First of all, thank you.

Last year when I joined this organization I didn't know what to expect. I was halfway through my sophomore year and the prospect of spending my time with a whole group of new people was weird to me. I figured I made all my college friends in that first year-and-a-half.

I have never been so happily wrong.

We ended up spending hours together every week. At first, it was just club events and then it became so much more. We all came together because of a passion for "Survivor," but then we learned more about each other. We found out that we were in the same classes, that our hometowns weren't too far away from each other, and that we watched similar shows that weren't "Survivor."

Whenever I was gone my roommates usually knew I was with you guys. We had late-night study sessions, milk shake trips, and study sessions that would end in milkshake trips. You all became some of my best friends in just four months. I have no idea how my sophomore year would have gone without you all.

Then summer came and it just kept going.

There are some people that I lose touch with during the summer. I don't know why but we just don't talk much until we're both back at school again. But you were different. I talked to some of you almost every day I was home. I even took a road trip just to hang out for one night.

When school started again it wasn't like we picked up where we left off. It was like we were just continuing what was already there because it never stopped. We were--and still are--this hodgepodge of college students that became a family. I am proud to know each and every one of you and to be a part of this crazy adventure of producing "Survivor: Time & Change."

You are all amazing and I love you.