{"id":611,"date":"2018-04-20T14:53:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/recsports\/?p=611"},"modified":"2024-10-08T10:32:28","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T14:32:28","slug":"student-spotlight-on-cody-kenyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.miamioh.edu\/recsports\/2018\/04\/student-spotlight-on-cody-kenyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spotlight on Cody Kenyon"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cody Kenyon is a Miami University freshman from Toledo, Ohio. He is majoring in Sports Lea<\/span>d<\/span>ership Management and has become a loyal Rec Center patron. Cody strives to show that a disability doesn\u2019t create limitations. His passion, motivation, and desire to help others are admirable and that\u2019s why the Rec marketing staff wanted to learn more about him. <\/span><\/p>\n

When did your fitness\/sports passion begin?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Around junior high. That\u2019s when I started to get exposed to other kids and I started to want to fit in. Basketball became my passion, I fell in love with the sport and I wanted to play as much basketball as I could. <\/span><\/p>\n

What motivates you to work out every day?<\/b><\/p>\n

I know that whenever I step on the court, \u00a0people will obviously give me a different look beca<\/span>use of my leg. I tend to use that as motivation because people are going to look at me as if I\u2019m different no matter where I go. I feel that it\u2019s my job, I represent everybody with a disability out there. I view this as promoting aware<\/span>ness and letting people know that we don\u2019t want to be treated differently and that we can play ball just like anybody else. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Has the Rec helped your health in any way? <\/b><\/p>\n

Yes, it\u2019s definitely nice having an indoor court and having a facility to lift and workout, it has certainly been useful. Otherwise, I would be sitting in my dorm doing push-ups. <\/span><\/p>\n

What do you like the most about the Rec?<\/b><\/p>\n

I would say the indoor courts, it\u2019s nice to be able to play with everybody. Obviously, there are times where it\u2019s nice to have the gym for myself and I know what are some good times to come for that. Yet I know that I can also come and play wit<\/span>h a bunch of people and get that experience of playing with a team. <\/span><\/p>\n

How would your friends describe you?<\/b><\/p>\n

If they were describing me, nothing would ever come up about my leg, because people that I associate myself with don\u2019t see me as being different. For example, a lot of people when they see me playing basketball say \u201coh you\u2019re pretty good for a guy with one leg\u201d, my friends would just say I\u2019m pretty good in gener<\/span>al. <\/span><\/p>\n

What are you most passionate about<\/b>?<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019d have to say, the people that I care about. When I was growing up, I always tended to put other people before myself. I\u2019m passionate about caring for the people that care about me: my family, my girlfriend, and everybody back home. I like to make sure that they\u2019re well and that everything is good with them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Interview by Dania Puente, Miami University Rec Center Marketing Assistant<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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