Rich Take On Sports

Episode 38: Rob Vaka | Athlete Mentor – Helping NFL Players Tackle Life After Football Subscribe on http://apple.co/2qdc4AB (Apple Podcast) | http://bit.ly/2r8lKvs (Google Play) | http://bit.ly/2qnGiRP (Stitcher) Rich Take On Sports Show Notes: Rich Spotlight: Rob Vaka Grew up in New Jersey with 2 brothers and played all sports and gravitated towards soccer Playing soccer led to playing football as a kicker and had aspirations of kicking in college Interested in University of Florida however due to recruiting violations in the mid ’80’s the Gators were placed on probation Dad played college football in Ohio and Rob visited Ohio and fell in love with Wittenburg University Rob went on to play all 4 years at Wittenberg University and set several kicking records NFL aspirations were short-lived as his feels today that his mindset at that time wasn’t ready to compete at that level Moved into business with Mobile and eventually was diagnosed with cancer at the age of 31 in 1999