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Ever want to know what’s in the minds and hearts of both collegiate student-athletes and veterans athletes alike? Sometimes not much. Other times? To know would blow your mind! Just ask them.
Join educator and sports mentor Dr. Scott McNeal as he, collegiate student-athletes, and veteran athletes engage in personal, somewhat unscripted monthly conversations about life and faith at the intersection of soul and sport.
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WPDSports Press On Podcast
"Skymaster" - M. Hemingway. Olympic Medalist. High Jump. “If it’s not motor, then it’s luggage.”
Olympian Spotlight!
Dr. Scott McNeal (Dr. M.) talks Mr. Matt “Skymaster” Hemingway: Man of faith, business executive, husband, father, outdoorsman, coach, and Olympian.
A graduate of the University of Arkansas with 4 x All-American honors in the high jump, Mark takes his strong work ethic on a multi-year, bumpy journey towards a still standing US Indoor high jump record height and an Olympic silver medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
Matt resides in Evergreen, CO with his wife Kate and daughter, Asha. When Matt is not helping his sales team WIN in the office, he strategically guides puckering patrons through some of CO’s best river waters at Noah's Ark Whitewater Rafting in Buena Vista, Colo. Want to play some hoop? Pick Matt. He’s that 6’7 dude standing just off to the side. Word on the street is that Matt and his “older” teammates (the Roaches) still have skills!
Join Matt as he reflects on his early sport years, his time at powerhouse Arkansas, his irregular path to Olympic silver, and on a God who helps frame it all and leads him to the finish line.
Quips:
“Looking back. You don’t have to get there overnight.”
“If it’s not motor, then it’s luggage.”
“It’s time to go to war.”
“Can’t live on the mountaintop. Growth is in the valley.”
‘Power of painter’s tape.” (visualization)
“Have gratitude.”
“When you can no longer do the sport, your response to that moment reveals your true identity.”
Guest Contact:
Website
Email: matt@matthemingway.com
Instagram: Matt Hemingway
X: @matthemingway
LinkedIn: Matt Hemingway OLY
World Athletics
Team USA
2004 Athens High Jump (6:35 into video)
Wikipedia
Noah's Ark Whitewater Rafting
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