Every practice and every game, you’ll find a stick of a yellow smiley face somewhere on Zenarae Antoine’s clothes.
It’s a visual reminder for Texas State’s players. No matter how tough the Texas State head coach gets on them, it’s coming from a place of love.
“The smiley face is really for everyone to be able to breathe and relax and smile,” Antoine said. “It’s really about smiling. So (assistant) coach Paige (Love) and I kind of got it started and so we make sure we wear it in practice and we wear it in all our games. And so anytime I might look like want to tear (a player) up or get after her, I’ll just smile. Or when (sophomore guard) Kennedy (Taylor is) really upset, you know, with herself or a teammate, she sees a smile, she just smiles.”
