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The Real Winning Edge Program Series Overview

Each Program: Three Young Achievers introduced by a different Celebrity

PROGRAM #314 (Week 14 - airs Dec. 17-18)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Cedric Bond
Junior champion in US Kayaking
Oklahoma City Univ.
Joe Jacobi
Olympic Kayaking Champion
Learning from mistakes
Kati Poppert
Cheerleader/Diving/Dancing
University of Nebraska

Ashley Bauer
Miss Nebraska

Amazing comeback from injury
Caleb Carney, 16
Pole Vaulting/Basketball
Oklahoma
Ross Anderson
Fastest Speed Skier in US
Courage to overcome life-threatening illness
PROGRAM #315 (Week 15 - airs Dec. 24-25)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Andrea Hans
Perf. Racing Student
Univ. of Northwestern OH
Mark Martin
Nascar Champion

Loss of sister in car accident
Patrick McCaffrey, 15
Inline Hockey
Castle Rock, CO

Jarome Iginla
Captain
Calgary Flames
Overcoming autism/father's suicide
Jejuan Plair
Basketball
Sam Houston State U., TX
Dwight Howard
Orlando Magic

College basketball blind in one eye
PROGRAM #316 (Week 16 - airs Dec. 31-Jan 1)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Brendan Kelly
Track and Field
University of the Cumberlands, KY
Angelo Taylor
Olympic Track & Field Champion

Defying all odds despite injury
Ta'Tyana McElroy
Softball Pitcher
Oregon State University
Juan Pierre
LA Dodgers
Coming out of inner city poverty
Jonathan Wentz
Equestrian

John Velazquez
Champion Jockey
Dealing with disability
PROGRAM #317 (Week 17 - airs Jan. 7-8)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Felicity Spicer
Vocalist
Northern Kentucky Univ.
Diamond Rio
Grammy Winning Country Group
Surviving thyroid cancer
Juan Chavarria, 16
Captain Varsity Swim Team
Wharton High School, FL

Josh Davis
Olympic Gold Medalist
Swimming
Overcoming waist down paralysis
Nika Snell, 17
Taekwondo
Anchorage, AK
Page McPherson
3x National Champion
Taekwondo
Overcoming scars of abuse
PROGRAM #318 (Week 18 - airs Jan. 14-15)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Matt Allen
Soccer Player
Gordon College, Boston
Wells Thompson
Colorado Rapids Soccer Team

Transition from third world country
Julie Finley
Volleyball
Malone University, OH

Reid Priddy
Olympic Gold Medalist
Men's Volleyball
Overcoming undiagnosed illness
Cody Thomsen
Snowcross Champion
MN
Tucker Hibbert
X-Games Gold Medalist
Snowcross
Overcoming learning difficulties
PROGRAM #319 (Week 19 - airs Jan. 21-22)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Matt Fultz
Rockclimber
Idaho
Christian Hosoi
Skateboarding Legend

Peer pressure
Morgan Herrington, 17
Ballet Dancer
Connecticut

Julianne Hough
Dancing with the Stars Champion
Country Artist
Overcoming eating disorder
James Harris, 17
Football/Track
Virginia
Muhsin Muhammad
NFL Wide Receiver
Courage to deal with father having cancer, after loss of mother
PROGRAM #320 (Week 20 - airs Jan. 28-29)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Mariah Dean
Basketball
Atlanta, GA

Angel McCoughtry
WNBA, Atlanta Dream
EuroLeague Women's MVP

Overcoming vicious attack
Brantley Gunn, 16
Motocross
MS

David Reutimann
NASCAR Champion

Dealing with bullies
Steve Bradshaw
Baseball
Eastern Michigan Univ.
Albert Pujols
MLB Superstar
World Series Champion
Dealing with alcoholic parent
PROGRAM #321 (Week 21 - airs Feb. 4-5)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Patrick Tomlinson
Native American Grass/Hula Dancer
Washington
Naomi Lang
National champion ice dancer
First Native American woman in Winter Olympics

Getting out of a gang
Anna Schimmelfing
Jump Rope
North Carolina

Barb Lindquist
World Champion Triathlete
Dealing with harassment
Jeremy Adams, 17
Gymnast
Georgia
Blaine Wilson
Olympic Medalist
Gymnastics
Orphaned/Substance abuse
SHOWCASE EPISODE (airs Feb. 11-12)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Mo Isom
Soccer
Louisiana State University
Stephanie Cox
Boston Breakers
US Nat. Women's Soccer team World Cup Silver Medalists

Overcoming father's suicide
Jimmy Buckner
BMX Rider
Bentonville, AZ

Kevin Robinson
Five-time X-Games Gold Medalist - BMX
Family alcohol abuse
Dawn Evans
Basketball Player
James Madison Univ. VA
Tamika Catchings
Olympian and top WNBA Scorer
Indiana Fever (WNBA)
Overcoming serious illness
PROGRAM #322 (Week 22 - airs Feb. 18-19)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Keia Pinnick
Heptathalon Champion
Arizona State University

Allyson Felix
Olympic Medalist
Track


Overcoming adoption difficulties
Sylvan LaCross
Bareback Bronco Riding
Wyoming

Bobby Mote
#1 World Champ Bareback Rider

Excelling through family hardship
Hannah & Sarah Biddle, 18, 16
Champion Powerlifters
Indiana
Phil Pfister
World's Strongest Man

Dealing with substance abuse
PROGRAM #323 (Week 23 - airs Feb. 25-26)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Gabe Castellanos
Guitarist, vocalist
Gonzaga University


Jeff Foxworthy
(to be confirmed)

Blindness, coming back from death
Heather Bounds
Diving
University of Miami 

Laura Wilkinson
Olympic Gold Medalist
Diving
Overcoming eating disorder
Travis Piccard
Wrestling
The Citadel
Matt Hughes
Ultimate Fighting Champion (UFC)
Dealing with anxiety, OOD
PROGRAM #324 (Week 24 - airs Mar. 3-4)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Kiana Levi
HS Dek Hockey
Pennsylvania


Tim Thomas
NHL, Boston Bruins


Conquering rheumatoid arthritis
Marquise Murphy
Vocalist
St. Louis School of Performing Arts

Melinda Dolittle
American Idol Finalist

Overcoming poor academics
Susan Falotico
Bowling, Tennis
Catskill, NY
Brad Angelo
Top PBA Professional Bowler
Dealing with suicide of friend
PROGRAM #325 (Week 25 - airs March 10-11)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Kai Lenny
Windsurfer
Hawaii

Robby Naish
World Champion Windsurfer
Dealing with peer pressure
Megan Tallent
Figure Roller Skating
Indiana University
Apollo Ohno
Olympic Gold Medalist
Speed Skating
Strength to deal with poverty
Brad Geary
NCAA Swimming Champion
US Naval Academy
General John Shalikashvili
Former Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff
Learning to submit
PROGRAM #326 (Week 26 - airs Mar. 17-18)
Featured Youth
Celebrity Introducer
Challenge
Jessica Iwata
Softball
University of Hawaii

TBD

Overcoming loss of friend
Dakota Bracey
Football
Morgan State University

David Tyree
Wide Receiver
New York Giants
Challenge of being raised by a single parent
Sarah Brannock
Volleyball
Pitt State U, Kansas
Misty May-Treanor
Olympic Gold Medalist, Beach Volleyball

Forgiving father who burned down house
 
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