentioned on the BC Tennis blog by the 21st and the Bethany website by the 28th.
While I could continue this history for some time, I will save that for a later point (next August, perhaps?). In the meantime, I'd like to thank some of the people who have helped me make this site what it is today. I realize that there may be a few people on here twice, and probably a few I've forgotten.
- Of course to athletic director Bryan Kehr, who runs the athletic program without which the site would be nothing.
- Matt Miller and Brent Reinhardt, who discovered the site (independently, I presume) and mentioned it to me by the second day of school this year.
- Communications coordinator Kevin Miller, who was responsible for linking from the Bethany website and the Keeping In Touch newsletter.
- Matt Miller, who came up with the idea for Athlete of the Week.
- Benchwarmer Design, who designed the masthead at the top of the page.
- Whoever devised the basketball scoresheet in the Bethany program, which is easily the best that I have seen in the area. (Westview is probably #2.)
- Everyone who has nominated players for Athlete of the Week (you know who you are), for doing that. The problem is that there aren't enough of you.
- Denise Risser, the most frequent responder to such details as trivia contests and minutely incorrect basketball posts. (I agree, the fact that Jim has coached 29+ years rather than 28+ is important.)
- My bike, which has allowed me to get back to Bethany to cover a whole lot of tennis, cross country, and soccer.
- Lyle Miller, whose photos from cross country sectional and regional account for a number of the photos accessible from this site.
- The Elkhart Truth and The Goshen News, whose pages have alerted me to much good information.
- Matt Miller, who gave the first (and so far, only) interview with the site...even if it's sideways.
- My family, for putting up with an at times insane web designer with occasional technical problems.
1 comment:
ap style is "athletics director" not "athletic."
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