{"id":2862,"date":"2020-05-05T13:43:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/upd\/?post_type=te_announcements&amp;p=2862"},"modified":"2020-05-05T13:43:18","modified_gmt":"2020-05-05T13:43:18","slug":"westconn-alum-advances-to-xfl","status":"publish","type":"te_announcements","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/announcement\/westconn-alum-advances-to-xfl\/","title":{"rendered":"WestConn Alum Advances to XFL"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2956\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2956\" class=\"wp-image-2956\" src=\"\/upd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2020\/05\/WCS2055CC-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2956\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Photo courtesy of Peggy Stewart.<\/em><br \/>WCSU alum and tight end <strong><a style=\"color: #003da6\">Dimitrios Tsesmetzis<\/a><\/strong> is invited to two separate <a style=\"color: #ff4d00\">XFL<\/a> showcases, one of which he attends in upstate New York. Shortly afterwards, he is drafted by the D.C. Defenders, joining a roster that boasts Division I talent from major programs like Ohio State. Tsesmetzis joins an elite group of WestConn Football Alumni to make it to the professional level.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-2862","te_announcements","type-te_announcements","status-publish","hentry"],"announcement_date":"Announcement Date: November 10, 2019","announcement_image":{"iframe":false,"url":"\/upd\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/132\/2020\/05\/WCS2055CC-scaled.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement\/2862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/announcement"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/te_announcements"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/football-50-years\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}