The Athlete's Table

College football week 0 conversation! Predictions on the first week and some major breaking news that took place during this week.

Cedric Jones grew up in a small town in NC and was determined to play the game he loved in college. Duke happened to be the place he would call home for 4 years. Like the old saying Hard Work Beats Talent When Talent FAILS to Work Hard. This saying perfectly describes the great Cedric Jones!

What is better than reaching a milestone! For us that Milestone is 50 Episodes! Thank you to everyone who listens and who has been on the show! We are glad that you have been with us with the highs and lows with technology and with figuring out our episodes! Heres to 50 more!

Betting on yourself to be a wrestler on TV. Preston Vance did this and now he is one of the most popular wrestlers on AEW (All Elite Wrestling)! This story is about someone willing to risk it all to make their dreams come true!

Living in South Africa and learning the game of field hockey, Kaia Harding found her way! Going through international recruiting process, and finding the school of her dreams; lets cage dive down into Kaia's story.

Through the ups and downs a sport can have and to throw in a world pandemic; recruiting for all sports took a hit. This happened to Gabby with covid affecting recruiting and the looming idea of being a normal college student in the back of her mind; she fought through all the doubts and adversity to become a collegiate cheerleader! She is a model for the type of people ECU Athletics look for!

Growing up in Greenville, NC the only place to go was to East Carolina University. On top of that is to play college basketball there! From being a manager to becoming a walk on and then getting minutes in his senior season; this is a story on how to keep pushing forward to accomplish a dream.

How do you respond to a life changing event. Highly recruited baseball athlete, Parker Byrd, going into his freshman season at East Carolina University was in a boating accident. This unfortunate accident caused him to lose his leg, but how he responded and endorsed the adversity has encouraged himself and others to keep striving for their goals. Some goals may have changed but the love of the game is still there! Keeping his faith in God at the forefront of his life has allowed him to continue a goal of starting for the East Carolina Pirates Baseball team.

A promising basketball athlete who was getting recruited for collegiate basketball, but all of a sudden everything changed. Covid changed the recruitment for athletes. Changing from being an athletes to slinging tickets. Sports have an interesting way of staying in someone's life.