He’s a three sport athlete and gives everything in life his all. He’s very passionate about sports and work.
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His brother Lane . He’s a teacher and baseball coach now and Alex thinks he hung the moon. Lane played baseball in high school and was a West Point nominee. Found out during the physical that he was color blind so that dream was crushed. He told Alex if I can’t for fill my dream , I will teach others to for fill theirs.
Even after severely breaking his dominant arm ( cut off blood flow to his hand, thought he may lose his hand) early in his athletic journey he battled back and over came the 6 months of not being able to use that arm. He still went to games to support his teams and never gave up.
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