{"id":1152,"date":"2017-04-20T12:20:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rctc.edu\/echo\/?p=1152"},"modified":"2025-09-24T10:34:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:34:15","slug":"rctc-hires-lester-as-athletic-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/rctc-hires-lester-as-athletic-director\/","title":{"rendered":"RCTC hires Lester as athletic director"},"content":{"rendered":"

Echo staff report<\/b><\/p>\n

RCTC has hired Michael Lester as the college\u2019s athletic director, beginning April 24.<\/p>\n

\"RCTC

Michael Lester<\/p><\/div>\n

Lester comes to RCTC from Saint Mary\u2019s University of Minnesota in Winona, where he served for more than 20 years in varying roles.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichael is going to be a transformational leader for our athletics department,\u201d said Dr. Michael Anthony, vice president of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management. \u201cHis breadth and depth of experience, combined with his deep commitment to student success on and off the field, greatly excited the search team. We are so fortunate to have him join the Yellowjacket family.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lester holds a master\u2019s degree in sports management from Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and a bachelor\u2019s degree from Graceland College (now Graceland University) in Lamoni, Iowa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am looking forward to working with and for the students, coaches and staff at RCTC,\u201d Lester said. \u201cThe challenge to make positive and lasting changes in the student-athlete experience is one I am excited about tackling head on with the help of the RCTC students and staff.\u201d? ?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Echo staff report RCTC has hired Michael Lester as the college\u2019s athletic director, beginning April 24. Lester comes to RCTC from Saint Mary\u2019s University of Minnesota in Winona, where he served for more than 20 years in varying roles. \u201cMichael is going to be a transformational leader for our athletics department,\u201d said Dr. Michael Anthony, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1152"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1152\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rctc.edu\/echo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}