{"id":2869,"date":"2024-11-18T13:20:56","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/?p=2869"},"modified":"2024-11-18T13:20:58","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:20:58","slug":"october-2024-rookie-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/2024\/11\/18\/october-2024-rookie-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2024 Rookie of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Rookie of the Month award is an award given monthly to a player voted on by their teammates to recognize all the hard work they have put into the team throughout the month.  This month&#8217;s winner was David Laux!  He is a currently pursing a mechanical engineering degree and expects to graduate in 2028.   Here are his responses from a brief interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>1. <strong>How do you feel about your teammates nominating you for this award?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I feel thankful to my teammates that they chose me, and I hope to live up to their expectations now and in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. What skills have you improved on since joining the team just a few months ago?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The skill I have developed most this year has been my positioning on the court, as well as my ability to move with the team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. What on-court role do you hope to most confidently play by the end of the season?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope to be a player that is able to be as versatile on the court as possible so I can fill any gap left by anyone on the team. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. What skills do you hope to sharpen before nationals this spring?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I need to work on my accuracy when throwing. Throwing low but still getting to my target.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>We look forward to helping David accomplish his goals and watch him grow throughout the season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-102x128.png 102w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1-26x32.png 26w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2024\/11\/OCT-ROTM-1.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rookie of the Month award is an award given monthly to a player voted on by their teammates to recognize all the hard work they have put into the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/2024\/11\/18\/october-2024-rookie-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;October 2024 Rookie of the Month&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":80,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-2869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baller-of-the-month","tag-rookie-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/80"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2869"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2895,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2869\/revisions\/2895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}