{"id":143744,"date":"2022-11-14T15:41:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-14T22:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143744"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:41:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T22:41:40","slug":"ndahayo-signs-with-uccs-mens-basketball-through-team-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143744","title":{"rendered":"Ndahayo signs with UCCS men&#8217;s basketball through Team IMPACT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-143747\" data-id=\"143747\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshCoachFamily-900x600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshCoachFamily-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshCoachFamily-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshCoachFamily-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshCoachFamily-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Josh with his family and Coach Culver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-143745\" data-id=\"143745\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NdahayowithCulver-900x600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NdahayowithCulver-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NdahayowithCulver-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NdahayowithCulver-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/NdahayowithCulver-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Josh with Coach Jeff Culver<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-143746\" data-id=\"143746\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-with-the-UCCS-Mens-Basketball-Team-900x600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-with-the-UCCS-Mens-Basketball-Team-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-with-the-UCCS-Mens-Basketball-Team-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-with-the-UCCS-Mens-Basketball-Team-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Josh-with-the-UCCS-Mens-Basketball-Team-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Josh with the UCCS Men&#8217;s Basketball Team<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-143748\" data-id=\"143748\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-900x600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Josh with his National Letter of Intent<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joshua Ndahayo, an eleven-year old on <a href=\"https:\/\/teamimpact.org\/\">Team IMPACT<\/a>, has officially signed on to the UCCS 2022-2023 men&#8217;s basketball program. Ndahayo signed his National Letter of Intent and a formal announcement was made on Nov. 3 by head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/gomountainlions.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/jeff-culver\/642\">Jeff Culver<\/a> alongside Ndahayo and his family. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From the <a href=\"https:\/\/gomountainlions.com\/news\/2022\/11\/3\/ndahayo-signs-with-mens-basketball-through-team-impact.aspx\">Go Mountain Lions article<\/a>, Joshua is a loving, active, and resilient young man who loves watching his favorite athlete Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Joshua&#8217;s dream vacation is to one day visit Japan as he also enjoys watching Pok\u00e9mon and The Avengers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mountain Lions are in their first year partnering with Team IMPACT. Team IMPACT is a two-year program that matches children facing serious illness and disabilities with college sports teams, creating a long-term, life-changing experience for everyone involved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Culver noted his excitement for having Ndahayo join the program in the piece as well and Ndahayo answered a few questions during the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We are absolutely thrilled to have Josh join our Mountain Lion family,&#8221; Culver stated. &#8220;We believe him to be the missing piece to our program&#8217;s championship intentions.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mountain Lions basketball team open their season with a home game at Gallogly Events Center on Friday, Nov. 11 at 7 p.m. versus Cameron University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Joshua Ndahayo, an eleven-year old on Team IMPACT, has officially signed on to the UCCS 2022-2023 men&#8217;s basketball program. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143744\" title=\"Ndahayo signs with UCCS men&#8217;s basketball through Team IMPACT\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":143748,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,25],"tags":[93,332],"class_list":["post-143744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-more-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JoshLetterofIntent-scaled.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-Bos","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143744"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143757,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143744\/revisions\/143757"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/143748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}