Episode 44 - Annie Talks with Nick Kern | How I Overcame Ulcerative Colitis to Play Professional Bas

In this second episode the AMAZING ATHLETES series, my next guest is NICK KERN who hails from the city of Brea, Calif. Nick is an NCAA Baseball Champion, recipient of the Wilma Rudolph Student-Athlete Achievement Award, and the 2017 Muscle Milk Athlete of the Year. Nick attended UCLA from 2013 to 2017 earning a degree in Physiological Science while competing for the Division 1 baseball team. While at UCLA, Nick’s dreams and aspirations were put on hold when he was diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis, an autoimmune disease that put him in the hospital for over 50 days, requiring 5 surgeries to eventually remove his large intestine. Nick returned to baseball for the 2017 season at UCLA, and despite continued health complications, he is playing professional baseball and giving back to the community by coaching high school baseball. One thing he said that stood out to me was how baseball became his light at the end of a dark tunnel. He knew what he wanted to accomplish, and even while in the hospital began plotting out how he was going to overcome this medical setback and return to playing baseball. His will, his determination, and his drive to get back to being healthy and return to the sport he adored and was passionate about is truly amazing. Way to go Nick! You are an AMAZING ATHLETE. Follow Nick on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickbkern/ Facebook.com/nick.kern.526 Follow Annie Talks on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annie_talks/ Facebook.com/AnnieTalks Twitter: https://www.Twitter.com/annie_talks Snapchat: @annietalksshow If you aren't already subscribed to my podcast, I invite you to hit SUBSCRIBE and be notified anytime we upload a new episode. If you are already SUBSCRIBED, thank you so much. I truly appreciate it. If you all could please rate and review my podcast, please leave a comment or two, it would really help me out and it will also help others to find this podcast! please consider contributing to my PATREON page at https://www.patreon.com/AnnieTalks. Your contributions will help to further the vision and mission of Annie Talks so that we could produce more episodes like this one and many other types of episodes and topics. The PATREON page will also be included in the show notes below. Thank you all again for tuning in and keep listening to ANNIE TALKS. #NickKern #NickBKern #NapaSilverados #PacificAssociation #IndependentLeague #PlacentiaMustangs #UlcerativeColitis #TravelBall #TravelBaseball #UCLABruins #BreaHighSchool #NCAABaseballChampion #WilmaRudolphStudentAthleteAchievementAward #2017MuscleMilkAthleteoftheYear #AnnieTalks