Draft of Feature Story

Here is the draft of the feature story. I will go over it and the quotes from my athlete and see if I should add and/or change anything in the story.

               From a high school star of winning all county pitcher two years in a role, to being a freshman and a big baseball college, pitcher Nolan Santos. Santos is now a starter at Bethune- Cookman and is still playing the game that he loves. When asked when he knew this was the dream, he answered that “I always had a love for the game”.

               Nolan Santos in high school was one of the best and his accomplishments show that. In high school, people would have thought that he had more options for college but Santos told us that he “received two offers, one from a D2 school and then Bethune”. Santos had a decision to make and some would say an easy one since Bethune is a Division 1 baseball school. But choosing the school was the easy part for him.

               Handling the studies and playing baseball was the hard part. When asked how he handles both, he states, “It is very hard but you tend to get used to it”. He even said it feels like “two lives trying to be one”. Even though Santos says it is difficult, you cannot see it when he is on the field. He seems to shine every time he is out there. But Santos also has his supporters, his parents and his two best friends. When Nolan Santos is describing his friends he states that he “has known them since they were young and we played together all through high school. They are my biggest supporters”.

               When looking back at high school, Nolan Santos sees it as the best time of his life and when asked what his favorite moment was, people would be surprised with it. Santos states that the best moment was “My tenth grade year and we were playing our rival School Coral Gables and I hit the walk off hit to win the game”. That moment for him was one of the best because everyone knew he could pitch but that hit changed his confident level.

               Nolan now will experience his college life and hopefully fulfill his dream. When asked what his dreams are, he stated “The dream is to get drafted and end up playing Major League baseball.” Santos has a big life ahead of him and him I someone everyone should go out and watch.

Athlete Answer to Questions

Here are the answers to the questions the athlete, Nolan Santos gave me.

1. What made you pursue the game of baseball?
I always had a love of the game since I was a young age but also knowing that my father made it far in this game, that just made my passion stronger.
2. What is the biggest difference between college and high school? (academically and sport)
Academically college is a lot harder and athletically the competition is very tuff. Everyone on the college team was the star of there high school and now they are just one of the guys on a d1 baseball team.
3. How do you balance being a student athlete?
In the beginning it is very hard but you tend to get used to it after the first couple months. There are a variety of practice times and if have to put the work on your own to study and still get out and practice. It is two lives trying to be one.
4. What are your pregame rituals before a game?
The pregame rituals that I have is that once I step on the field I do a quick prayer and then I take a jog out to the fence. Also before a game that I start, I will always long toss so that my arm feels ready to go.
5. Who is your role model in baseball and in life?
My role model is my father, he had played the game of baseball and went professional. He even has his own baseball card and he is very successful in his life and he is my role model on and off the field.
6. What is the best moment you had in your career so far?
The best moment I have had so far was in high school when we beat Coral Gables Cavaliers. My tenth grade year and we were playing our rival School Coral Gables and I hit the walk off hit to win the game
7. How was baseball your Senior year of high school?(Offers, experience, teammate views)
Well, I could not ask for better teammates and I had my friends that I have known since I was little play ball with me. Offer wise, I received two offers, one from a D2 school and then Bethune. The experience for high school could not be better. I always just want to go back and relive the high school moments. I got to play with my best friend and it seemed that we were always having fun.
8. Who are your biggest supporters?
My biggest supporters are my parents and my two best friends who have played with me since a young age and throughout high school.
9. What are your goals for being a freshman in college?
The goals I have this season is for my team to win but personally I jut want to go out and give my team the best chance to win the game for me when I am on the mound.
10. Do you plan on continuing baseball after college?
That is my dream. The dream is to get drafted and end up playing Major League baseball.

Magazine Cover

To finalize my magazine I had to place the image that I chose for the magazine cover. I also had to edit the image using Canva. I adjusted and cut off the background of the image so that the body was the only thing showing up in the magazine. The fonts of the magazine was made smaller so that the image was bigger and had more space. Finally, the image was put to take up most of the magazine and when I looked at other baseball magazines, the image even took a bit out of the name of the magazine, so that is what I did.

Draft Magazine cover

The magazine cover is almost finished but I need to choose an image to place on the cover. The image I will probably used is one of the mid-shots of him in his pitching motion. The next post will have the finalize product of the cover.

This cover I will be asking people on what they think about it and make any changes to finalize the product and make it look like a professional magazine.

Model Images

Here are the pictures that I will be using for my magazine. I will be choosing one of these for the cover and the other ones will be see on the table of contents and then one image will also be used for the double page spread.
Some of the images were action shots and the other two were just setup like that.

Questions for Cover athlete

In this post I will be providing the questions that I will be asking my cover athlete, Nolan Santos.
These questions will help me create the feature story and get to know a little bit more about my athlete.

10 Questions

1.  What made you pursue the game of baseball?
2. What is the biggest difference between college and high school? (academically and sport)
3. How do you balance being a student athlete?
4. What are your pre-game rituals before a game?
5. Who is your role model in baseball and in life?
6. What is the best moment you had in your career so far?
7. How was baseball your Senior year of high school?(Offers, experience, teammate views)
8. Who are your biggest supporters?
9. What are your goals for being a freshman in college?
10. Do you plan on continuing baseball after college? 

Magazine color scheme updated

Since I had a change in the featured athlete in my magazine then I will also have to change the color scheme that the magazine will be using. The colors will be of the University that he attends which is Bethune-Cookman University. The colors of the University is maroon and gold. I will have an image of the athlete in his uniform and in different poses. Then, I will choose the best pose I feel is the best fit for the magazine. The cover of the magazine will be using the color black as well and the lettering will be in the colors of the school. The black background will make the athlete pop out and the lettering since the colors of the school are bright colors. The athlete will also have to wear his alternative uniform which is maroon so that he may stand out and be the main image of the magazine.

Maroon:                                                                                                                    Gold: