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Memories of Coach Reeves,

 

My name is Malissa (Bingham) Zirker.  I played at Ricks College from 1996-1998.  There are a few words that I think sum up so much of the person that we all love in Coach Reeve. First is, Integrity. She has a moral compass that is so staight and true, she does what is right just because that is who she is, a woman of Integrity.  Second, is Loyal.  Once you were on her team, you were no longer just a name, you were immediantley brought into her personal family.   Just like in any "real" family there are times when you have disagreement and discouragements, the same happened on her teams, but you knew when the game and the day was done, you were still part of her family.    Lastly, is happiness.  So many of us watched her as life happend and the cards were dealt to, that she wasn't the kind of person who would allow to be beaten.  She constistantly allowed us to see what it is like to be a true hero. 

 

One quick story:  Coach was always interested in our personal lives.  One day at practice she asked me what I was doing for Friday night.  I told her I was having a boy that I was interested over for dinner.   She asked who he was, when I told her it was Jed (whom she knew because she was serving in the Stake RS pres, with his mom)  she got very  intense and nervous and told me that she was going to come over and help me cook dinner for him, "because this boy loves food  and his mom is a great cook".  If I was going to impress him I better be able to make it taste good.  She then needed to know exactly what I was cooking to see if it was going to be good enough for him.  I had to work so hard to convince her that she didn't need to come over because I had it under control.  Jed and I have joked and laughed about that memory for years.