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Lianyi Becquer Leblanch
SportsKendall CampusWomen's Basketball

Center Signs With MDC After Defecting From Cuba’s National Basketball Team

Scarlling Manzanarez , 
When Susan Summons got a call this summer informing her that a six-foot-five-inch player from Cuba’s national basketball team had defected and was living in South Florida, she was intrigued. Five days after arriving in Miami, 25-year-old Lianyi Becquer Leblanch—who had represented Cuba since she was 16—got a call… Read the rest at our website.
Scott Hamilton
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This Sports Psychologist Has Worked With Shaq—Now He Works With MDC Athletes

Scarlling Manzanarez , 
Jason Scott Hamilton prides himself on helping athletes tackle the mental aspect of their sport. During the past two decades, the veteran sports psychologist has worked with retired NBA superstar Shaquille O’Neal, the Jamaican women’s track team that won seven medals, including three golds, at the 2020 Summer Olympics… Read the rest at our website.
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This MDC Volleyball Player’s Mom Has Three Olympic Gold Medals—She Wants A National Title

Scarlling Manzanarez
Anllelivis Fernandez knows a thing or two about high expectations. Her mother—Ana Ibis Fernandez Valle—is the most decorated female volleyball player in Olympic history, capturing three golds and one bronze from 1992 to 2004.  Now Anllelivis, who has hopscotched the globe with her mother from Russia, Spain and Italy,… Read the rest at our website.
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Floor Renovation Project At Theodore R. Gibson Health Center Completed

Juan S. Gomez
Kendall Campus finished a $650,000 floor replacement project at the Theodore R. Gibson Health Center in early August.  The facility, which hosts the college’s volleyball and men’s and women’s basketball teams, was last revamped in 1994. Renovations began last April. Upgrades include new maple-hardwood flooring with better padding to… Read the rest at our website.
MLB Draft
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Four MDC Baseball Players Are Hopeful On The Eve Of 2022 MLB Draft

Scarlling Manzanarez , 
Reaching the Major Leagues is a gargantuan milestone in a baseball player’s career.  Four Miami Dade College athletes—Andy Rodriguez, William Silva, Loidel Rodriguez and Jose Hernandez—are a step closer to realizing that dream as the 2022 Major League Baseball Draft approaches. The 20-round draft will take place July 17-19… Read the rest at our website.
basketball team
SportsKendall CampusMen's Basketball

Men’s Basketball Team Fortifies Its Roster With New Players

Scarlling Manzanarez
With only two players—guards Abdias “Speedy” Carcamo and Matthew Khoury—expected to return from last season, the Miami Dade College men’s basketball team was anticipating a roster overhaul. The retooling has started. In the past two months, the Sharks announced the signing of seven players—five guards and two forwards—from Arizona,… Read the rest at our website.