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Cincinnati Reds utilityman Connor Joe was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2014 MLB Draft.Not afraid of work — a quality instilled by his father at a young age — Joe worked his way through the minor leagues for years.“The minor leagues aren’t exactly glamorous by any means, but I had a goal in […]


Cincinnati Reds utilityman Connor Joe was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2014 MLB Draft.Not afraid of work — a quality instilled by his father at a young age — Joe worked his way through the minor leagues for years.“The minor leagues aren’t exactly glamorous by any means, but I had a goal in mind,” Joe said. “I knew how I was going to achieve that goal.”How he did it was hard work and adaptability. Joe went from catcher, to infielder, to outfielder. He was willing to do anything to get his shot at the big leagues.In 2020, Joe was having his best offseason yet. He says he felt as strong as ever and truly believed he would be in the majors soon enough.Joe accepted a Spring Training invite by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Before he could take the diamond, he had to go through a physical — a routine practice before starting with a new team.However, that visit to the doctor was anything but routine.“He said he felt something,” Joe said recalling the day that changed his life. “It was kind of startling.”In March of 2020, Joe was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He says it came as a shock. He didn’t expect a cancer diagnosis at just 26 years old. However, just like his baseball attitude, he was ready to work.“Right away I didn’t let myself feel bad for myself,” Joe said. “I was just like, ‘okay this is the diagnosis. Doctor, let’s build a roadmap.’”The roadmap started with surgery to remove the tumor. But that did not solve it. The cancer had spread to his lungs. So, weeklong rounds of chemotherapy followed. His mother and wife traded off driving Joe to the hospital, while the other stayed home to cook.During this time, Joe was not able to play baseball. Instead, he stayed active by kayaking and working out at home.He didn’t know if he’d ever get to play baseball again.In July of 2020, Joe was declared cancer free.“It’s not something that I ever would have wished I went through, but now that I did, I’m happy that I did,” Joe said.Exactly one year after being told he was cancer free, Joe hit his first Major League home run with the Colorado Rockies.“I think I just look at everything now through a lens of gratitude,” Joe said.What he is most grateful for now is being a father. Joe wasn’t sure if he’d ever have that title. He didn’t know how testicular cancer would impact his ability to have kids.But his wish has come true. Joe and his wife now have a two-year-old daughter who comes to his games always with a smile and a wave.“It’s the best thing,” Joe said. “It’s my most proud title to be her dad.””You shared this journey with us, and you were there,” Joe continued talking about his daughter. “It’s so special for my wife and I.”
Cincinnati Reds utilityman Connor Joe was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2014 MLB Draft.
Not afraid of work — a quality instilled by his father at a young age — Joe worked his way through the minor leagues for years.
“The minor leagues aren’t exactly glamorous by any means, but I had a goal in mind,” Joe said. “I knew how I was going to achieve that goal.”
How he did it was hard work and adaptability. Joe went from catcher, to infielder, to outfielder. He was willing to do anything to get his shot at the big leagues.
In 2020, Joe was having his best offseason yet. He says he felt as strong as ever and truly believed he would be in the majors soon enough.
Joe accepted a Spring Training invite by the Los Angeles Dodgers. Before he could take the diamond, he had to go through a physical — a routine practice before starting with a new team.
However, that visit to the doctor was anything but routine.
“He said he felt something,” Joe said recalling the day that changed his life. “It was kind of startling.”
In March of 2020, Joe was diagnosed with testicular cancer. He says it came as a shock. He didn’t expect a cancer diagnosis at just 26 years old. However, just like his baseball attitude, he was ready to work.
“Right away I didn’t let myself feel bad for myself,” Joe said. “I was just like, ‘okay this is the diagnosis. Doctor, let’s build a roadmap.’”
The roadmap started with surgery to remove the tumor. But that did not solve it. The cancer had spread to his lungs. So, weeklong rounds of chemotherapy followed. His mother and wife traded off driving Joe to the hospital, while the other stayed home to cook.
During this time, Joe was not able to play baseball. Instead, he stayed active by kayaking and working out at home.
He didn’t know if he’d ever get to play baseball again.
In July of 2020, Joe was declared cancer free.
“It’s not something that I ever would have wished I went through, but now that I did, I’m happy that I did,” Joe said.
Exactly one year after being told he was cancer free, Joe hit his first Major League home run with the Colorado Rockies.
“I think I just look at everything now through a lens of gratitude,” Joe said.
What he is most grateful for now is being a father. Joe wasn’t sure if he’d ever have that title. He didn’t know how testicular cancer would impact his ability to have kids.
