October 8, 2024
Montverde Academy Graduate Francisco Lindor Dominates in NLDS For New York Mets
By Kyle Coppola
Montverde Academy Graduate Francisco Lindor Dominates in NLDS For New York Mets
Lake County — Lake County’s own Francisco Lindor, a former Montverde Academy standout, had a good performance on the mound for the New York Mets in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, scoring 2 runs and had 2 hits in a tightly contested 7-6 loss to the Philidelphia Phillies on Sunday.
(Lindor during his playing days with Montverde Academy. Lindor was a standout short-stop and has had an amazing MLB Career. He also donates money to Montverde Academy including Lindor Hall that serves 203 middle school students. Photo Credit – Montverde Acdemy.)
The 30-year-old, born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, moved to Florida with his father, stepmother and youngest sibling at age 12, where he honed his baseball talents at Montverde Academy. He was a terrific talent at the high school level and he was drafted by the Cleveland Indians as the eighth overall pick in the 2011 MLB draft. Lindor also has the Montverde Academy baseball facility named after him which they dedicated in 2013.
(The Montverde Baseball Facility is named after Lindor. He is among the best professional athletes to ever come out of Lake County. Photo Credit – Montverde Academy.)
Kyle Coppola was born in Newton, Massachusetts and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Communications from Curry College in 2016. After traveling to Florida on a family vacation, he decided he could not get enough of the warm weather and made the move from snowy Massachusetts to central Florida 8 years ago.
For the last decade Kyle has gained valuable experience in social media content creation, marketing and sales, writing, video production, sports announcing and even broadcasting for local radio stations, such as FM 102.9 in The Villages and FM 91.5 in Massachusetts. Every year he volunteers at The Villages Charter High School as a play-by-play sports announcer for the football games as well as a public address announcer for the basketball games, including the annual Battle at The Villages Tournament.
Outside the office Kyle is a husband and father to two beautiful girls along with their cat. In his spare time he likes to spend time with his family, travel, play golf and swim. He is also a huge sports junkie and even bigger motorsports fan and loves to attend racing events when he can.
