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Yu-Fong Chen, Sophmore from Northern Illinois University. Todd Rosenberg

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Yu-Fong Chen, Sophomore, Basketball
Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Ill.
During senior year of high school, our basketball team was trying on uniforms. I went for XL shorts, which were too big, so I pulled them off, knowing that my mesh shorts were underneath. But as I bent down, my mesh shorts went down too, and I mooned everyone in the room -- including four male coaches! So for my senior gift, I got a G-string with a note: "Don't pull a Yu-Fong."

Megan Kale, Junior, Basketball
Northside High School, Fort Smith, Ark.
During a summer basketball game, I intercepted a telegraphed pass. But as I tipped the ball out of bounds, it hit a guy who was holding a cup of coffee in the front row of the bleachers. The coffee went everywhere! I apologized and turned bright red; then later I found out that his daughter was the one who threw the pass.

Katie Lloyd, Freshman, Basketball
Fruita (Colo.) Monument High School
I was under the basket when a teammate's free throw bounced off the rim and into my hands. I turned and dribbled toward the other basket. At half-court I heard everybody yelling my name. Confused, I dished the ball out-of-bounds and landed on my butt, facing the bleachers. I realized then I had run the wrong way.

Natalie Childers, Freshman, Swimming
Edgewood High School, Ellettsville, Ind.
In the first swim meet of the year, my coach entered me in both the 200- and 400-meter freestyle. In my first race, I got into the blocks and took off. I thought it was the 400, so I kept going after eight laps [200 meters]. Had I stopped then, I would have gotten second place -- because the race was actually the 200! Instead, I was disqualified.

Rosaleen Chiu
1994 Graduate of Wellesley College, Crew
During my junior year, in a big race, I was feeling pumped and probably a little too excited to double-check if my oar lock [the device that holds the oar in place] was totally tight. Two thirds into the race, as we were neck and neck with two other boats, my oar popped out and flew above my head. The coxswain had to stop everybody so I could untangle myself -- I was so humiliated!

Kelly-Ann Franklin, Senior, Softball
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Conn.
During my first-ever softball game, in eighth grade, I worked my way to a 2-and-2 count and waited for the perfect pitch -- just like my coach wanted. When I hit the ball, I was so excited that for a split second, I forgot to run. When I finally took off, I looked up to see where the ball was and ended up tripping over a small rock and falling flat on my face -- not exactly the way a cleanup hitter wants to make her debut!

Kimberly Kicielinski, Sophomore, Basketball
Baldwin High School, Pittsburgh
I was keeping stats at an intense basketball game, which was into triple overtime. After a timeout, we changed our seating arrangement. The ref was standing in front of me, so I tried to place my hand on a chair to peer around him, but the chair had been moved. I crashed to the ground -- and missed the play.

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