Nationals Update

"The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and that we miss it, but that we aim too low and we reach it."
- Michelangelo

I received firm confirmation today that we will indeed be playing in the Division-III tournament at Nationals (March 10-14).

The following information will likely be confusing, but bear with me…
Covenant is currently in Division-IV based on enrollment. However, the D-IV tournament happens to be the same weekend as our JV Final Four and the All Star Games. So rather than skip the All Star Game which recognizes outstanding players (which we have many of), we decided to play up one Division the following week in the Division-III tournament.

The folks at the NACA generously offered to allow us to play down one division in the Division-V tournament the same week, but we declined. Although we could probably kick everybody’s butt in the D-V tournament and bring home a National Championship banner, it would be a hollow and empty championship because we are actually a strong D-IV team.

So in a nutshell, what we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, isn’t a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are and what we are capable of achieving. High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

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