{"id":6405,"date":"2021-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/?p=6405"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:41:41","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T23:41:41","slug":"austin-brinling-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/austin-brinling-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Brinling #8"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Jessica Cuenca, In Motion Sports Reporter<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Austin Brinling #8, photo taken by Jessica Cuenca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 has presented challenges in the lives of just about everyone around the world, but for some it has presented opportunities. For Austin Brinling, it has meant another chance to play the game that he\u2019s loved for the last 16 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At the start of the pandemic, Brinling was a student-athlete on the University of Florida\u2019s baseball team. The pandemic affected the students by not allowing them to come back to campus, only allowing them to have online classes. Brinling went back to Bradenton and finished his semester from UF online. After the semester he decided to leave UF because he was not receiving enough play time on the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having many options, Brinling received an amazing opportunity to join the Daytona State College baseball team when he got a phone call from his high school coach, Tim Orlosky, who graduated from Daytona State, offering him a chance to play with the Falcons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cComing from UF, I didn\u2019t get many chances to play,\u201d Brinling said. \u201cBut now I feel like there will be more chances and much better times to come.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brinling is eager to play under head coach Tim Touma. \u201cHonestly, I\u2019m excited to get on the yard and play baseball,\u201d the outfielder said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teammate Brody Maynare, pitcher, expressed enthusiasm about playing with Brinling. \u201cIt was exciting hearing about Austin joining our team because he already had a year of experience under his belt,\u201d Maynare said. \u201cSo, he knows how the speed of college ball goes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Athletics Department\u2019s first focus on academics, Coach Touma reminds his players that school is a priority. Brinling has responded with a GPA of 3.7, while the team has an average GPA of 3.8.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Austin Brinling #8, photo taken by Jessica Cuenca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Brinling is also making an impact on the field. \u201cAustin is a really cool guy, I\u2019m really excited that he joined our team,\u201d said teammate Kyle Abbott, who plays shortstop. \u201cHe is a super hard working guy on and off the field. We have a class together and he is always participating.\u201d  Contributing and living a life of service is something that was instilled in Brinling at an early age, but it has served him well. Brinling, along with two younger sisters, were raised by his grandparents, George and Sandra Brinling, in Bradenton, Florida. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

His upbringing in Bradenton taught him the importance of giving back. Brinling was a part of and volunteered with Grandparents Group and Angels Attic because he loves getting an opportunity to help others. Brinling has been a part of these groups for a little over 14 years. \u201cI really like being able to help others because my grandparents always told me it\u2019s nice to be nice,\u201d he said.  He and his family would attend the Grandparents and when he was old enough he volunteered; handed out pizza, watched movies and played board games with other families. For the Angels Attic organization they are given donations like clothing, furniture, toys, and shoes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually leaving Bradenton with a heavy heart, Brinling is excited for the upcoming season since he will be playing against some of his hometown friends who play at other colleges. Although he has been working hard, he has no intention of stopping until he and his team win the conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To see their baseball games please go to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/DaytonaFalcon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jessica Cuenca, In Motion Sports Reporter COVID-19 has presented challenges in the lives of just about everyone around the world, but for some it has presented opportunities. For Austin Brinling, it has meant another chance to play the game that he\u2019s loved for the last 16 years.  At the start Continue reading Austin Brinling #8<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6405","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6405"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6710,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6405\/revisions\/6710"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daytonastateinmotion.com\/oldsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}