{"id":266,"date":"2024-01-24T06:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T06:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/?page_id=266"},"modified":"2024-02-28T17:51:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T17:51:00","slug":"about-the-author","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/about-the-author\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Author"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-288\" style=\"width:328px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-630x840.jpeg 630w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1-960x1280.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_3646-1.jpeg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Hello, my name is Matthew Trach. I&#8217;m a local Virginian, born and raised in Virginia Beach. Currently, I&#8217;m  studying at Old Dominion University, working to graduate in the spring of 2025 for my Bachelors in Sports Management. I have been playing ice hockey for 16 years, including playing for the USPHL  Hampton roads Whalers Elite for two years. I now play for the Old Dominion Hockey team. My favorite team of all time is the Pittsburgh Penguins. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-215\" style=\"width:340px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1-381x300.jpg 381w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35143\/2024\/01\/IMG_5750-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, my name is Matthew Trach. I&#8217;m a local Virginian, born and raised in Virginia Beach. Currently, I&#8217;m studying at Old Dominion University, working to graduate in the spring of 2025 for my Bachelors in Sports Management. I have been playing ice hockey for 16 years, including playing for the USPHL Hampton roads Whalers Elite&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/about-the-author\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":28270,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":384,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/266\/revisions\/384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/matthewtrachsportjournal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}