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Robby Stewart
Uplift Sports Ministry’s founder, Robby Stewart, has been an elite level sports performance coach for over 25 years. He has assisted in the performance development of over 1,200 professional athletes across the NFL, MLB, NBA, and MLS, as well as Olympians from 9 different countries.
Robby also spent time working with the Swedish National Federation Olympic Weightlifting Team prior to the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
Baseball athletes include: Jeff Francoeur (Atlanta Braves), Tim Beckham (TB Rays), Matt Carpenter (St. Louis Cardinals), and Marwin Gonzales (Houston Astros).
Robby has also trained athletes that have collectively won every major collegiate football award including the Heisman, Outland, Nagurski, and Unitas Trophies. In addition, he trained all Olympic sports teams at UGA. His football athletes include more than fifty All-Americans, over forty Pro-Bowlers, one NFL Comeback Player of the Year, two Defensive Rookies of the Year, and the 2009 NFL Defensive Player of the Year, as well as recipients of the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award.
Gunnar Stewart
Gunnar has been immersed in the Sports performance-training world since his early childhood. He started training and working out with Robby at Competitive Edge Sports from a very young age. This opportunity allowed Gunnar to learn both the physical and technical specifics of sports performance from some of the industries best coaches as well some of the world’s best athletes in their prospective sports. Gunnar’s past experiences as a performance coach at CES and his athletic experiences are what make him a vital part of the staff here at Uplift Sports Ministry.
Gunnar was also an accomplished athlete at Walnut Grove High School where he was named 1st Team All-Region 4AAAA, Player of the Year from 63 ANGLS Production Company, State Farm Player of the Week as well as many other team awards. Gunnar was also selected to play in the North Georgia FCA All-Star game after the 2014-2015 season.
In addition to his training responsibilities Gunnar also serves as Director of Social Media and Video Productions.
“Work willingly at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people.” - Colossians 3:23
