Alabama
Coaches from Alabama State, Troy representing USA baseball
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) – This week, 28 of the best college baseball players in America, including some that just played in the College World Series, will head to Cary, North Carolina to represent USA baseball over the next two weeks. The one leading them all will be Alabama State head coach Jose Vazquez.
“Very happy for the people that I’m able to represent, particularly my family, Alabama State University, and it means a lot to me,” said Vazquez. “It’s one of those things that I know is a great honor.”
After serving as the first base coach at this event last year, Vazquez now has the reigns as the manager. In addition, Troy head coach Skylar Meade will serve as the team’s pitching coach.
“I know Skylar is a superstar, up and coming coach and obviously has done an outstanding job everywhere he’s been,” said Vazquez.
“For him to get the honor of being the manager of this team, I think it’s certainly something that he should be incredibly proud of and I’m sure that he is,” Meade said of Vazquez. “It’s awesome just to have these different connections of people from all over, but also to have, certainly here in middle to southern Alabama, have such a flair of myself and some other coaches is pretty cool.”
Training camp began Tuesday, and the USA collegiate national team will play a five-game friendly series against Chinese Taipei that will take place from June 29-July 3.
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Alabama News Center receives top honors from National Federation of Press Women
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Alabama
U.W.A. is first in Alabama to offer a Master of Dyslexia Therapy degree
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LIVINGSTON, Ala. (WTOK) – The University of West Alabama is launching a new degree this fall, the Master of Dyslexia Therapy program .
According to the International Dyslexia Association 15-20% of the population is dyslexic. That’s one in every five people.
“A lot of times parents see their children come home and they are just struggling to read,” said Sara Reynolds, Coordinator of Clinical Experience. “They are struggling to really capture and decode these words.”
Dyslexia is a learning challenge that is neurological, characterized by difficulties in reading and spelling ability.
“Without that their comprehension skills are going to lack and so with this program we are able to kind of screen those and give them a really good baseline to see where those children are struggling at,” said Reynolds.
The goal of the program is to enhance the number of equipped Dyslexia Therapists ready to help students soar.
“The program is a two-year program. It is thirty hours of course work and throughout those two years you will complete 720 hours of clinical experience. It begins really after you start the program, so this first cohort will begin in Fall I,” said Reynolds. “During the Fall II, which is in about mid- October, you will begin to actually be an actual dyslexia therapist-in-training. So those people will be in the schools wherever they are already employed at or we will partner them with local schools in their area to where they will actually give those services to those students in those schools.”
Studies show that Dyslexia Therapy is working, thanks to educators willing to pave the path toward a brighter future, one student at a time.
For more information on how you can apply for the program visit: https://online.uwa.edu/online-degrees/med-master-education-degree-dyslexia-therapy/.
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Alabama
Vigor offensive lineman and Alabama commit Micah Dubose is transferring to Theodore for senior season
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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – Four-star offensive lineman Micah Dubose is transferring from Vigor to Theodore for his senior season, Theodore Bobcats Head Coach Steve Mask confirms to FOX10.
The announcement comes just two weeks after Vigor announced it was relieving Markus Cook of his duties as head coach.
Mask says the decision to move was based on Micah’s education and the Alabama commit plans to graduate in December.
Dubose is considered one of the top players in Alabama in the 2025 class, being named first team all-state by the Alabama Sports Writers Association in back-to-back seasons.
Dubose committed to Kalen DeBoer and the Tide while on his official visit in Tuscaloosa over the weekend.
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