Athlete of the Week: Baseball’s Connor Kostecka

The sophomore shortstop helped key the Eagles’ offense in a two-game sweep of San Diego Christian.

Joel Ashor, Sports Editor • February 20, 2019

Sophomore shortstop Connor Kostecka leads off first base during the Eagles’ 14-3 loss against Hope International University on Feb. 19.

Photo courtesy of Courtesy of George Rodriguez/Biola Athletics

After biding his time as a freshman last year, sophomore shortstop Connor Kostecka has stepped into a starting role this year for the Eagles, taking the place of longtime starter Ricky Perez. So far, Kostecka has been up to the challenge, hitting extremely well for Biola and helping the Eagles to a sweep of San Diego Christian College.

In the first game against the Hawks on Saturday, Kostecka broke the game open with a two-RBI single in the 7th inning that made the score 9-4. The Eagles went on to win 9-5.

In Biola’s 10-3 win against SDCC on Monday, the shortstop came through for his team yet again, picking up an RBI single and later scoring in the sixth inning as the Eagles broke the game open late.

For his clutch hitting and excellent overall play in his increased role this year, Kostecka has earned his first Chimes Athlete of the Week.

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Joel Ashor, Sports Editor

Joel Ashor is a junior broadcast journalism major with a love for sports, friends, and history. Joel is a Notre Dame football, Angels baseball, and Boston Celtics fan. [email protected] Growing up in the small city of Santa Maria, California as the youngest of four boys, I was always surrounded by things much earlier than normal, due to the fact that I experienced things through my much older brothers. One of the things I experienced was sports, and when I started watching and seeing what it looked like to be on a sports team, I fell in love. In my family, sports is not really an option, it just is something that we all do. Luckily my parents never had to force me or my brothers to play sports because we all had a passion for it. From a young age I immersed myself in the culture of sports, watching any sport that was on, growing a particular liking to college football. My uncle attended the University of Notre Dame, and my whole family are die-hard Irish fans. Naturally I became one as well, and I remember Saturday mornings with the family quite clearly. As I grew older I began to see and understand more about what it took to broadcast a live sports game, and I became quite intrigued by it. I decided I wanted to be involved with sports for the rest of my life and cover it in some form. One of the sports commentators I look up to greatly and have always liked is NBC sports reporter Bob Costas, who is a jack of all trades broadcaster and covers all sports from the Olympics to football and many more. I aspire to be a broadcast journalist someday, and the Chimes is an excellent way to hone my skills and continue to practice writing and talking about sports. I look forward to my growth while working with the Chimes in reporting accurately and quickly, and cannot wait to cover Biola sports.

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