David Peplinski is an author, speaker and blogger. He was a Gatorade Soccer Player of the Year, midfielder for the St. Louis University soccer team and the first athlete to start, play-in, and win 4 consecutive state championships in any sport at the prestigious Marquette University High School in Milwaukee, WI. He trained with the US Men's National program, was honored as Wisconsin's State Player of the Year, a member of ESPN's SportsCenter Top-50 Recruits entering college soccer, played with the Colorado Rapids in the MLS, and has been speaking to students, student-athletes, coaches, parents, and businesses for over 10 years. While his life has been marked by incredible athletic successes, it has also been crippled with personal adversity and addiction. Peplinski uses his unique experiences to challenge, inspire, and encourage his generation to live relentlessly through the Word in this noisy world. David and his wife Emily, live in The Woodlands, Texas.