Audrey Drew seems like so many young ladies who grow up in Dallas. Except this slim brunette with a cute haircut and a broad smile can land a punch that would drop almost anyone to his or her knees. Drew is an accomplished mixed martial arts champion and title winning boxer who works at Guy Mezger’s Combat Sports in Addison. There she trains men, women and children in the fine art of combat. She’s the only female trainer at the facility.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Greenhill Swimmer Looks to London 2012
Claire Brandt’s friends at the Greenhill School think she is off to London for the Olympics this summer. “Swimming is a hard sport to understand,” the 5-foot-7-inch senior said. She has qualified to compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials this summer in Omaha, NE, in two categories – the 50-meter freestyle and the 200-meter backstroke. That event decides which swimmers will represent the United States at the Olympics in London in July and August.
Joey Anders Teaching Kids to Follow Through
Joey Anders worries that his own golf game is nothing to brag about. The former college player spends so much time experimenting with different swings and techniques to help the young people he coaches that he said, “There is no me swing anymore.”
A Football Coach Who Inspires and Motivates
A lot of boys (and men) spend years dreaming about suiting up and playing football at Cowboys Stadium. Dan Novakov’s team had their dreams come true early.
Combining Sports and Service
Tyler Young remembers what it was like to be an eighth grader going into the first year of high school. Then he was not the nationally ranked high jumper he is now as a junior at Cistercian High School. He wasn’t even very good at the track and field event, he said. And he was a bit scared at the prospect of entering the ninth grade. For that reason, Young volunteers to play the role of big brother to eighth graders who are coming to Cistercian.
Ursuline Academy Soccer Coach Leads with Service
Every student at Ursuline Academy pledges a commitment to Serviam – Latin for “I will serve.”
So Jamie Cantrell, the varsity soccer coach for nine years, argues, “I’m not doing anything that anyone else doesn’t.”
Her Ursuline colleagues disagree.
Pitcher Uses Strikeouts to Raise Hope
Clayton Kershaw was not wild about the idea of traveling to Zambia during baseball’s off season.
For professional baseball players, the winter is a time for training, not exotic travel.
Meet Cyndi Murchison
Cyndi Murchison decided she wanted to work with people who have physical and mental disabilities when she and Alissa Garrett became friends at the Park Cities YMCA.
Then a student at Highland Park High School, Garrett has autism. She would not look people in the eye. She did not like being touched.
Meet Gold Medal Gymnast Nastia Liukin
It’s called podium training—something that World Champion and 2008 Olympic Gold Medalist Nastia Liukin doesn’t really need at this point in her career. But for this North Texas gymnast who has once again set her sights on Olympic gold, it’s the perfect opportunity to share something that she, and only a few other athletes have experienced.
Meet Rex Cotten, Baseball Mentor
A Passion for Teaching Baseball
Rex Cotten was an average Little League player, but he loved baseball and has worked to help his own sons and now the sons of others become as good a ball player as each can be.