Cheers to my final season

By Ryan Kalkbrenner

Creighton has been my home since I started my collegiate career.

Four years of memories later, I’m back in Omaha for one more season before I close this chapter.

But first, we’ve got some unfinished business to attend to.

After all, “Creighton: BIG EAST Champions” would have a nice ring to it.

Early Beginnings

Growing up in St. Louis, I was always the tall, skinny kid.

“Do you play basketball?”

I did, but not super seriously at first.

My mom was the real baller of our family.

She played at Saint Louis in college and signed me up when I was in first grade.

So the competitive gene was in me, and in my sophomore year of high school, something clicked.

After I hit a growth spurt, I got…