Max Stassi, current catcher for the Major League Baseball Los Angeles Angels talks about his path to becoming a major league baseball player. Max was drafted in the fourth round by the Oakland Athletics in the 2009 Major League Baseball draft after his standout prep career at Yuba City High School, located in Northern California. Sporting News called Max the best available catcher of the 2009 draft class, and in that year, Max was presented with a choice to make: attend UCLA where he had committed or pursue a professional baseball career and forgo college.

Stassi played for the Vancouver Canadians of the Class A-Short Season Northwest League,  Kane County Cougars of the Class A Midwest League,  Stockton Ports of the Class A-Advanced California League. On February 4, 2013, the Athletics traded Stassi to the Houston Astros with Brad Peacock and Chris Carter for Jed Lowrie and Fernando Rodriguez.  Playing for the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Class AA Texas League in 2013, Stassi hit home runs in five consecutive games in July.  Stassi playing for the Oklahoma City RedHawks in 2014

The Astros promoted Stassi to the majors on August 20, 2013, making his MLB debut that day, he recorded two hits.  In his second MLB game, Stassi was hit in the face by a 96 miles per hour (154 km/h) fastball, which resulted in his being placed on the disabled list.Since the bases were loaded at the time he was plunked, he earned his first major-league RBI. Stassi began the 2014 season with the Oklahoma City RedHawks of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League (PCL). Stassi was named to the Astros' Opening Day roster in 2018 as a backup to McCann. 

On July 31, 2019, the Astros traded Stassi to the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for minor leaguers Rainier Rivas and Raider Uceta.

Mike Walker talks small town recruiting and his path to playing in the World Baseball Classic against some of the top teams and players in the world. Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 14th round of the 2010 Major League Baseball Draft after his senior season for the Pacific Tigers baseball team, Mike went onto reach Double-A for the Brewers and play for the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League, and for Team Australia in the 2013 World Baseball Classic. He spent time coaching for the Division One University of the Pacific Tigers, and as head coach of the California Summer Collegiate teams Redding Colt 45's and the Yuba-Sutter Gold Sox. 

The California Kid, UFC Hall of Fame, Team Alpha Male founder, entrepreneur and widely regarded as one of MMA's pioneers, Urijah Faber dives into what it takes for young fighters to establish their own paths to achieving their “delusional” dreams of becoming a professional fighter. A two-time world champion, Urijah takes us through his path from an early age to becoming a champion and how he established the path for future fighters in his weight class.

Faber had a passion for fighting and began learning wrestling while in 8th Grade. As a student at UC-Davis, he had qualified for the NCCA Wrestling championship in 2001 and 2002. He began his Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) training after college. He obtained a brown belt in Brazilian Jiu –Jitsu trained under Fabio ‘Pateto’ Prado.

He made his debut in MMA on November 12, 2003, taking part in the Gladiator Challenge (GC) Promotion and beat Jay Valencia by a guillotine choke. In 2006, he held three titles - World Extreme Cage-fighting (WEC) Featherweight Championship, King of the Cage Bantamweight Championship, and GC Bantamweight Championship.