“Our strength coach was kind of the founding father of strength and conditioning at the college level, and I just started learning a lot from him and bought into what he was doing,” Ka’aiohelo said. “So, when I saw how it changed my opportunities, I began thinking that I wanted to share some of that stuff when I was done playing ball. I knew that it worked for me—it was not something I read in a book—I actually got to live that experience and it motivated me to get out and learn more.”
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A small business designed to ease the stress of cooking in the kitchen for people on the go. Foster, a mother of three children under five, created the concept after the frustration of planning meals each night.
“Going to meet new people was hard because I would have to tell them I have cancer, which is not fun when you are going to college and meeting all your new friends,” Jones said. “I just wanted to be normal. I was going through this, but I wanted to be treated like a human being. I do not want to be asked, ‘Are you okay?’ I just want you to have a conversation with me.”
“It has been really inspirational to me that, despite all the really difficult things they’ve gone through, they’ve been disowned by their families, they had to leave everything they knew, and through all that, they are so wonderful, happy all the time and eager to always learn more,” Will said.
OC alumnus Stephen Ball strategizes the summer concert series and selects up and coming artists before they hit fame, which in years past included stars like Taylor Swift and Britney Spears.
“It was at OC that I first learned how to shoot and edit, and turn stories for Eagle Angle,” Cargile said. “I also still hear from my OC professors on a regular basis who are like family. Dr. Jurney just sent me an email a couple of days ago, telling me how proud of me he is and how exciting it is to follow my Olympic experience. It sure makes you feel good and is a reminder of where it all started.”
“I personally love each opportunity,” Maddox said. “As someone who comes from a family of educators, I do not get the opportunity very often so there are several at our office who take the chance to speak whenever we can across several schools. I am fortunate that my connection with Wes has allowed me to do that.”
“I had customers that contacted me saying, ‘I am telling everybody about your soap because it helped clear up my son’s eczema,’ or ‘Somebody told me I needed to get your soap because I am on this medication and it is not helping,’” Traywick said.