Jose Tovar, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Pimentel Expected To Provide Veteran Leadership For Lady Sharks This Season

January 13, 2021 Jose Tovar Kendall Campus, Volleyball, Student Athletes

With a roster that features 12 new players from six different countries, the Miami Dade College volleyball team needs some veteran stability. Enter defensive specialist Paola Pimentel. The 19-year-old sophomore averaged 18.1 digs per match last season while helping the team finish third at the National Junior College Athletic… Read the rest at our website.

Sports North Campus Men's Basketball

North Campus Alum Chronicles Miami High’s Legendary Basketball Program In The Asylum

December 17, 2020 Jose Tovar Miami High, Marcos "Shakey" Rodriguez, Stingarees

No basketball program was more dominant in South Florida than Miami Senior High School from 1987 to 1998. The Stingarees won an unprecedented eight boy’s state championships during that span and produced future National Basketball Association players: Udonis Haslem, Doug Edwards, and Steve Blake. But in 1998, the Florida… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Wolfson Campus Sports

Lemon City Live Podcast Offers Passionate and Unfiltered Sports Talk

December 2, 2020 Jose Tovar Lemon City, #IAMMDC, sports podcast

Gustavo Chacon and Edwin Garcia have always been passionate about sports. They met playing soccer in a recreational league at the Kendall Soccer Park nine years ago and have watched and attended hundreds of sporting events together. So when the duo couldn’t find a sports media outlet that went… Read the rest at our website.

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From Venezuela To The U.S.—The Culture Shock I Face During The Holidays

November 17, 2020 Jose Tovar Holidays, Venezuela, December, culture shock

December. It’s that time of the year again. From a very young age, I always thought of December as one of the most joyful and exciting seasons on the calendar. Every year, I waited impatiently for this month to come. I don’t say this just because my birthday is… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Men's Basketball Sports

From London To Miami—Transfer Finds New Home At The Shark Tank

November 16, 2020 Jose Tovar Sharks, London, Men's Basketball

Ciaran Sandy traveled more than 4,000 miles this summer to join the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team. In recent years, the London-born wing player has gotten accustomed to using his frequent flyer miles. Since 2016, he has played basketball at a high school in Maryland, a boarding school… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Women's Basketball

Lady Sharks Counting On Veteran-Laden Team To Replace Nation’s Top Scorer

November 3, 2020 Jose Tovar Basketball, Lady Sharks

The Lady Sharks are coming off one of their best performances in recent years at the Florida College System Activities Association State Tournament. They reached the Final Four but lost 71-64 to Gulf Coast State College in the semi-final game on March 6 in Niceville, Florida. That night, they… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Men's Basketball Sports

Run MDC Basketball Returns With Revamped Squad

October 21, 2020 Jose Tovar Basketball, Men's Basketball

The Miami Dade College men’s basketball team posted an 18-11 record last year—Kevin Ledoux’s best season since he was tabbed as head coach of the Sharks in 2016— but this year’s squad returns only three players and features 11 new faces. The revamped team includes three transfers: wing Denari… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Baseball

MDC Baseball Player Returns One Year After Cancer Almost Took His Left Arm

September 25, 2020 Jose Tovar Baseball, Cancer, comeback

Bryan Sanjurjo sat pensively in a room at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center as he awaited the diagnosis of a baseball-sized lump that had formed under his left armpit. Sanjurjo doesn’t remember much about that day in September of 2019, but the news he got, crushed him like a… Read the rest at our website.

Kendall Campus Baseball Sports

He Won A World Series With The New York Yankees—Now He’s An Assistant Coach At MDC

September 8, 2020 Jose Tovar Baltimore Orioles, Major League Baseball, New York Yankees, Florida Marlins

When third baseman David Pereira arrived at Miami Dade College last fall, he didn’t want to play another position. But after hearing the team needed a backup catcher, he was up for the challenge. Soon, Pereira was spending hours at the Kendall Campus baseball field—under the guidance of assistant… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Kendall Campus Men's Basketball

Sharks’ Forward Attracting National Attention—He Has Received Seven D-1 Offers

August 26, 2020 Jose Tovar Basketball, recruiting, D-1

Victor Hart had a breakout season last year. As a freshman, the six-foot-seven-inch forward was the team’s best player averaging 16.6 points and 9.3 rebounds per game. The stellar season earned him a spot on the National Junior College Athletic Association Region VIII All-State Team and the Florida College… Read the rest at our website.

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