But his wish has come true. Joe and his wife now have a two-year-old daughter who comes to his games always with a smile and a wave.
“It’s the best thing,” Joe said. “It’s my most proud title to be her dad.”
“You shared this journey with us, and you were there,” Joe continued talking about his daughter. “It’s so special for my wife and I.”
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2025-26 Campaign Set – Vanderbilt University Athletics – Official Athletics Website
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt men’s golf team announced its 2025-26 schedule on Friday, as the Commodores are slated to play in 10 tournaments during the regular season. Vanderbilt participates in four events during the fall and will compete in six spring tournaments before beginning NCAA postseason play on May 18-20 at the NCAA Regionals. […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Vanderbilt men’s golf team announced its 2025-26 schedule on Friday, as the Commodores are slated to play in 10 tournaments during the regular season.
Vanderbilt participates in four events during the fall and will compete in six spring tournaments before beginning NCAA postseason play on May 18-20 at the NCAA Regionals. Vanderbilt seeks a 12th-straight appearance at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships, which takes place May 29-June 3 at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California.
The Commodores once again host the Mason Rudolph Championship at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee, on April 3-5. Senior Wells Williams is looking to defend his Mason Rudolph title, as he won last season’s tournament with a 54-hole score of 15-under 198.
Vandy, who enters Year 14 under the guidance of Thomas F. Roush, M.D. and Family Vanderbilt Men’s Golf Head Coach Scott Limbaugh, opens the 2025-26 campaign at the Carmel Cup in Pebble Beach, California, on Aug. 29-31. It will be the 11th time that the Commodores have played in the Carmel Cup, while it’s their first appearance since 2021-22.
The Dores play in two events during the month of September. First, traveling to Ooltewah, Tennessee, for The Invitational at the Honors on Sept. 15-16. Vanderbilt then returns to Fort Worth, Texas on Sept. 29-30 for the the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invitational at Colonial Country Club. It will be the fourth-straight season that the Commodores have played in the Ben Hogan Collegiate.
Vanderbilt closes the fall portion of its 2025-26 schedule on Oct. 13-15 in Charleston, South Carolina for The Bryson Invitational. It is the first time the Dores will play in the tournament held at Daniel Island Club.
After the winter break, the Commodores return to action in a pair of familiar tournaments. Vanderbilt begins the spring season on Feb. 16-17, as the Dores will play in their fourth-straight Watersound Invitational in Panama City, Florida. Vandy then travels to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, on March 1-3 for the Cabo Collegiate. It will be the 12th time that the Dores travel to Twin Dolphin Golf Club.
Vanderbilt closes March with a visit to the Linger Longer Invitational on March 20-22. It is the first time since the 2022-23 season that the Dores will make an appearance at Great Water at Lake Oconee.
The Dores return home to host the Mason Rudolph Championship on April 3-5 at Vanderbilt Legends Club. Vandy will be seeking its 12th Mason Rudolph team title overall this season, while the Commodores have won seven of their last eight home tournaments.
The regular season comes to an end on April 13-14 at the Mossy Oak Collegiate Championship in West Point, Mississippi, the hometown of senior Wells Williams. It will be the second time that Vanderbilt has made the journey to Mossy Oak Golf Club, as the last visit came during the 2021-22 season, where the Dores won the team title.
The 2026 SEC Men’s Golf Championship will be held in its traditional location at the Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, Georgia. The Commodores are looking to advance to the title match at the SEC Championship for the fifth time in the last six seasons. Vanderbilt has won the SEC Championship three times, which came in 2017, 2021, and 2022.
NCAA postseason play begins May 18-20 at the NCAA Men’s Golf Regionals. The six locations for the 2026 NCAA Regional events are as follows with the host school in parentheses. Athens, Georgia, (Georgia), Bermuda Run, North Carolina, (Wake Forest), Bryan, Texas, (Texas A&M), Columbus, Ohio, (Ohio State), Corvallis, Oregon, (Oregon State) and Maricopa, Arizona (Arizona State).
The 2026 NCAA Men’s Golf Championships will be held for the third-straight year at Omni La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California, from May 29-June 3.
For more information on the Vanderbilt men’s golf team, follow @VandyMGOLF on Instagram and Twitter/X.
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Women’s Volleyball Releases 2025 Schedule
Story Links Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball team will look to claim another Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship as they announced their 2025 campaign. The season begins on August 29 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, with a 5 p.m. contest against Union College, followed by matchups […]

Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology women’s volleyball team will look to claim another Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom Championship as they announced their 2025 campaign.
