Since arriving at Brock University last summer, coach Ashley MacSporran has been trying to give a whole new look to the Badgers women\u2019s basketball program.<\/p>\n
Now, the team has a new locker room to match its new vision.<\/p>\n
Assistant athletics director Chris Critelli, herself a legendary former women\u2019s basketball player for whom the Ontario University Athletics championship trophy is named, helped unveil the renovated room in Walker Sports Complex Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt has changed the feel and vibe of things,\u201d MacSporran said. \u201cThe girls will have a higher-level of respect for their workouts and everything they\u2019re doing on campus. They treat that area with a higher level of respect now.\u201d<\/p>\n
The dressing room has a new floor, individual wooden stalls, new paint and a giant Badger logo on the wall.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe used to have mismatched metal lockers, and there was an old couch in there. But now we can establish what that locker room is meant for and really show it off to new recruits and potential donors,\u201d said MacSporran.<\/p>\n
The team kicked off their training camp and moved into the renovated room on the weekend \u2014 to positive reviews from the players.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis team room compared to what we had before is night and day,\u201d said veteran Badgers guard Baelie Campbell. \u201cThis is such a good atmosphere for us to get ready in. We\u2019re mentally and physically preparing in a Badgers-filled room with our jerseys all hung in there. It just puts us in a very good mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWith everything we\u2019ve been doing \u2014 our new vision, new outlook, our involvement in the community, focusing on our grades \u2014 everything has been about a new change and this kind of wraps it all up,\u201d MacSporran said. \u201cThis lays a foundation and will have a lasting legacy on future Badgers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\t