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wired for sport and faith

wired4sport promotes the love, integrity and value of sport

Mission

wired4sport believes in the power of faith and the importance of excelling in one's sport.  Our mission is to equip and train exceptional sportspeople to be the presence of Christ in sports.

 

We believe faith and sport should seamlessly go hand in hand. We aim to provide the best practical resources to equip and empower faithful sportspeople to excel and impact the way sport is played.

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Learn from our Faith in Practice Courses for athletes, gamers, coaches and parents.

Meet our Team
Experienced. Passionate. Hopeful. Christ-followers.

We are dedicated athletes, coaches, gamers and parents

who desire our skills and faith to impact the way sport is

played, watched and valued!

Learn from our experiences and expertise--our wins, our losses,

our mistakes and successes.  We share best practices to enable you to live out your faith in the context of your sport.

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Content Creators & Course Facilitators

Valerie Gin

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Val is the Executive Director and Founder of wired4sport. 

As a coach, she led her volleyball team to multiple NCAA appearances and earned several New England Women’s Volleyball Coach of the Year honors. Val has written numerous articles, book chapters and two books, Focus on Sport in Ministry and When Girls Became Lions. She holds a doctorate in human movement from Boston University.

Cheryl Baird

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Cheryl is a mental health professional with experience in parenting, conflict resolution, family dynamics and  suicide prevention.  She has an MA in Clinical Psychology and is a licensed professional counselor currently on staff with Cedar Tree Counseling Center.

She and her husband are parents of three collegiate athletes. Cheryl is a graduate of Wheaton College where she led her volleyball team to the NCAA Division III National Championship!  

Skylar Bareford Cone

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Skylar is a former collegiate Head Women’s basketball coach. She has coached 5 All-USA South West Division selections, 21 USA South All-Academic honorees and her team won the 2020 USA South Team Sportsmanship Award. She also served as Assistant Coach where her team won the NCCAA National Championship in 2017. Sky played collegiate basketball and softball.

Jamie Harris

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Jamie Harris, founder and CEO of Satellite Gaming, is a passionate husband, father, and gamer who is on the cutting edge of video game ministry. As a facilitator of a global gaming and esports movement, Jamie is given opportunities to travel the world to coach and mentor gaming ministry leaders, while learning from those who have gone before him in the ministry space.  

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Meet our Partners

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We are pleased to partner with like-minded organizations to fortify the mission and vision each has and to share resources.

wired4sport is blessed to have valued partners.  

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The sport videos were created by Christians in Sport and edited with permission.

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