{"id":331,"date":"2026-04-23T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/?page_id=331"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:35:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:35:34","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/","title":{"rendered":"About Me: Cole Lanford"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi, my name is Cole Lanford. I am a student and baseball player at Old Dominion University, and I am studying sports management. My passion for sports started at a young age when I began playing baseball and basketball. Eventually, my baseball career overtook basketball, and I started receiving offers from schools across the country. Still, I decided I liked ODU the best because of the atmosphere, history of the program, the coaching staff, and it was close to home. I created this blog for my sports communication class, and I hope this site becomes a good way to get to know me and what I\u2019m about. After college I would like to get into the sports agency realm and help promote pro athletes. In the picture below, you can see me pitching in Biloxi, Mississippi, against Mississippi State. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1010\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"206\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-1010x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-1010x1024.jpeg 1010w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-296x300.jpeg 296w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-768x778.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-1515x1536.jpeg 1515w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-600x608.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3-945x958.jpeg 945w, https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/40627\/2026\/02\/IMG_0040-3.jpeg 1618w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1010px) 100vw, 1010px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Cole Lanford. I am a student and baseball player at Old Dominion University, and I am studying sports management. My passion for sports started at a young age when I began playing baseball and basketball. Eventually, my baseball career overtook basketball, and I started receiving offers from schools across the country. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">About Me: Cole Lanford<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31978,"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\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31978"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=331"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":338,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/331\/revisions\/338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/sportcommunication\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}