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Joshua McCune(Born January 8th, 2000) is a not-so-normal college student who is said to be very extroverted, enthusiastic, and fun to be around. Josh was born and raised in a small town named Abingdon. On the football field is where he spent most of his days. Chilling out, maxing out, and relaxing all cool, and sometimes chilling outside his house by the pool (see what I did there). He currently lives on campus at ICC and attends ICC attempting to complete his Personal trainer certificate and to be accepted into the PTA program.

The Beginning Joshua McCune was born at Cottage Hospital in Galesburg Illinois on January 8th, 2000. He grew up with his mom (Kathy McCune), dad (Dave McCune), and younger brother (Zachary McCune) in a simple little two-story house. With time, his parents grew apart. Now, Josh, Zach, and his new siblings (Tyler, Maddie, and Teagan) all live with their mom and new stepdad to Josh and Zach and father to Tyler, Maddie, and Teagan. He graduated from Abingdon-Avon Highschool in 2018. During Highschool, Josh played football, track, and bowling for all four years.

Sports Josh absolutely loves playing sports and always love trying out new sports as well. Throughout his high school career, he was involved with Track, Bowling, and Football for all four years. Josh Attended school at the Abingdon-Avon Highschool in Abingdon and played for the Tornadoes (consolidation between Abingdon and Avon team name). He wasn't very popular as in sport talent, but he was well known on the team for his positivity and good sportsmanship. When it came to Josh's senior year of football, his favorite sport, his head coach had told him that he had the best footwork on the team when it came to running routes as a tight end and wide receiver. Even though Josh has whats called "Tarsal Coalition" (abnormal connection of tarsal bones in the back of the foot that may cause discomfort, pain, or loss of ability in motion). Alongside with his friends and the rest of the football team, they went to the playoffs and were sadly eliminated second round. Even though Josh and his friends didn't make it as far as they wanted, they still made it far enough to be satisfied and happy to enjoy the sport they loved so dearly.

Career Josh is looking to fulfill a career in becoming a Physical Therapist Assistant. He was inspired by his home football team's own Physical therapist after a football accident where Josh dislocated his left hip and suffered a minor concussion. He now wishes to pursue a career in the health field and helping others in need. Josh's passion for helping others in need or pain goes back to his senior year of football. It was on a kick return and Josh had to block one of the guys running at him to protect his teammate with the ball. As Josh went to block him, he took a big blow to the head and got trampled to the ground. Josh immediately got up and ran across the field to find the other player that knocked him down. As the other player approached his teammate who had the ball, Josh came in and hit and blocked the other player so hard, they both landed on their sides. The other player got up and shook it off, but Josh was slow to stand up. As he limped to the sideline his team was on, his coach asked if he was ok and Josh told him he would be fine. Before the game was over, he felt a sudden sting in his left hip and eventually couldn't stand on his leg with normal weight. As he collapsed in pain, he was caught by his team's Physical therapist (who happen to be the coach's younger sister). Her name was Holly and she had asked Josh questions on his hips condition and successfully helped transport Josh to his mom's van, in the least amount of pain possible, where he could be taken to the hospital. Ever since that day, Josh has been interested in helping people who get injured, in need of help physically, or just helping in general because of how he was helped so well that day on the field.

Music and entertainment Josh has always been a big fan of music, singing, and dancing. He doesn't necessarily have a favorite genre, because he listens to basically everything. Whether its Country, Rock, 80's, Jazz, Pop, Rap, and so on so forth. He also sometimes likes to play instruments such as the guitar, piano, and drums (he doesn't know how to necessarily play them, but he would love to someday). When it comes to entertaining himself or his friends, Josh loves to play video games, board games, and card games. Some of his favorite video games are Megaman, Super Smash Bros, Pokemon, Legend of Zelda, and plenty more. Even some of the classics such as Space Invaders, Pac-man, Mario, and especially DigDug. Just like video games, Josh has a pretty wide selection when it comes to board and card games. He really enjoys playing strategy games such as Catan, Ticket To Ride, Betrayal at House on the Hill, and Chess or Checkers.

Fitness and Wellness Fitness Wellness is definitely a big part of Josh's life. Josh put in countless hours of growing stronger, learning more about fitness education and wellness, and how to use his body properly to achieve maximum strength and agility for sports he competed in. Not only physically is Fitness and Wellness a part in Josh's life, but on an emotional level as well. As much as Fitness and Wellness help build strength, speed, agility, and other things, it also can help control anxiety, depression, and stress. It is a natural, and definitely more safe, a painkiller as you could say. It's scientifically proven that the hormones produced in your body when participating in physically demanding activities reduce stress. With that, it can also be told to improve self-esteem issues if one feels uneasy in the body they have. To Josh, weightlifting has always been an interest in his life. Not only for looking good or staying in shape but because for his whole high school career, he lifted with some of his best friends and had fun doing it. They continued to improve each other's techniques and even introduce new workouts along the way. Even now, Josh loves to lift and grow better and stronger every day with his roommates he lives with on the ICC East Peoria Campus.