July 2009 Real Life
If you would have asked Steve Vogel when he was just a boy what he wanted to be when he grew up, he wouldn’t have hesitated with his answer. He wanted to play baseball.
As he grew, Steve’s dream of playing baseball professionally pushed him to work diligently toward his goal, and by the time the young athlete graduated from high school in 1983, he was drafted into the minor league. Nevertheless, Steve resolved to first attend college with the hopes of being drafted again after his college career.
That same year, Steve accepted a scholarship to Grand Canyon College in Phoenix, Arizona, and in his freshman year, his team won the NAIA National Baseball Championship. Steve’s future had never seemed brighter, and his dreams of playing the sport professionally were just within reach.
Until one day in 1985 that changed everything.