Trinea Gonczar, Sister Survivor - Former Gymnast

12/14/18 • 30 min

Episode 205

Trinea Gonczar is a former gymnast and a longtime family friend of Dr. Larry Nassar.

Nasser, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor and osteopathic physician at Michigan State University, committed criminal acts of sexual assault, that were the basis of the USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, in which he was accused of molesting at least 250 girls and young women and 1 young man including a number of well-known Olympic gymnasts, dating as far back as 1992.

Trinea was one of those gymnasts, and came forward to share her emotional testimony in January of 2018 at Nassar's sentencing.

On January 24, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for the sexual assault of minor.

Gonczar is now working with WC Safe, an organization that provides those affected by sexual assault with immediate and ongoing comprehensive services, at no cost, that encourage survivor healing and empowerment and provides compassionate and trauma-informed care to survivors of sexual assault throughout Wayne County in Michigan.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk with Trinea about her relationship with Nassar, when she began to realize something wasn't right, her powerful statement she shared with Nassar, becoming an advocate for sexual abuse and what changes she'd like to see with the USAG.

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Episode 205

Trinea Gonczar is a former gymnast and a longtime family friend of Dr. Larry Nassar.

Trinea was one of those gymnasts, and came forward to share her emotional testimony in January of 2018 at Nassar's sentencing.

On January 24, Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentenced Nassar to 40 to 175 years in prison for the sexual assault of minor.

For more, log on to http://SportsSpectrum.com

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Hunter Renfrow, Clemson Wide Receiver - THROWBACK THURSDAY

Hunter Renfrow plays wide receiver for the Clemson Tigers football team.

In January of 2017, Renfrow caught a 2-yard touchdown pass from Deshaun Watson to lift the Tigers to the National Championship, beating Alabama 35-31.

Last season, Renfrow as named Third-Team All-ACC after catching 60 passes for 602 yards and three touchdowns in leading Clemson back to the College Football playoff.

On this #ThrowbackThursday edition of the podcast, we hear Hunter's faith testimony and when he made Christ the Lord of his life. We also hear a great story that Hunter shares on Coach Dabo Swinney and the example he is as a Christian head coach.

You can listen to the entire interview with Hunter Renfrow in Episode 9 of our podcast here.

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Jeff Saturday, 6-time Pro Bowl Center - ESPN NFL Analyst

Episode 206

Jeff Saturday played 13 seasons in the NFL with the Colts (1999-2011) and Packers (2012). After retirement, Saturday joined ESPN as an NFL analyst in 2013 where he remains today providing analysis for shows such as NFL LIVE and SportsCenter.

Though he entered the league as an undrafted free agent, Saturday was a fixture on the Colts teams that won Super Bowl XLI and represented the AFC in Super Bowl XLIV. The Sporting News named him to the NFL All-Decade Team (2000-09) and he achieved first-team All-Pro honors twice (2005, 2007).

Over a decade-long period with the Colts, Saturday anchored an offensive line that allowed the fewest sacks in the league (242), and his 132 career wins as a Colt are second only to Peyton Manning (141) in franchise history. Together, Saturday and Manning started an NFL record 172 games as a center-quarterback duo.

In January of 2017, Jeff added "coach" to his impressive resume, becoming the head man for Hebron Christian Academy's high school football team in Dacula, Georgia.

On this episode of the podcast, we talk to Jeff about the adjustment from playing football to talking about football and now coaching football, where his faith in Jesus was rooted, the influence Tony Dungy had on his life, his favorite Peyton Manning story and his biggest spiritual battle during his time as an NFL player.

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