Jessica Ferralls, Author at The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College

Baseball Veteran Inspires Team

April 11, 2011 Jessica Ferralls

Baseball is in Jim Mansilla’s blood. The 61-year-old Associate Head Coach of the Miami Dade College men’s baseball team picked up the sport when he was six-year’s old in Plainfield, New Jersey. Mansilla played at Plainfield High School before graduating in 1969. He came to Miami when he was… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Women's Basketball

Rising Lady Sharks Are Bouncing Back

February 16, 2011 Jessica Ferralls

With only two games left in the regular season, the Miami Dade College women’s basketball team is fighting to secure the top spot in the Southern Conference. The Lady Sharks (9-13 overall and 4-2 in conference play) have been working to improve their defense, rebounding and passing in order… Read the rest at our website.

Sports Men's Basketball

Munford Leads The Way Forward

February 2, 2011 Jessica Ferralls

Freshmen guard Xavier Munford has been setting the tone for Miami Dade College men’s basketball team lately. Born and raised in Hillside, New Jersey, Munford, who played high school basketball at St. Benedict’s Preparatory School in Newark, N.J., has made an instant impact on the men’s basketball team (15-7… Read the rest at our website.

Sports

Football Veteran Strengthing MDC Teams

January 18, 2011 Jessica Ferralls

Don Soldinger, a former University of Miami running backs coach, knows what it takes to be a winner. While at UM, he was part of two national championship teams. Today, Soldinger, who coached at UM from 1984 to 1989 and then again from 1994 to 2005, is spreading his… Read the rest at our website.

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