It has been a good time but after four years here at UNI, it is time for me to move on and find my big boy job.

I started my career here at the Northern Iowan covering last year’s basketball season. Man, that was the greatest time to receive this opportunity.

That first game I covered kick started an amazing season with Coach Jacobson earning his 173 victory to become the winningest coach in UNI history. Hearing the roars of the McLeod Center will forever be embedded in my memory banks.

My experience here was extended when I took the sports editor position this past semester. It was definitely a whole new world, I was not used to an office-like job at all. Having great editors with smiles on their faces made it so much more manageable.

This has been a great experience for me. I took pride in saying I was a sports writer and editor for the school paper. It also does not help that UNI athletics have been amazing the past couple years.

I would like to thank Riley Ubben, wherever you are, for giving me the sports writing job last school year.

I also want to thank Alfred O’Brien for giving me advice on my writing and helping me with the transition to the editor position.

To Laura, our advisor: Thank you not only for your help with laying out the issues, but for being very chill with everything.

To Ryan, Zach, Dylan and Kevin: It has been a real pleasure reading your guys’ articles. Thank you for being so flexible with stories and having the patience for my delayed emails.

To Nick, Katie, Iris, Kyle and Clinton: thank you for making this a fun job every day. Because of you all, I usually left the office with a smile on my face.

Last off, I would like to thank all the sports fans here are UNI. You all make it an awesome time to be at the UNI Dome and the McLeod Center. The noise of the crowd gives me chills every game I have attended.

Go Panthers!