{"id":5498,"date":"2020-09-25T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5498"},"modified":"2020-09-25T09:00:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:00:47","slug":"senior-spotlight-ellie-schad-and-philani-mlotshwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=5498","title":{"rendered":"Senior Spotlight: Ellie Schad and Philani Mlotshwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Written by Katherine Clatterbuck<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Class of 2021 began their senior year with delayed sports seasons, strict practice regulations, and numerous safety procedures. Our bravely dedicated seniors are facing an unprecedented season, a challenge to be highlighted by showcasing their Roanoke College accomplishments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philani Mlotshwa is a center midfielder for the Roanoke men\u2019s soccer team. Mlotshwa commented on hyping up with worship music, namely music by Elevation Worship, and enjoying his pre-game meal, which consists of pasta with chicken and a smoothie. Mlotshwa chose Roanoke College athletics after sensing the \u201cgood family culture\u201d within the team, led by the men\u2019s soccer coach, Ryan Pflugrad. Being a member of the 2019-2020 men\u2019s soccer team, which earned a spot in the NCAA DIII National Championship Tournament, Mlotshwa has experienced amazing accomplishments during his time at Roanoke. For Mlotshwa, being named the 2018 season MVP stands out as his greatest achievement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellie Schad, midfield and forward for the Roanoke women\u2019s soccer team, led the team to a win against the Shenandoah Hornets in her 2019-2020 season, scoring the game-winning point in overtime. Schad\u2019s pre-game rituals include a turkey sandwich and \u201cLalala\u201d by Y2K and bbno$. Another highlight of Schad\u2019s 2019-2020 season was the team\u2019s victory over the Lynchburg Hornets, an achievement unaccomplished since 2007. When asked about her choice to attend Roanoke, Schad states, \u201cI chose Roanoke College Athletics because the campus was stunning, the team was amazing, and the whole athletic department was incredibly welcoming.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mlotshwa and Schad are two of our amazing senior athletes here at Roanoke College. We wish them the best during this unprecedented semester in both their academic and athletic feats.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Katherine Clatterbuck The Class of 2021 began their senior year with delayed sports seasons, strict practice regulations, and numerous safety procedures. Our bravely dedicated seniors are facing an unprecedented season, a challenge to be highlighted by showcasing their Roanoke College accomplishments.\u00a0 Philani Mlotshwa is a center midfielder for the Roanoke men\u2019s soccer team&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5538,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[23],"class_list":["post-5498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-summer2019"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5498\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}