Episode #58- Christian DeVries, sport mentor and women’s soccer head coach, Paradise Valley Community College, Phoenix, AZ

Christian DeVries is the Women’s Soccer Head Coach for Paradise Valley Community College in Phoenix, Arizona. He has made a career of coaching having served at the NCAA II, NCAA III and NAIA levels with stops at Spring Hill College (AL), University of Minnesota, Morris (MN), Missouri Valley College (MO), and Adams State College (CO). He has led his teams to six conference championships, as well as coaching 64 All-Conference selections, 96 conference scholar-athletes, 30 regional and national scholar-athletes, three Academic All-Americans and three Conference Players of the Year. His teams have been notable for their success in the classroom as well. Over his career, his teams have earned United Soccer Coaches Team Academic Awards for holding a team grade point average over 3.0 in 18 of his years as a coach. His contact information can be found here: https://legacy.paradisevalley.edu/athletics/athletic-department/staff-directory/christian-devries-0 He also founded AOS- Athlete of Significance to provide scholastic athletes with a roadmap to become a college athlete. AOS is a mindset that an athlete's value to the team extends beyond the X’s and O’s, beyond physical attributes, and beyond winning. The organization's website can be found here: https://www.aossports.com/