Famous Athletes

Joe Gibbs was born November 25, 1940 in Mocksville, North Carolina. He played football throughout high school and college, performing well at a number of different positions. Gibbs graduated college from San Diego State University in 1964 and earned his [...]

Born in Auburn, Washington in 1950, Jo Ann Washam is an American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. At thirteen, she won the Auburn Golf Course club championship and went onto play college golf at Washington State University. [...]

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Jay Leeuwenburg was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 12. Driven by his love for sports, Leeuwenburg learned to manage his diabetes despite his strenuous lifestyle and pursued football in high school and college, [...]

Jay Hewitt is an Iron-man Triathlete, member of the U.S. National Long Course Triathlon Team, a professional motivational speaker, and a practicing lawyer. While in his first year of law school at the University of South Carolina School of Law, [...]

Jay Cutler was born on April 29, 1983 in Santa Claus, Indiana. He attended Heritage Hill High School in Lincoln City, Indiana where he started as quarterback for the football team 3 out of the 4 years he was there. [...]

A former defensive end for the National Football League’s Seattle Seahawks and the Philadelphia Eagles, Mike Sinclair won the Pro-Bowl three times, in 1996, ‘97, and ’98, and led the NFL in sacks that same year. Sinclair was the winner [...]

Mike Echols was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and is best known for playing as a cornerback with the Tennessee Titans. He played football for his entire four years at the University of Wisconsin and was drafted to the Titans in [...]

Michelle Quote: "It's my love of the game that has kept me playing one of the most strategic and challenging sports even when faced with adversity at age 13." Michelle McGann was born on December 30, 1969, in Singer Island, [...]

Mark Quote: "It was not fun knowing it was something you'll have to do the rest of your life, poking yourself with a needle forever. But you get over it and know it could be way, way worse. In the [...]

Kris Freeman Quote: "I am thrilled to return to the Olympics and very grateful I am able to do so with my diabetes well controlled." In a sport where athletes typically peak in their late twenties, Kris Freeman, at the [...]