S2E11 - The Werth Family

Join The Professor, Ron Johnson (Virginia Commonwealth University) for our eleventh episode of season 2. Joining him for this special Father's Day episode is the Werth family, a unique family of world class athletes, professional baseball players, US Olympians, elite college athletes, and world class artists!This podcast episode features Hillary Werth, one of our exhibition artists and former athlete with Team USA bobsledding and a UCLA Heptathlete. Along with Hillary is her sister Hannah Werth, volleyball player at the University of Nebraska, and their parents Kim Werth, former Olympic track athlete, and her husband Dennis Werth, former New York Yankee and Kansas City Royal catcher.In this week's podcast Ron & The Werth family discuss life as a sports family, including 3 generations of pro baseball players with Kim's father and brother , as well as her husband Dennis and her son, Jayson Werth. They have some great stories to tell and it's about more than being an athlete. They are creative, engaging folks and they love to explore creating art as part of their daily life.To see more of Hillary Werth's artwork check out her Instagram at:https://www.instagram.com/hillarywerthart/?hl=enFor more information on The Abstract Athlete head over to:https://www.theabstractathlete.com