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Blue & White 2024 - Dave McKenna

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my grandpa shine it was a Gonzaga High School grad in 1928 and my grandma black shirt and a sign at 3 boys all went Gonzaga Prep my dad graduated 1953 where I think we are all destined go to my parents at 12 kids 11 of us went to prep and so it's kind of started the early 1900's through now with my kids graduate in the Next Generation coming through life. Relationships and I think that's in any aspect of life if people know we care about him we can educate him we can get him to do great things in this world it's been just an honor to Gonzaga Prep football coach I got to get a title that I wear it very probably but there's many other titles that were just his brother more probably responsibilities of any head coach of Gonzaga Prep is huge because not only do we demand Excellence from our students we demand axles from ourselves and in that such a great gift one of my most favorite moments is a coach is when I had a kid we didn't win our last game of the year and there was tears being shed key go to me says I'm not crying because it's over I'm crying because it happened it doesn't have to stop now the game stops but the relationship continues my faith is a huge component of who I am and that comes from my parents come to my my parents and then threw my peers and people and I got to work with it means everything to Gonzaga Prep Bill to pass that torch on I see the teachers sacrificing time outside of the school day to build relationships with kids my own children still reach you Teachers Day Out Here icy generosity in in our students and how they treat one another they take care of each other to me that's what prep is we are one big family and and the generosity of the family updates lately it's amazing and I've been given to Gonzaga Prep for 30 years it's truly as well that's why we give we we know that it's making a difference in our world the torch being passed to me was Legacy through family but also Legacy through my own experience at Gonzaga Prep and and that's a torch I want to bounce on if it's just passed without purpose what is it past with purpose what's the purpose we need to be better people we need to be generous we need to be kind we need to be demanding we need to be challenging we need to be loving we needed open the Grove we need to be spiritually we need to be intellectually confident we need to be committed to Justice we need to be also committed to making sure the Legacy Gonzaga Prep can you continue to live the last 16 years I've gone into a a game Thursday or Friday night I've always asked our kids to give everything they they have for that one moment well now it's your time my time this one moment to give and I challenge you all the step up for that one moment it's not about 10 years ago it's not about next year it's not about the past it's about this one moment where we tell our players to embrace the one moment enjoy this one moment and this one moment you can make a difference by giving

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