One of the most entertaining and honest conversations this podcast has had — and it ran over two hours for a reason. 🙏⚽🏃

In this episode we cover:

😤 Getting cut from his own JV soccer team as a freshman — and full on breaking down in front of his friends
🏃 The redemption arc that followed — earning a varsity cross country letter as a freshman, states, the Penn Relays, and eventually making JV soccer under the SAME coach who had cut him
✈️ A sudden move to Jacksonville, Florida right as he was primed to finally make varsity
⚓ A near-miss with the Naval Academy and a congressional nomination that didn't pan out
🙏 The phone call from Coach Logan Davis that changed everything — the first coach who ever told him to pray about a decision
🏫 EFY at SVU as a teenager, sleeping in the exact dorm room he'd later work in as staff
🩹 A stress fracture, hours on a bike machine, and seriously considering leaving SVU
🥍 Getting "hallway recruited" into lacrosse and playing all four years in one of the toughest D3 conferences in the country
⛪ Balancing faith and club soccer in a brutally competitive Maryland market
🔥 The full, unedited gasoline and campfire story
🏠 How Joe ended up in Utah, a ward with Danny Ainge and Taysom Hill, and reuniting with one of his closest SVU friends who moved to Utah just weeks later

This one has it all — heartbreak, redemption, faith, and some of the funniest stories we've had on this show.

📲 Drop a comment — what's your own athletic redemption arc? 👇
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