Mission
wired4sport believes in the power of faith and the importance of excelling in one's sport. Our mission is to provide opportunities, equip and train sportspeople to be who God created them to be!
We believe faith and sport should seamlessly go hand in hand. We aim to provide the best practical resources to equip and empower sportspeople to excel and impact the way sport is played and valued.
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.
Content Creators & Course Facilitators
Valerie Gin

Val is the Executive Director and Founder of wired4sport.
As a Professor of Kinesiology, collegiate volleyball and softball coach, she loves teaching and training college students. Val was the recipient of multiple Distinguished Faculty Awards, led her teams to several NCAA appearances and earned numerous Coach of the Year honors. She has written three books, In the MIDDLE, Focus on Sport in Ministry and When Girls Became Lions. Val holds a doctorate in human movement from Boston University.
Cheryl Baird

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

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

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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