{"id":71861,"date":"2022-03-02T03:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-03-02T07:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/?p=71861"},"modified":"2022-03-03T09:10:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T13:10:09","slug":"2001-engineering-graduate-receives-inaugural-toledo-soccer-alumnae-spotlight-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/03_02_2022\/2001-engineering-graduate-receives-inaugural-toledo-soccer-alumnae-spotlight-award","title":{"rendered":"2001 Engineering Graduate Receives Inaugural Toledo Soccer Alumnae Spotlight Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

University of Toledo women’s soccer head coach\u00a0TJ Buchholz\u00a0announced that 2001 graduate Marisa Baysa is the recipient of the inaugural Toledo Soccer Alumnae Spotlight Award.<\/p>\n

This award was created by the Toledo Soccer board to spotlight one alumna each year who is making a difference after their time at UToledo.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>“I’m honored by this recognition and for the opportunity to bring visibility to our mission,” Baysa said. “Soccer is a sport that unites the world. It gave me an opportunity to earn an education, travel, establish lifelong friendships and the ability to connect when language is a barrier.”<\/p>\n

The Oak Harbor, Wash., native donned the Rockets uniform from 1996-2001. A four-time letter winner, her greatest memories at UToledo were the ones filled with uncontrollable laughter or tears in the time of pre-social media and the digital age. Baysa graduated with a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering and a minor in business administration.<\/p>\n

Baysa is a board member for\u00a0Tacos4Ticos<\/a>, a foundation supported by local soccer clubs and local businesses throughout the U.S. Donations of gently used cleats, shin guards, goalie gloves, uniforms, pinnies and cones are hand-delivered as checked luggage by friends of Tacos4Ticos to kids in underserved communities throughout Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

As one of the founders and current board members, Baysa networks, provides guidance to ensure the mission is fully supported, maintains the website and helps coordinate donation logistics.<\/p>\n

“To be able to give back and provide opportunities to others is quite the blessing and an honor,” Baysa said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

Marisa Baysa will receive the award, which was created by the Toledo Soccer board to spotlight one alumna each year who is making a difference after their time at UToledo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":886,"featured_media":71862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50,56,34,69,1,7],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71861"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/886"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71861"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71864,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71861\/revisions\/71864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.utoledo.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}