"Success happens when you have a larger goal in mind. We grow stronger when we help others create their own opportunity"

~ Michael Ingram - Horatio Alger Award Recipient 2019

In the above video, Mike talks about his perseverance after his dad died when he was 14 years old and he helped his mom operate a hotel his dad rebuilt in New Mexico and surrounded himself around good people who helped him get where he is today.

Joe, like Michael Ingram share in a spirit of overcoming personal trials. He could have joined the masses in drowning in self-medicating, but instead focused on sports as his outlet. He excelled in several sports.

Joe has individually coached and mentored over 300 Scottsdale, Phoenix, and other Arizona high school players who won Arizona State High School Baseball Championships who went on to play college baseball on scholarships of which 52 players were drafted by Major League Baseball teams, the Diamondbacks, Giants, Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Brewers, Pirates, Mariners, Angels, Astros, Phillies, Twins, Athletics, Padres, Cubs, and Rangers.