by Jason Blaine Ogden | Apr 19, 2020 |
Club Volleyball has been an integral part of my experience at Penn State. I’ve met so many amazing people that are like family to me now, won a national championship, and made countless other unforgettable memories. Unfortunately because of COVID-19 we...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Mar 29, 2020 |
Throughout the past few weeks, there has been unprecendented chaos and uncertainty in our lives. From going to school to playing sports, so many simple things that I took for granted have been ripped out from my everyday life. However, amidst the chaos, there are so...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Mar 22, 2020
With all that’s gone on in the past week or two, I thought about writing a reflection blog about my time and Penn State and specifically the important things that I was looking forward to that I won’t be able to experience due to COVID-19. However, I think...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Mar 1, 2020 |
As many of my fellow PLAers may know already, I spent the last three years of my high school career in Wuhan, China. I think since leaving China I’ve had somewhat of a pessimistic attitude toward the country in terms of its government and overall future. After...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Feb 9, 2020 |
Most of you know at this point that I play club volleyball here at Penn State. It’s been such a rewarding experience being on a team with such amazing guys as my teammates. However, I’ve never started in a match during my three years on this team. I feel...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Feb 2, 2020 |
One of the unfortunate drawbacks of skipping a grade is that I’m a year younger than all of my peers. Typically, this really didn’t matter and honestly it’ll probably be an advantage moving forward after graduation. However, this year has been tough...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Jan 20, 2020 |
As insane as it seems to me, I must face the fact that this is my final semester as a Penn State student. My time here in Happy Valley has been nothing short of amazing and if I could go back in time, I wouldn’t change a thing. I know this might seem like just...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Dec 9, 2019
Hello everyone, For those of you not in 401, I want to start by explaining that were fortuante enough to have President Barron lead class this past Wednesday. That’s one of the biggest things I miss about my sophomore year in the Academy – the constant...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Nov 11, 2019
Playing sports my entire life has taught me a lot of different lessons, but in volleyball I feel like communication is especially crucial to a team’s success. While in other sports one player can dominate the game if their skill is vastly superior to their...
by Jason Blaine Ogden | Oct 21, 2019
As I looked through the prompts that Dr. Eury provided us with, the one that jumped out at me the most was, “Who is your ethical role model? Why?”. Almost instantaneously, I thought of my mother. In the following response I’m going to be elaborating...
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