{"id":58278,"date":"2016-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2016-east-providence-native-uri-football-player-bible-student-to-graduate-in-may\/"},"modified":"2016-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2016-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2016-east-providence-native-uri-football-player-bible-student-to-graduate-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/commencement-2016-east-providence-native-uri-football-player-bible-student-to-graduate-in-may\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2016: East Providence native, 溏心vlog免费B站 football player, Bible student to graduate in May"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKingston, R.I, April 12, 2016 \u2013 Since he was a little boy, 溏心vlog免费B站 senior Robby Delgado always wanted to play football at 溏心vlog免费B站. Whether he was attending games, participating in camps, or meeting the student-athletes, Delgado had his mind set on playing football for the Rams.<\/p>\n


\n\tDelgado has maintained a 3.0 through four years at 溏心vlog免费B站, and is set to graduate with a bachelor of science in kinesiology in May. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAcademics have always been the most important thing to me when it came to school,\u201d said Delgado. \u201cGrowing up, I was always an athlete, but my parents and coaches emphasized that without the grades, football is nothing. I have always strived to be the best I can be in the classroom and on the football field.\u201d <\/p>\n


\n\tNot that his academic success was without its challenges. On a daily basis during the season, he had to be at team meetings at 6 a.m., followed by film review at 7 a.m. and then team practice from 8 to 11 a.m. After practice he would have class and had to be back in the film room by 5 p.m. <\/p>\n


\n Delgado was recognized for his academic success by being named a Colonial Athletic Association Academic All-Conference selection for four consecutive seasons. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cI was able to maintain my GPA as well as my athletic success by staying disciplined and making sacrifices,\u201d said Delgado. \u201cSometimes I had to choose to stay in and study instead of going out and hanging with my friends. Trying to balance football with studying and then trying to have somewhat of a social life can be very challenging, but it was always rewarding at the end of the season,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\n\tDelgado\u2019s world has expanded beyond the classroom and the gridiron. As an intern for the South County YMCA, he organizes and implements daily workout routines for children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. In the morning, before they head to pre-school at the Y, the younger kids learn from Delgado about and participate in cardio exercise. <\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cGrowing up in East Providence, I could have either gone down the good path, or the bad path. I remember being in the park with my friends, and adults in the neighborhood would keep an eye out for me just to make sure I didn\u2019t get into trouble,\u201d said Delgado. \u201cThat is what I\u2019m trying to do with these younger kids. It takes two people to make a baby, but a community to raise one. I want to give back and help push these young students to stay in school, and become successful adults,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\n\tSince his sophomore year, Delgado has been a member of the Intervarsity Christian Fellowship at 溏心vlog免费B站, which provided him with intensive public service and faith experiences.<\/p>\n


\n\tDuring spring break a few weeks ago, Delgado traveled to New Orleans where he served people still recovering from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. \u201cA lot of the inner-city and black communities still need a lot of work,\u201d said Delgado. \u201cWe worked hard for five days on houses to serve God and the people of New Orleans. In my life, I have felt God has granted me the ability to be an athlete, so helping these people in New Orleans is my way of showing the Lord my appreciation,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n


\n\tDelgado will remain at the 溏心vlog免费B站 to pursue a master\u2019s degree in education. <\/p>\n


\nDom LaFerrera, an intern in the department of Marketing & Communications, and a communications studies major wrote this release. <\/p>\n


\nPhoto by Nora Lewis<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kingston, R.I, April 12, 2016 \u2013 Since he was a little boy, 溏心vlog免费B站 senior Robby Delgado always wanted to play football at 溏心vlog免费B站. Whether he was attending games, participating in camps, or meeting the student-athletes, Delgado had his mind set on playing football for the Rams. Delgado has maintained a 3.0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58280,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}