Thank you to everyone that has brought AZ Desert Swarm to this point
*This is going to be long and kind of emotional and very self-indulgent so bare with me*
Back in January of 2013, I was looking for something to do with my life. I had just completed a one year full-time zookeeper apprenticeship at Reid Park Zoo, was a year and a half removed from graduating from the University of Arizona, and was unsuccessfully interviewing at zoos around the country for my next job.
In the meantime, I sent an email to SB Nation and Kevin Zimmerman asking if I could write about the Arizona club hockey team and the baseball team, you know, just to pass the time.