User:Sports Philosopher/sandbox

Sports Philosopher is a pseudonym for the author Chris Powers. Chris Powers was born in around the City of Detroit, and was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He attended St. Jude School from Kindergarten through the 6th grade. He then attend the Grand Rapids Northview Public School system from 7th through high school graduation. During his high school career, he made the Honors Convocation, and Honors Society by maintaining a 3.5 grade point average or higher. He was involved in the highest level of the school Choir, participated in a play, and played on 6 different varsity sports teams. The sports included Soccer, Basketball, and Track. His Track team won the State Championship in Michigan. His primary sport that he focused on was basketball. He made All-Conference twice, and All-Area in Kent County. He was recruited by several Division III, and NAIA schools and on a smaller scale by a few Division I schools. After spending a successful semester academically at Michigan State University, he decided to transfer to Aquinas College to High Jump on the track team, and play part-time as a part of the basketball program. At Aquinas College he played on two sports teams, and worked part- and full-time while taking a full schedule academically. After his sophomore year he transferred again to Grand Valley State University where he was involved with the Rowing Team (Crew). He was enrolled in the Pre-Medical program at all of the schools he attended. The head of the Anatomy Department at GVSU petitioned to give Chris a degree in a Major that didn't exist at the University. Due to his extensive Science proliferation and credit hours that included several graduate level courses in the Health Sciences he was granted a Biomedical Science Degree. After receiving recommendation letters from Graduate School a professor from the same program he applied for at GVSU from a world renowned physiotherapist, he was denied entrance into the Physical Therapy program after he maintained higher than a 3.3 GPA, and working in the field of Physical Therapy as an aide. Chris became disillusioned towards his thoughts of being in the Healthcare field, and decided to work in the business world. After 25 years of being raised and living in Michigan he packed up what little he owned and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. He answered an ad for what was claimed to be a medical sales job. When he showed up for the interview he found out it was an interview for business to business employee benefit sales position. He acquired his Insurance License through the regional Health Insurance company, and had several successful years as a sales representative, and account manager. He received several awards for his time at the company. His career at the company came to a halt after it was purchased by United Healthcare. After leaving the corporation as a contracted agent/broker he found different careers interesting. However, Chris grew weary of the revolving doors, and decided to pursue a job in the field of Edcuation.