{"id":146,"date":"2012-04-18T05:13:59","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T05:13:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/?p=146"},"modified":"2012-04-18T05:13:59","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T05:13:59","slug":"baller-of-the-week-andrew-koczara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/2012\/04\/18\/baller-of-the-week-andrew-koczara\/","title":{"rendered":"Baller Of The Week: Andrew Koczara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/files\/2012\/04\/426021_332552723464080_190727124313308_1041008_587306660_n.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-147\" src=\"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/files\/2012\/04\/426021_332552723464080_190727124313308_1041008_587306660_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"761\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/files\/2012\/04\/426021_332552723464080_190727124313308_1041008_587306660_n.jpg 761w, http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/files\/2012\/04\/426021_332552723464080_190727124313308_1041008_587306660_n-261x300.jpg 261w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 761px) 100vw, 761px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew was a captain for the 2011-2012 season, and had a great National Tournament. He has the strongest arm on the team, and is also a good catcher. Andrew was named a 2012 All-Star. He helped the Spartans advance to the National Quarterfinals for the 4th straight season with his strong play at Nationals 2012.<\/p>\n<p>Q: What do you feel is your strongest attribute?<\/p>\n<p>Andrew: I feel that my strongest attribute is my throwing (at least when my arm isn&#8217;t too sore.)<\/p>\n<p>Q: What has been your favorite part of playing with the dodgeball team?<\/p>\n<p>Andrew: My favorite part of playing with the team is all of the great people I have met. I always look forward to Tuesday and Thursday night practices where I am able to have fun and relieve some stress.<\/p>\n<p>Q: How do you feel the Spartans will do next season?<\/p>\n<p>Andrew: I think our team will be a very strong contender come next year. We have a solid core of veteran players coming back along with a good group of young players who were able to gain valuable experience in some of the tournaments this past year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew was a captain for the 2011-2012 season, and had a great National Tournament. He has the strongest arm on the team, and is also a good catcher. Andrew was named a 2012 All-Star. He helped the Spartans advance to &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/2012\/04\/18\/baller-of-the-week-andrew-koczara\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botw","category-msu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/msu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}