Uplifting Athletes Blog
Scott Shirley hopes Uplifting Athletes will help Nittany Nation begin healing process
Patriot News writer, Stefanie Loh features Uplifting Athlete’s Executive Director, Scott Shirley in this news article published Tuesday, January 10th: “Fall 2011 was a difficult time for m…
Uplifting Athletes Recaps 2011 and Looks Forward to 2012
Dear Friends of Uplifting Athletes, I hope that you are enjoying a prosperous start to the New Year. As this is a time for refocusing goals and beginning new endeavors, Uplifting Athletes is also begi…
Stronger Every Day: Humble (New) Beginnings
The Executive Director of Uplifting Athletes, Scott Shirley, continues to share his “Stronger Every Day” story with lessons he learned after taking a “leap of faith.” In this post, Sco…
Stronger Every Day: A No Risk Decision
The Executive Director of Uplifting Athlete’s, Scott Shirley, continues to share his “Stronger Every Day” story with one of the most pivotal turning points in his career path. Scott…
Stronger Every Day: The Evolution of Uplifting Athletes
We’re excited to continue sharing Scott Shirley’s blog series “Stronger Every Day” today with his latest post. This part of his inspiring story dives in to the real growth of U…
Stronger Every Day: Our “Aha” Moment
The inspirational series “Stronger Every Day” continues with its fourth post. In “Our Aha Moment” we get to dive a little deeper into the true beginnings of Uplifting Athletes…
Stronger Every Day: Success With Honor
Scott Shirley’s “Stronger Every Day” blog series continues today with its third installment. This begins the story of the first Life for Life held at Penn State and how Uplifting Ath…
Stronger Every Day: A Simple Plan
The second installment of the blog series “Stronger Every Day” by Scott Shirley continues here: Stronger Every Day: A Simple Plan. We’ll continue to add each new post as it comes out…
Stronger Every Day: An Introduction
Over the coming days and weeks I will be sharing a series of posts that tell the story of Uplifting Athletes–a charitable effort that grew out of the personal tragedy of losing my father, Don Shirle…
In Memory of Coach Daniels: Heroes are Remembered, but Legends Never Die
When I awoke this morning at 3:34 am, I was not necessarily deep in thought or overwhelmed with emotions, but I was fully conscious and keenly aware of my physical surroundings. I simply laid there…
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