{"id":3895,"date":"2018-09-20T14:35:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=3895"},"modified":"2018-09-20T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-09-20T14:35:02","slug":"new-coach-brings-excitement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/09\/20\/new-coach-brings-excitement\/","title":{"rendered":"New coach brings excitement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\"><p>By Spencer Paterick, &#8217;21 staff writer<\/p>\n<p>Although LVC\u2019s baseball season does not officially start until spring, players are eager to get to work as a change in leadership occurred during the offseason.<\/p>\n<p>This past summer, head coach Keith Evans retired after 15 seasons. The College hired Jonas Fester to serve as the 33rd Head Coach of LVC\u2019s baseball team. Fester served as an assistant coach at Johns Hopkins University from 2008 to 2010 and from 2012\u00a0to 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am looking forward to preparing, developing and\u00a0competing\u00a0with\u00a0our\u00a0players on a daily basis,\u201d Fester said. \u201cThe combination of our talent, dedication and character have the makings for a special season.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Fester is excited for the upcoming season and looks to embrace any challenges that may arise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaseball players spend an incredible number of hours at the field for games,\u201d Fester said. \u201cBalancing a rigorous\u00a0course load and other on and off-campus\u00a0activities\u00a0with a competitive baseball schedule is always challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not only does Fester want his players to succeed on the field, but also in the classroom and in daily life. He wants his players to improve both on and off the field this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can put in the time and energy to get the most out of our baseball skills, challenge ourselves in the\u00a0classroom and be a model citizen then we will have a successful season,\u201d Fester said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>sp015@lvc.edu<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Spencer Paterick, &#8217;21 staff writer Although LVC\u2019s baseball season does not officially start until spring, players are eager to get to work as a change in leadership occurred during the offseason. This past summer, <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2018\/09\/20\/new-coach-brings-excitement\/\" title=\"New coach brings excitement\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[10],"class_list":{"0":"post-3895","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-sports","7":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895","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=3895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}