The season begins on August 29 in Haverford, Pennsylvania, with a 5 p.m. contest against Union College, followed by matchups the next day against Stockton University and host Haverford College. The Ducks then head to New York City for a trio of matches at NYU, beginning with Susquehanna University on September 5, followed by Gallaudet University and a Saturday evening match against NYU on September 6. Stevens opens the home slate on Saturday, September 13, hosting Tufts University at 11:30 a.m., and concluding with the Ducks taking on Drew University at 4:30 p.m.
The action continues with a packed weekend of home matches on September 19-20. Stevens will host Sarah Lawrence, Springfield College, and Oneonta across the two-day stretch, as well as several neutral-site contests featuring the same visiting teams. Conference play begins on September 24 with a road match at Misericordia University, followed by a September 30 visit to Lebanon Valley College.
Stevens continues its road stretch on October 4 with a tri-match at Montclair State, where the Ducks will face the host Red Hawks and Hunter College. The Ducks return to conference action at home on October 8 against FDU-Florham. On October 11, Stevens hosts Washington and Lee and the University of Scranton in a tri-match at Canavan Arena. The Ducks head to Center Valley, Pa. on October 14 to face DeSales University in a key MAC Freedom matchup before competing in a weekend tri-match at Cortland, taking on Ithaca College, host Cortland, and Bard College on October 17–18.
They wrap up the regular season with three straight MAC Freedom matches: at home against King’s College (Pa.) on October 22, Arcadia University on October 28, and at Delaware Valley University on November 5. In between, the Ducks face William Paterson University on October 30 and close the home schedule with a November 1 tri-match against WPI and Eastern University. The final match of the regular season is a non-conference tilt against New Paltz on Friday, November 7 in Hoboken.
The postseason gets underway on November 12 with the MAC Freedom Semifinals, with the Championship Match on November 15.
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Six Women’s Track and Field Student-Athletes Earn USTFCCCA Academic Honors
Women’s Track and Field | 7/25/2025 11:29:00 AM Story Links PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Six St. John Fisher University women’s track and field student-athletes have been named to the 2025 Division III Women’s Track and Field All-Academic Team, presented by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). […]

Women’s Track and Field | 7/25/2025 11:29:00 AM
PITTSFORD, N.Y. – Six St. John Fisher University women’s track and field student-athletes have been named to the 2025 Division III Women’s Track and Field All-Academic Team, presented by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA).
Athletes must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.30 through their most recent semester to be eligible for the distinction. Athletes also must have finished either top 50 in any individual event or top 35 as a member of a relay event. Additionally, athletes are eligible if they competed in an individual or relay event at the indoor or outdoor national championships.
St. John Fisher’s 2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic Athletes
Abigail Dorunda, rising sophomore nursing major
Veronica Duell, graduated senior biology major
Ciarra Franz, graduated senior nursing major
Kathryn Hillyard, rising sophomore nursing major
Sophia Leach, rising junior psychology major
Caitlin Voloshen, rising senior pharmaceutical studies major
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Class of 2029 Brings in Final Piece for Volleyball
Story Links SEATTLE – Seattle U volleyball secured its final piece from the class of 2029, welcoming freshman Tiana Mariner to the program ahead of the fall 2025 season, as announced by head coach Dan Behnke. The Lehi, Utah native joins the Redhawks following four years on varsity at Skyridge High […]

SEATTLE – Seattle U volleyball secured its final piece from the class of 2029, welcoming freshman Tiana Mariner to the program ahead of the fall 2025 season, as announced by head coach Dan Behnke.
The Lehi, Utah native joins the Redhawks following four years on varsity at Skyridge High School. She has played club volleyball with a Club V team since her freshman year.
During her tenure, Mariner helped lead Skyridge to the 5A State Championship title in her sophomore season. That season she collected All-County First Team, All-Conference First Team and All-Region First Team honors while also being recognized on the All-Area Second Team and All-State Second Team. In her senior season, she was named All-Conference First Team for the second time, while also earning All-State Second Team honors.
In her first season, she assisted Skyridge to a conference and regional championship, later earning All-County, All-Region and All-Conference honorable mentions.
The defensive specialist’s success extended into the classroom, as she collected honor roll all four years.
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40 years after falling in love at the SEA Games, this Singaporean couple will compete in the pool again
“I actually played competitively for Queenstown in the local scene until in my 50s,” he added. Ms Cheong also served as vice-president of swimming with the Singapore Swimming Association for a short period of time. But her relationship with her sport was slightly more complicated. “It’s more of a love-hate thing. I was burnt out already […]

“I actually played competitively for Queenstown in the local scene until in my 50s,” he added.
