'Tis the season for Kris Kringle and Kris Phillips
"Do you believe in Santa Claus?"
My tone was serious, the question cold and direct. Her response rose to the occasion, straightforward and unafraid.
"Absolutely."
This is Kristin Phillips, junior forward, co-captain and Santa Claus-believer of the women's basketball team.
Now that the holiday season is upon us, she's worked extra hard to be a good girl. And by good, I mean scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds against Swarthmore to aid the Jays' 78-45 victory on Saturday.
But she's still trying to do better for Santa. Though this past weekend was great, she's ultimately trying to surpass her greatest basketball achievement - "my career highlight of scoring 1000 points in high school." Can she do it? Anything's possible with a little holiday magic, right? Then again, Phillips isn't one to rely on silly superstitions when it comes to ensuring a stuffed stocking on Christmas morning.
"I don't really have any superstitions," she said. "But Caitlin Sloane likes to wear her Disney World sweatshirt on gamedays. And Sarah DePaolo likes to wear her underwear on inside-out."
Even though she may not believe in their lucky rituals, Phillips still loves her teammates almost as much as she loves Christmas.
"You know, I'd say our team is like a bunch of reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh," she said. As reindeer, Phillips puts senior forward Andrea Dodrill at front.
"Andrea's like Rudolph, leading the way." On the court, though, there's no question that Phillips is in front, alongside co-captains Dodrill and junior guard Jenna Berninger.
Returning to the reindeer metaphor, though, the Hopkins sleigh holds two victories so far. However, it's early in the season, and Phillips and her team still have 19 games ahead of them.
The tough course ahead doesn't scare Phillips, who's been in love with basketball since the holiday season of her fourth-grade year.
She was afraid that maybe St. Nick wouldn't pull through for her that year, because, "I realized I wasn't good at reading, writing or arithmetic." Concerned she might be labeled a "bad girl," she started a basketball career that secured her spot on the "good girl" roster for quite some time.
My tone was serious, the question cold and direct. Her response rose to the occasion, straightforward and unafraid.
"Absolutely."
This is Kristin Phillips, junior forward, co-captain and Santa Claus-believer of the women's basketball team.
Now that the holiday season is upon us, she's worked extra hard to be a good girl. And by good, I mean scoring 12 points and 11 rebounds against Swarthmore to aid the Jays' 78-45 victory on Saturday.
But she's still trying to do better for Santa. Though this past weekend was great, she's ultimately trying to surpass her greatest basketball achievement - "my career highlight of scoring 1000 points in high school." Can she do it? Anything's possible with a little holiday magic, right? Then again, Phillips isn't one to rely on silly superstitions when it comes to ensuring a stuffed stocking on Christmas morning.
"I don't really have any superstitions," she said. "But Caitlin Sloane likes to wear her Disney World sweatshirt on gamedays. And Sarah DePaolo likes to wear her underwear on inside-out."
Even though she may not believe in their lucky rituals, Phillips still loves her teammates almost as much as she loves Christmas.
"You know, I'd say our team is like a bunch of reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh," she said. As reindeer, Phillips puts senior forward Andrea Dodrill at front.
"Andrea's like Rudolph, leading the way." On the court, though, there's no question that Phillips is in front, alongside co-captains Dodrill and junior guard Jenna Berninger.
Returning to the reindeer metaphor, though, the Hopkins sleigh holds two victories so far. However, it's early in the season, and Phillips and her team still have 19 games ahead of them.
The tough course ahead doesn't scare Phillips, who's been in love with basketball since the holiday season of her fourth-grade year.
She was afraid that maybe St. Nick wouldn't pull through for her that year, because, "I realized I wasn't good at reading, writing or arithmetic." Concerned she might be labeled a "bad girl," she started a basketball career that secured her spot on the "good girl" roster for quite some time.
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