{"id":3481,"date":"2025-10-30T18:05:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/?p=3481"},"modified":"2025-10-30T18:16:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:16:59","slug":"september-2025-baller-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/2025\/10\/30\/september-2025-baller-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2025 Baller of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Baller 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. September’s winner is Ian Westrick! Here are his responses to some brief interview questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Q: What are your thoughts on winning this award?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: It feels good to pick up where I left off last year. Trying to be the best I can on and off the court as a member of the team.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: How do you think our first tournament went?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I feel like it went pretty well. It was good to see the rookies playing as well as they were.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What team skills does the team need more work on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: We need to work on our court communication a lot more. While we played well, it could have been even better. It will come as the year progresses, but it would be nice to see a lot of it at UNL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: What is a personal dodgeball goal you want to focus on?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: I want to focus on my growth as a player. I want to try and improve every part of my game and grow more as a leader on the court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q: Do you have any advice for the rookies?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A: To just keep pushing themselves. They all got good potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Congrats again to Ian Westrick! Your hard work and dedication shows and is paying off!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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