About this episode

Jake Thibeault shares his inspiring story of resilience after a paralyzing hockey accident.

This week Topher and Jeff talk with Jake Thibeault, an incredible young hockey player that was paralyzed by an injury on the ice. At the time of his injury, Thibeault was in the recruiting process with Jamie Rice, head coach of Babson College. Even though Thibeault’s hockey career ended, Rice still brought on Thibeault to join the team. Thibeault just graduated from Babson and joins us to talk about his inspiring story.

People in this episode

Hosts: Topher, Jeff

Guest: Jake Thibeault

Topics covered

• hockey
• inspiration
• sports injury
• recovery
• college sports

Keywords

• hockey
• paralysis
• inspiration
• Babson College
• sports injury
• recovery
• college athlete

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Babson College

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