Hector D. Gonzalez
MDCC Baseball Coach Danny Price
Miami Dade College has hired a new baseball coach Danny Price on May 27th.
The former FIU skipper replaces longtime coach Steve Hertz who coached Miami Dade’s baseball team for 26 seasons and accomplished 945 wins in his career.
“It’s been a great 25 years at Miami Dade, a privilege and an honor,” Hertz said, “But it is time to step back.”
Price, comes from a program at FIU where he coached 28 seasons from 1980 to 2007 posting an overall record of 165-130 wins to losses (.559) and 62-63 overall in the Sunbelt Conference. He also played as a player for FIU from 1973-1974 in the first baseball team the university had according to Price.
“I was one of the first players on the first baseball team, first to get a hit and first to be a team captain,” Price said.
Still Price stated no matter what is on his resume he won’t be able to replace longtime coach Steve Hertz and looks forward to the challenge leading the college’s baseball team.
“You don’t replace him, I have tremendous respect for Hertz and this program,” Hertz said, “It’s exciting and challenging I look forward to it.”
When asked how different would it be coming from a four year school where he coached some well known name players now in the Major leagues such as : Mike Lowell ( Red Sox, Marlins), Brad Eldred ( Rockies) and Josh Banks ( Padres), Mark Worrell ( Cardinals) to a two year college he had this to say ;
“Well if you look at the history of Miami Dade College there is a lot of people who graduated from this institution and had great careers on and off the baseball field,” Price said, “It’s not just baseball.”
The former skipper also said that although he hasn’t gotten to know the players on his new team he expects to keep it simple for the upcoming season.
“ Keep it simple, take it one day at a time, I’ am not going to reinvent the wheel here,” Price said, “ I want the players to have fun and get the education, I want to teach them to be great human beings as well.”
Friday, June 4, 2010
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Miami Dade Lady Sharks Nat Champs!!
By Hector D. Gonzalez
Sports Editor
The Miami Dade College softball team was all smiles as they arrived at Miami International Airport.
The Sharks had good reason to feel giddy.
They had just defeated Wallace State Community College located in Alabama at the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament. The win earned the Sharks their first National Junior College Athletic Association championship in softball on May 23, at St. George, Utah.
The Sharks won all five games they played at the three- day, 16-team tournament. They outscored the competition 46-11.
“They were the best team on the field,” Head coach Carlos Caro said. “They competed to the best of their abilities and they won it.”
Pitcher Erika Bennett, who posted a record of 4-0 and a 0.54 ERA while being named the tournaments’ MVP, led the way.
“My pitching was on fire this weekend,” Bennett said.
She finished the season with a record of 26-2.
But Bennett was not the only one to pack a punch for the Sharks. The team finished the tournament with 11 homers. Freshmen infielder/outfielder Kristen Exposito had three home runs. The Sharks also had 13 stolen bases and made only three errors.
“It was like an explosion with everything that could go right, going right,” Exposito said. “Everyone’s energy went up. Everyone was hitting and awake. This is awesome.”
Caro was named the Karen L. Sykes Outstanding Coach of the 2010 NJCAA Tournament. Freshmen outfielder/catcher Veronika Fukunishi, sophomore infielder Simone Suetsugu, sophomore pitcher/infielder Geovany Nunez, and catcher Vivian Morimoto were named to the All-Tournament Team.
The Sharks finished the year (51-6), setting school records for most wins and the fewest losses in a season.
Several of the team’s players have been offered scholarships at four-year schools.
Amanda Lara and Bennett both will attend Marshall University, Suetsugu will attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Morimoto has made a verbal commitment to attend Florida Gulf Coast University.
Despite losing key players, Caro believes the team is poised to repeat as national champions next year.
“It has been the result of hard work throughout the year. We got together, planned it together and accomplished it together,” Caro said. “They won it and next year we will try to do it again.”
Sports Editor
The Miami Dade College softball team was all smiles as they arrived at Miami International Airport.
The Sharks had good reason to feel giddy.
They had just defeated Wallace State Community College located in Alabama at the National Junior College Athletic Association National Tournament. The win earned the Sharks their first National Junior College Athletic Association championship in softball on May 23, at St. George, Utah.
The Sharks won all five games they played at the three- day, 16-team tournament. They outscored the competition 46-11.
“They were the best team on the field,” Head coach Carlos Caro said. “They competed to the best of their abilities and they won it.”
Pitcher Erika Bennett, who posted a record of 4-0 and a 0.54 ERA while being named the tournaments’ MVP, led the way.
“My pitching was on fire this weekend,” Bennett said.
She finished the season with a record of 26-2.
But Bennett was not the only one to pack a punch for the Sharks. The team finished the tournament with 11 homers. Freshmen infielder/outfielder Kristen Exposito had three home runs. The Sharks also had 13 stolen bases and made only three errors.
“It was like an explosion with everything that could go right, going right,” Exposito said. “Everyone’s energy went up. Everyone was hitting and awake. This is awesome.”
Caro was named the Karen L. Sykes Outstanding Coach of the 2010 NJCAA Tournament. Freshmen outfielder/catcher Veronika Fukunishi, sophomore infielder Simone Suetsugu, sophomore pitcher/infielder Geovany Nunez, and catcher Vivian Morimoto were named to the All-Tournament Team.
The Sharks finished the year (51-6), setting school records for most wins and the fewest losses in a season.
Several of the team’s players have been offered scholarships at four-year schools.
Amanda Lara and Bennett both will attend Marshall University, Suetsugu will attend the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, and Morimoto has made a verbal commitment to attend Florida Gulf Coast University.
Despite losing key players, Caro believes the team is poised to repeat as national champions next year.
“It has been the result of hard work throughout the year. We got together, planned it together and accomplished it together,” Caro said. “They won it and next year we will try to do it again.”
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