Matt Nechak
"CPD is an everyday factor in my life.  The direction the program guided me and the work ethic and skills I gained because of the program certainly helped me be successful.  CPD not only boosted my successes on the gridiron, but in academics and  life.  In high school I needed to sharpen my skills in every area to be successful on the next level both physically and academically.  CPD was the outlet that gave me that extra boost to be successful.  Playing in a college program I can honestly say that the level of knowledge, teaching, and training you receive at CPD is the best in the country.  Hands down.  CPD helped me start for a football program that has won 7 straight Commander-in-Chief’s trophy’s, post a 10-4 record, finish 26th in the USA Today coaches poll, and go to 7 straight bowl games including a dominating 35-13 win over Missouri in the Texas bowl in 2009.  But I will never forget my roots, CPD paved the way."

- Matt Nechak speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy

 

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Miles Booth
"CPD has had a tremendous impact on every aspect of my life. From the football field to the classroom to the way that I approach new challenges, CPD has greatly contributed to my success. CPD showed me what it means to be mentally strong and supplied me with the tools necessary to accomplish any goal that I set for myself. After playing football at two colleges I have no doubt that CPD offers the best mental and physical training in the nation. CPD helped me sign a division 1 football scholarship out of high school and maintain a 3.7 GPA throughout college, which lends evidence to what makes CPD so special: the programs emphasis on every part of a person’s life, not just athletics. This aspect of CPD is what will help you be successful after football and as a person."

- Miles Booth speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy




Louis Adeyemi
My name is Louis Adeyemi and I am going into my senior year as the starting fullback at Villanova University. Last year, I won my first National Championship in the Division 1 Football Championship Series. I first came to CPD  (Carpe Diem Sports Academy) in the summer after my freshman year of high school. I had only played football for one season in my life but this was around the time that I realized I would dedicate the next seven years of my life to this sport.

At this time, I was coming to a cross road in my life.  I was getting deeply involved in the gang culture that I had seen so many of my peers get sucked into. This was common for a young black male in Los Angeles as so many of us longed for the protection and the brotherhood that we could not find any where else.

When I met Eliel or Coach E, I came up to Pierce College, threw on my cleats and observed as this crazy man worked out with us as if he and his colleagues were training for an NFL combine them selves(some of them actually were). After the session, we continued chatting as we threw the football.

One of the first things Eliel did was identify with me and what I was going through at the time. He looked me in the eye and told me that if I ever needed him, all I'd have to do is make the call and he'd be right there in my neighborhood, at my school, or wherever else I needed him to be. This was when I realized that this was much more than just an after school football program.

Coach E kept his word and delivered much more than that. At that age, I was going through a very sensitive stage in life. I was not a bad kid but I was merely growing up in a rough environment, to be easily influenced by the wrong people, and just one wrong move could have had easily ruined my whole future.

As I began sacrificing my Sunday mornings, I also began to trust my newly found big brother. Back in the beginning, it was only me and a couple guys coming in for an hour long mentorship session, followed up by an intense workout session by a top of the line speed and agility training staff. As many of my high school team mates spent their Sunday mornings sleeping in, I began to look at my Sunday morning sessions as a secret weapon.

This was also around the time I started walking in front of the crowd rather than standing behind it.  At CPD, football wasn't the only thing we trained for. I began to develop my leadership qualities at CPD as I tried bringing in more of my close friends to be a part of the movement. Some of them couldn't hang but the ones that could, stayed right there with me; getting in an extra workout every week. I'm proud to say that I brought in my good friend Alex Hoffman-Ellis, a Pac 10 All-Conference Linebacker, along with several other hard working comrades.

I could go on for pages discussing the strenuous workouts I completed every week that helped me to become one of the California State Leading Rushers of my class. I could elaborate for another whole chapter on the goals that I created for my self, which enabled me to earn a full scholarship to a NCAA Division 1 football team. I could probably continue with another novel about the skills, physical and mental, that have helped me to overcome the obstacles that I have faced here at Villanova as a college football player and a student athlete.

Instead, I feel it is more important for me to go back to the beginning, where it all started. This is significant to me because when I look back I can see that the Carpe Diem Mentorship Academy was a blessing in my life.

One night, I remember calling Eliel up at 3:30 in the morning after a street brawl that left two of my close friends in the hospital. Too scared to call my mom, I called my big brother and he calmly talked me through the situation.

At 16 years old, I was making the wrong decisions and they were taking me into lifestyle that I would have regret forever. There were three very influential factors that picked me up and lead me in the right direction. These three factors were my mother, who showed me unconditional love and never gave up on me; a car accident that left me on my death bed at only 17 years old; and the Carpe Diem Mentorship Academy, who stuck with me through it all. Even when I was laying in the UCLA intensive care unit and the doctors were saying I would never walk again, Coach E, Crystal, Miles Boothe and several other CPD members and staff came to see me and helped me to regain my confidence giving me the strength and determination to pull through and make a full recovery.

Today, I am stronger and more focused than ever, as I am in a position where I am blessed with the opportunity to have a spectacular senior year football season, graduate from a great university, and even continue on to play professionally. I am not sure where I would be without CPD but I know that I definitely couldn't of made it this far. I am proud to say that I am one of the first to go through the Carpe Diem Mentorship Program and it has had such a heavy influence on me. Once I graduated from the Baller Training program I returned to CPD, and I am even prouder to say that I have had a positive influence on several younger CPD ballers, who looked up to me and will go on to be role models for the next generation of CPD ballers after them (a process we call "paying it forward"). The only person who is more thankful than me for this extravagant academy is my own mother, who woke me up, and dragged me across the 405 freeway, out to the valley, early one Sunday morning, seven years ago.