Ms Cheong also served as vice-president of swimming with the Singapore Swimming Association for a short period of time. But her relationship with her sport was slightly more complicated.
“It’s more of a love-hate thing. I was burnt out already by the time I quit the sport, I really didn’t want to touch the water so much, I didn’t train by myself a lot. If I do, I’d just go and do a few laps,” she said.
“But I would say that over the recent years, I have come to terms with my past. That ‘hate’ part is gone, I’m much more comfortable going back.”
When the opportunity to take part in the Masters Championships in Singapore this year came up, the husband-and-wife duo decided to take the plunge.
“He was the instigator. He was the one talking to me about it,” said Ms Cheong.
“How often does Singapore host this?” added Mr Koh. “I was pretty excited.”
But it is also not without a sense of trepidation.
“A bit fearful in the sense that water polo is a fitness game, and we’re all so out of shape. Getting the team together was a bit intimidating,” said Mr Koh.
“But other than that, we always try to remind ourselves that we train a bit differently. Now, we don’t do so much sprints because we’re all old.”
Ms Cheong will compete in two relays – the 4x50m freestyle and the 4x50m medley – with some former teammates.
“Three of us are old teammates … We trained together, we were from the same club before. So it’s more of for old times’ sake,” she said.
More than competing, the pair are looking forward to simply doing sport together again.
“It’s nice to do things together. Even though we are in different venues, with different timings (for our events),” said Mr Koh.
‘I used to watch him training. Those were really fun times. Now, less so because 40 years have passed, and we’ve been working,” added Ms Cheong. “It would be really nice to go watch him again.”
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Katy ISD Names 2024-25 Athletes of the Year
KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Katy ISD Athletics has named three standout student-athletes as its 2024-25 Athletes of the Year, recognizing their excellence in competition and academics. Adam Carter of Katy High School earned male athlete of the year honors, while Ananya Sriniketh of Tompkins High School and Janey Campbell of Seven Lakes High […]

KATY, Texas (Covering Katy News) — Katy ISD Athletics has named three standout student-athletes as its 2024-25 Athletes of the Year, recognizing their excellence in competition and academics.
Adam Carter of Katy High School earned male athlete of the year honors, while Ananya Sriniketh of Tompkins High School and Janey Campbell of Seven Lakes High School shared female athlete of the year recognition.
“Congratulations to our three Katy ISD Athletes of the Year! Their talent, leadership and dedication have set the standard for excellence in athletics and academics,” said Lance Carter, executive director of athletics for Katy ISD. “We celebrate their incredible accomplishments and the positive impact they’ve made on their teams, campuses and in Katy ISD.”
Male Athlete of the Year
Adam Carter — Katy High School, football and track and field
Carter competed in football and track and field for four years at Katy High School, reaching the University Interscholastic League state meet in track the past two seasons while serving as a three-year starter for the Tigers football team.
The senior medaled three times at the state track meet, winning one gold and two silver medals. He holds school records in shot put and discus at Katy High School, plus the District 19-6A and 6A Region 3 shot put records. Carter also set the school record for longest punt at 78 yards.
As a senior, Carter was named district MVP in football and earned All-Greater Houston area team honors. In track, he won district titles in shot put and discus, claimed area champion honors in shot put, captured regional championships in both events and won the state title in shot put. The Texas High School Coaches Association named him MVP of its Super Elite Track and Field Team.
Carter will compete at Texas State University.
Female Athletes of the Year
Ananya Sriniketh — Tompkins High School, tennis
Sriniketh lettered in varsity tennis for four consecutive years and won four district championships in singles.
She reached the state finals as a sophomore, earning a silver medal, then captured the state singles championship as a senior after a seven-hour match. The Texas High School Coaches Association named her to its Super Elite Team for Team Tennis.
Sriniketh earned Academic All-District and All-State recognition during her high school career.
She will compete at Claremont McKenna College.
Janey Campbell — Seven Lakes High School, swimming and track and field
Campbell lettered three years in swimming and competed at the UIL State Track and Field Meet all four years of high school.
She won three district titles in discus and one in shot put during her career. Campbell captured the 2025 Texas Relays Shot Put Championship and qualified for state track meets each year, placing in the top five annually before winning the shot put as a senior. The Texas High School Coaches Association named her to its Super Elite team for track and field.
Campbell will compete at the University of Michigan.
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