{"id":16798,"date":"2026-05-06T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T12:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=16798"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:30:30","slug":"from-the-field-to-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/05\/06\/from-the-field-to-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"From the field to the\u00a0future\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By John Klein \u201827,\u00a0staff writer\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will Ryan\u2019s time at LVC was a journey of ups and downs.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From failures in athletics to failures in his business endeavors,\u00a0one\u00a0aspect\u00a0is\u00a0very clear–Ryan\u00a0chose to stay grounded and to grow on and off the field.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan\u00a0was a 4-year member of the\u00a0football\u00a0team and was a part of the basketball team during his time at\u00a0the\u00a0Valley.\u00a0He dedicated time to his craft to be the best athlete and student he could be, balancing the workload of both. Ryan\u00a0will\u00a0graduate with a degree in\u00a0exercise\u00a0science\u00a0and a minor in\u00a0marketing.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since being a student at LVC, he has launched\u00a0four\u00a0companies,\u00a0two\u00a0of which have fallen short and\u00a0two\u00a0which are\u00a0operating\u00a0to this day. One company has\u00a0emerged\u00a0and\u00a0is part of\u00a0his\u00a0plans\u00a0post-graduation: Agape Energy. Agape is the\u00a0first\u00a0Christian energy drink company that has officially started selling to the public.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI have learned a lot through different trials and tribulations with athletics and business opportunities,\u201d Ryan said. \u201cLVC has broadened my relationship building skills and has helped me make a lot of connections with people who are similar-minded as me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan\u2019s next chapter is guided by those connections and the drive for success he has had since being here. After graduation, he plans to move to Florida with his fianc\u00e9e, another LVC student, to begin the new chapter of his life, professionally and personally.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuper excited to move to Florida to build Agape and to continue our mission to make Jesus impossible to ignore,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ryan\u2019s\u00a0career at LVC is a testament to other students that failure will happen, but failure is a steppingstone to overall success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By John Klein \u201827,\u00a0staff writer\u00a0\u00a0 Will Ryan\u2019s time at LVC was a journey of ups and downs.   From failures in athletics to failures in his business endeavors,\u00a0one\u00a0aspect\u00a0is\u00a0very clear–Ryan\u00a0chose to stay grounded and to grow on and off the field.\u00a0 Ryan\u00a0was a 4-year […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news","8":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16798"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16831,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16798\/revisions\/16831"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}