{"id":6234,"date":"2020-09-22T00:56:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T00:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/wordpress\/lavie\/?p=6234"},"modified":"2020-09-22T00:56:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-22T00:56:18","slug":"seniors-opt-out-of-final-sports-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/09\/22\/seniors-opt-out-of-final-sports-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors opt-out of final sports season"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>Dylan Baxter \u201921, Staff Writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An LVC student-athlete has decided to hang up the helmet and cleats this season to focus on future endeavors. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Senior, Keegan Corwell, has decided to sit out his final football season and he&#8217;s not alone. COVID-19 has put a lot of pressure on student-athletes. Without a fall football schedule, some players were left without a path forward.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dutchmen are not guaranteed a spring season, but as of now, the team is still in training for one. Players are allowed to opt-out for the upcoming season to guarantee an extra year of eligibility if they want to come back for another year on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was devastated when I realized that I couldn\u2019t participate in my senior season,&#8221; Corwell said. &#8220;All of the work that I put into the sport just for it to get canceled was a shock to me. With the season getting canceled, it opened up a big opportunity for me this fall. I was able to secure commuter status and was able to stay at home to do all of my classes online. In addition to this, I was able to work a full-time job in my hometown, and so far, made enough money to pay my tuition for the year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many students have followed the same path as Corwell by working full-time and doing online classes from home. Students are taking this opportunity to catch up on any student debt that may be lingering around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is great for me and it&#8217;s a great head start for my future,\u201d Corwell said. &#8220;I love playing football, but without a guaranteed season, I only have one thing to look forward to and to work hard for and that is graduation and my future career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Corwell, along with a group of Dutchmen football players, are set to graduate in May 2021.  Certainly, their final sports season didn&#8217;t end as expected, but they have fond memories to reflect on. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dylan Baxter \u201921, Staff Writer An LVC student-athlete has decided to hang up the helmet and cleats this season to focus on future endeavors. Senior, Keegan Corwell, has decided to sit out his final football <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2020\/09\/22\/seniors-opt-out-of-final-sports-season\/\" title=\"Seniors opt-out of final sports season\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5483,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6234","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-campus-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234","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=6234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}