{"id":5637,"date":"2026-02-04T08:55:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=5637"},"modified":"2026-02-04T08:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T14:55:15","slug":"ssc-baseball-kicks-off-season-with-first-pitch-banquet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-baseball-kicks-off-season-with-first-pitch-banquet\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Baseball Kicks Off Season with First Pitch Banquet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, former Trojan baseball player and SSC Hall of Fame member Chris Schroder addresses attendees during Seminole State College\u2019s annual Trojan First Pitch Banquet Jan. 31 in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center.\" class=\"wp-image-5639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Schroder-2-edited-788x443.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Trojan baseball player and SSC Hall of Fame member Chris Schroder addresses attendees during Seminole State College\u2019s annual Trojan First Pitch Banquet Jan. 31 in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center. Schroder, the event\u2019s guest speaker, serves as executive director of the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma, where he oversees day-to-day operations, including county risk management coverage, legislative advocacy and training programs. A former Trojan pitcher, Schroder earned his associate degree from SSC in 1999, later attended Oklahoma City University and went on to play professional baseball, including time with the Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics and Florida Marlins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, SSC Head Baseball Coach Mack Chambers introduces the 2026 Trojans and shares a preview of the team\u2019s upcoming season during the event.\" class=\"wp-image-5641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Chambers-1-edited-788x443.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SSC Head Baseball Coach Mack Chambers introduces the 2026 Trojans and shares a preview of the team\u2019s upcoming season during the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1151\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Trojan baseball alumni gather for a group picture during Seminole State College\u2019s Trojan First Pitch Banquet. Anniversary teams from 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016 were recognized as part of the program\u2019s tradition of honoring legacy.\" class=\"wp-image-5644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Alumni-1-edited-788x443.jpg 788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Trojan baseball alumni gather during Seminole State College\u2019s Trojan First Pitch Banquet. Anniversary teams from 1986, 1996, 2006 and 2016 were recognized as part of the program\u2019s tradition of honoring legacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Trojan baseball player and SSC Hall of Fame member Chris Schroder addresses attendees during Seminole State College\u2019s annual Trojan First Pitch Banquet Jan. 31 in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center. Schroder, the event\u2019s guest speaker, serves as executive director of the Association of County Commissioners of Oklahoma, where he oversees day-to-day operations, including county &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-baseball-kicks-off-season-with-first-pitch-banquet\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Baseball Kicks Off Season with First Pitch Banquet<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,34,87],"tags":[194],"class_list":["post-5637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-athletics","category-community","category-news","tag-february-2026"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5645,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5637\/revisions\/5645"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}