{"id":3667,"date":"2026-05-12T20:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/?p=3667"},"modified":"2026-05-12T20:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T01:07:36","slug":"april-2026-baller-of-the-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/2026\/05\/12\/april-2026-baller-of-the-month\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026 Baller of the Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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. April&#8217;s winner is David Laux! Here are his responses to some brief interview questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: How does it feel to be recognized by your teammates for this award?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: It feels good to be acknowledged for what I do on the court. Yeah, I&#8217;m not a flashy player, but I set my teammates up for success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: What skill do you think you improved on the most throughout the season?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: My most improved skill is my on-court communication. Recently I have been put in a position to play call for the team, and it has gone well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: What was your favorite part of Nationals this season?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: My favorite part of nationals was winning the consolation bracket again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Q: What was\u00a0your favorite game or tournament of the season and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A: I really enjoy whenever we play against UIUC because they are close to us and every game we play with them is competitive and lots of fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"954\" src=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3671\" style=\"width:606px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3.png 762w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3-102x128.png 102w, https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/files\/2026\/04\/image-3-26x32.png 26w\" 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 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/2026\/05\/12\/april-2026-baller-of-the-month\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;April 2026 Baller of the Month&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baller-of-the-month"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667","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\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3667"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3677,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3667\/revisions\/3677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncdadodgeball.com\/uwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}