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Demie Mainieri Field Getting $2.5 Million Facelift After Being Dormant For 28 Years

July 13, 2023 Juan S. Gomez Baseball, Demie Mainieri Field

Paul Mainieri’s love for baseball blossomed in 1961 in the muggy dugout at Dade County Junior College as his dad Demie Mainieri coached the school’s baseball team—the Falcons. “I grew up in that dugout next to my father,” said Paul, who would return to that same field 16 years… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami Dade College Duo Selected In 2023 Major League Baseball Draft

July 12, 2023 Juan S. Gomez MLB draft

Wooyeoul Shin’s dream to play Major League Baseball was born in 2008 when he watched his countrymen from South Korea win a gold medal at the Olympics in Beijing. Fifteen years later, the Miami Dade College athlete inched closer to his dream when he was one of two Sharks… Read the rest at our website.

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MDC Baseball Team To Hold Open Tryouts On August 12

July 3, 2023 Nikole Valiente baseball tryouts

The Miami Dade College baseball team is hosting open tryouts on August 12 at 10 a.m. at the Kendall Campus baseball field, 11011 S.W. 104 St. Candidates will stretch, run the 60-yard-dash and engage in catching, throwing and batting drills. “You just gotta have some tools and some ability,”… Read the rest at our website.

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Recapping A Year Of Sports And Fun At Miami Dade College

June 29, 2023 Juan S. Gomez Athletes

As my time as editor-in-chief of The Reporter comes to an end—I have 34 days left but who’s counting—I’m getting a bit nostalgic. So naturally, I’ve turned to something that has comforted me since I was a kid in Bogota, Colombia—sports. Fútbol has always been my favorite sport. Two… Read the rest at our website.

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Miami Dade College Announces Plan To Field Soccer Teams In Fall Of 2024

June 20, 2023 Juan S. Gomez Soccer

Move over Lionel Messi, soccer is coming to Miami Dade College. “Beginning fall of 2024, Miami Dade College will have men and women’s soccer,” the schools president Madeline Pumariega announced at Tuesday’s monthly Board of Trustees meeting. “And we are kicking it off.” The news comes on the heels… Read the rest at our website.

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A Unified Soccer Team Created By MDC Student Wins Special Olympics Gold Medal

June 15, 2023 Nikole Valiente Special Olympics

In 2007, Maya Alvarez watched in amazement as her mom, Jodi English, created and coached a Special Olympics team at Miami Southridge Senior High School for students with intellectual disabilities. Ten years later, Alvarez’s brother, Logan, started a Unified Special Olympics team to allow people at the school without… Read the rest at our website.

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Lady Sharks Volleyball Team To Hold Open Tryouts

June 13, 2023 Nikole Valiente tryouts

The volleyball team at Miami Dade College, which was 24-9 last season, is hosting open tryouts on June 27 at 4 p.m. at the Kendall Campus gym, 11011 S.W. 104 St., Room G-210. Candidates will participate in drills such as hitting, blocking and serving. “We’re looking for someone that… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks’ Morales Tabbed Southern Conference Coach Of The Year

June 9, 2023 Nikole Valiente coach of the year

Miami Dade College head baseball coach Adrian Morales was selected as the Southern Conference Coach of the Year. This is the second straight year Morales has earned the honor. The Sharks finished this season with a 34-16-1 record including a 15-6 mark in conference play. Morales started as the… Read the rest at our website.

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Two Sharks Garner First-Team All-State Honors

June 1, 2023 Nikole Valiente Florida College System Athletic Association

Miami Dade College pitcher Herick Hernandez and right fielder Wooyeol Shin were selected to the Florida College System Athletic Association First-Team. Shin led the Sharks offense in almost every major offensive category this season including home runs (15), RBI (47), batting average (.407) and slugging percentage (.772). The sophomore… Read the rest at our website.

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Sharks Lose Two Of Three Games At State Tournament In Lakeland

May 18, 2023 Juan S. Gomez

The Miami Dade College baseball team’s journey for a national title ended at the State Tournament in Lakeland. After winning their first game—4-3—versus State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota on May 12, the Sharks lost the next two games versus the College of Central Florida and Northwest Florida State College.… Read the rest at our website.

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