Alex Binder

06/01/20 • 74 min

Alex Binder was the star of MTV's Two-A-Days in 2006 and won 4 State Championships in football while he attended Hoover High School. Alex talks about how he got into football and baseball, what it was like playing for Head Coach Rush Probst, seeing Jeremy Pruitt become an SEC Head Coach at Tennessee, and how the show came to be. Alex discusses how he became one of the main characters, what it was like having cameras around at all times, not seeing any money from the show, and what it was like when it aired on TV. He talks about playing against Tim Tebow in high school, the team during his Junior year at Hoover being the most successful, the shoulder injury he had that hurt his recruiting process, and why he had wanted to play baseball in college. He discusses going to Bevill State Community College, but not making it through a full season, becoming a father at a young age, and what his life is like today.

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Jacob Rainey

Jacob Rainey was a student coach for the University of Virginia from 2013-2016, and was a standout high school quarterback in 2011 when a freak injury on the football field led to an amputation of part of his leg. Jacob talks about growing up in Charlottesville, Virginia, going to UVA football games as a kid, and how he got into football. He discusses his decision to attend the boarding school Woodberry Forest School for high school, playing quarterback, and the recruiting process before his injury. Jacob goes into detail about how his injury happened, the severity of it, and why the amputation had to happen. He also describes his attitude about it, the rehab process, learning to walk with a prosthetic, and getting back on the field for his senior year. He then talks about his decision to attend UVA, become a student coach, the duties that were involved, coaching at UCLA for a year after he graduated, and how he is doing today, almost ten years after the injury.

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Abby Prohaska

Abby Prohaska is a current member of the University of Notre Dame's basketball team who helped them reach the 2019 Final Four. Abby talks about growing up in Liberty Township, Ohio, how she got into basketball, and her great career at Lakota West High School where she won a State Championship in 2015, broke the school assist record, and played in the U-17 Fiba World Championship for Team USA. She discusses the recruiting process, why she chose Notre Dame, and the foreign tour she took with the team the summer before her Freshman year. Abby details her great first season with the Irish, where she played with 5 future WNBA players, the energy she brought to the team when she was in the game, and her great game against Stanford that helped Notre Dame advance to the Final Four. Abby then talks about having to sit out her Sophomore year with blood clots in both lungs- the diagnosis, the danger of Pulmonary Embolisms, the rehab, the decision to redshirt, and how she is feeling today. She also discusses the team Zoom call where Muffet McGraw announced her retirement and named Niele Ivey Head Coach.