-Louis “Ironman” Adeyemi speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy

Matt Nechak
"CPD is an everyday factor in my life.  The direction the program guided me and the work ethic and skills I gained because of the program certainly helped me be successful.  CPD not only boosted my successes on the gridiron, but in academics and  life.  In high school I needed to sharpen my skills in every area to be successful on the next level both physically and academically.  CPD was the outlet that gave me that extra boost to be successful.  Playing in a college program I can honestly say that the level of knowledge, teaching, and training you receive at CPD is the best in the country.  Hands down.  CPD helped me start for a football program that has won 7 straight Commander-in-Chief’s trophy’s, post a 10-4 record, finish 26th in the USA Today coaches poll, and go to 7 straight bowl games including a dominating 35-13 win over Missouri in the Texas bowl in 2009.  But I will never forget my roots, CPD paved the way."

- Matt Nechak speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy

 

Recent Press about Matt - download here

Miles Booth
"CPD has had a tremendous impact on every aspect of my life. From the football field to the classroom to the way that I approach new challenges, CPD has greatly contributed to my success. CPD showed me what it means to be mentally strong and supplied me with the tools necessary to accomplish any goal that I set for myself. After playing football at two colleges I have no doubt that CPD offers the best mental and physical training in the nation. CPD helped me sign a division 1 football scholarship out of high school and maintain a 3.7 GPA throughout college, which lends evidence to what makes CPD so special: the programs emphasis on every part of a person’s life, not just athletics. This aspect of CPD is what will help you be successful after football and as a person."

- Miles Booth speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy




Louis Adeyemi
My name is Louis Adeyemi and I am going into my senior year as the starting fullback at Villanova University. Last year, I won my first National Championship in the Division 1 Football Championship Series. I first came to CPD  (Carpe Diem Sports Academy) in the summer after my freshman year of high school. I had only played football for one season in my life but this was around the time that I realized I would dedicate the next seven years of my life to this sport.

At this time, I was coming to a cross road in my life.  I was getting deeply involved in the gang culture that I had seen so many of my peers get sucked into. This was common for a young black male in Los Angeles as so many of us longed for the protection and the brotherhood that we could not find any where else.

When I met Eliel or Coach E, I came up to Pierce College, threw on my cleats and observed as this crazy man worked out with us as if he and his colleagues were training for an NFL combine them selves(some of them actually were). After the session, we continued chatting as we threw the football.

One of the first things Eliel did was identify with me and what I was going through at the time. He looked me in the eye and told me that if I ever needed him, all I'd have to do is make the call and he'd be right there in my neighborhood, at my school, or wherever else I needed him to be. This was when I realized that this was much more than just an after school football program.

Coach E kept his word and delivered much more than that. At that age, I was going through a very sensitive stage in life. I was not a bad kid but I was merely growing up in a rough environment, to be easily influenced by the wrong people, and just one wrong move could have had easily ruined my whole future.

As I began sacrificing my Sunday mornings, I also began to trust my newly found big brother. Back in the beginning, it was only me and a couple guys coming in for an hour long mentorship session, followed up by an intense workout session by a top of the line speed and agility training staff. As many of my high school team mates spent their Sunday mornings sleeping in, I began to look at my Sunday morning sessions as a secret weapon.

This was also around the time I started walking in front of the crowd rather than standing behind it.  At CPD, football wasn't the only thing we trained for. I began to develop my leadership qualities at CPD as I tried bringing in more of my close friends to be a part of the movement. Some of them couldn't hang but the ones that could, stayed right there with me; getting in an extra workout every week. I'm proud to say that I brought in my good friend Alex Hoffman-Ellis, a Pac 10 All-Conference Linebacker, along with several other hard working comrades.

I could go on for pages discussing the strenuous workouts I completed every week that helped me to become one of the California State Leading Rushers of my class. I could elaborate for another whole chapter on the goals that I created for my self, which enabled me to earn a full scholarship to a NCAA Division 1 football team. I could probably continue with another novel about the skills, physical and mental, that have helped me to overcome the obstacles that I have faced here at Villanova as a college football player and a student athlete.

Instead, I feel it is more important for me to go back to the beginning, where it all started. This is significant to me because when I look back I can see that the Carpe Diem Mentorship Academy was a blessing in my life.

One night, I remember calling Eliel up at 3:30 in the morning after a street brawl that left two of my close friends in the hospital. Too scared to call my mom, I called my big brother and he calmly talked me through the situation.

At 16 years old, I was making the wrong decisions and they were taking me into lifestyle that I would have regret forever. There were three very influential factors that picked me up and lead me in the right direction. These three factors were my mother, who showed me unconditional love and never gave up on me; a car accident that left me on my death bed at only 17 years old; and the Carpe Diem Mentorship Academy, who stuck with me through it all. Even when I was laying in the UCLA intensive care unit and the doctors were saying I would never walk again, Coach E, Crystal, Miles Boothe and several other CPD members and staff came to see me and helped me to regain my confidence giving me the strength and determination to pull through and make a full recovery.

Today, I am stronger and more focused than ever, as I am in a position where I am blessed with the opportunity to have a spectacular senior year football season, graduate from a great university, and even continue on to play professionally. I am not sure where I would be without CPD but I know that I definitely couldn't of made it this far. I am proud to say that I am one of the first to go through the Carpe Diem Mentorship Program and it has had such a heavy influence on me. Once I graduated from the Baller Training program I returned to CPD, and I am even prouder to say that I have had a positive influence on several younger CPD ballers, who looked up to me and will go on to be role models for the next generation of CPD ballers after them (a process we call "paying it forward"). The only person who is more thankful than me for this extravagant academy is my own mother, who woke me up, and dragged me across the 405 freeway, out to the valley, early one Sunday morning, seven years ago.


-Louis “Ironman” Adeyemi speaks about his experience with Carpe Diem Sports Academy