{"id":376263,"date":"2019-10-24T10:40:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/?p=376263"},"modified":"2019-10-24T11:40:05","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T15:40:05","slug":"welcome-valdir-manuel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/welcome-valdir-manuel\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, Valdir Manuel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valdir Manuel, a 6-10 big man and a <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Valdir-Manuel-90021\">top 50 junior college prospect<\/a> at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, has committed to the Nittany Lions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/valdir_ngule\/status\/1187374815931490306\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"525\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Penn State picks up a verbal commitment from juco big man Valdir Manuel. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bZIbTsYoFd\">https:\/\/t.co\/bZIbTsYoFd<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Blue White Illustrated (@BWIonRivals) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BWIonRivals\/status\/1187375424906637312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/Coach_Chambers\/status\/1187376202169888770?s=20\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Some highlights in a tape from 2018:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 Valdir Manuel Mixtape @ The I&#039;m Possible Skillcase!\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oXTP3VtehL4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Roar Lions Roar: <br> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roarlionsroar.com\/penn-state-basketball\/2019\/10\/6138\/3-star-juco-center-valdir-manuel-commits-nittany-lions\">3-Star JuCo Center Valdir Manuel Commits to Penn State<\/a><\/strong><br> <em>The big man is headed to Happy Valley.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.pennstatehoops.com\/t\/welcome-valdir-manuel\/6023?u=tjb\">Discuss it on the forum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valdir Manuel, a 6-10 big man and a top 50 junior college prospect at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, has committed to the Nittany Lions. 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Discuss it on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/welcome-valdir-manuel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcome, Valdir Manuel&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Welcome, Valdir Manuel - PennStateHoops.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/pennstatehoops.com\/pennstatehoops-com-has-ceased-operations\/welcome-valdir-manuel\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome, Valdir Manuel - PennStateHoops.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valdir Manuel, a 6-10 big man and a top 50 junior college prospect at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, has committed to the Nittany Lions. 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