Jake Olson | Inspiring Blind Football Player for USC

Jake Olson

Inspiring Blind Football Player for USC

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Jake Olson
Biography

Jake Olson is 23 years old, a resident of Huntington Beach, California, and a graduate of the University of Southern California. When Jake was 8 months old, he was diagnosed with a rare form of eye cancer, retinoblastoma. The disease claimed his left eye at 10 months old and in November 2009 Jake lost his right eye after battling the cancer for 12 years. Jake confronted many challenges and encountered many setbacks during his battle and loss of sight but remained strong through his faith in God. He has used his experience to inspire and motivate others by authoring two books, creating a non-profit foundation to help visually impaired children and support cancer research, and by sharing his story openly as a motivational speaker. Jake is also a life-long USC football fan. While in high school he learned to long snap and was the starting long snapper for his team his junior and senior year. After being accepted to USC, he was offered a walk-on spot with the USC football team, making him the first completely blind Division I college football player. He saw his first live-action when he snapped in USC's home opener on September 2, 2017, and was named the Pac-12 special teams' player of the week. In his college career, he had a total of three successful PAT snaps, earning his spot as one of the top two most inspirational stories in college football's 150-year history. His story has been featured on ESPN, ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, FOX, Fox Sports, Hallmark, TBN, The Golf Channel, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Sports Illustrated, The Washington Post, etc. Since graduating, Jake has become an entrepreneur, co-founding Engage, an online platform that digitizes the process of booking talent for experiences.

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Overcoming Adversity

Presentation Format (15 to 25 minutes with option for several videos as part of speech)

Jake learned at a very young age that life is going to have adversity and challenges. Having faith, a positive attitude, and a vision for his future has helped him overcome these challenges. Jake has learned to walk by faith, not by sight. Jake likes to talk about how he experiences a god-made world, not a man-made world.

Out of Sight Faith

Question and Answers session (10 to 25 minutes)

Learn about Jake's out of sight faith and how his life's experiences has shaped him into a dedicated follower of Christ.

Jake will share how he is unwilling to give up on his goals for his life and how blindness is not going to stop him in life.

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