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From CBS:
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[B][B]Biography[/B][/B]
[B][B]Benjamin "Coach" Wade (37)[/B][/B]
[B][B]Hometown: Bolivar, Mo.[/B][/B]
[B][B]Occupation: Soccer Coach [/B][/B]
[B][B]Benjamin Wade is known by many names. As the head women's soccer coach at the Southwest Baptist University in Missouri, he is called "Coach Wade," but he also goes by “Maestro” due to role as an artistic director and conductor of a California symphony orchestra. A skilled musician, Benjamin was traveling the world playing the trumpet before most kids could even spell "trumpet." [/B][/B]
[B][B]Wade sees coaching as another form of manipulation. "You have to find out what everybody wants, what everybody needs, what they think they want, what think they need and then you have to be the person that solves everything." He knows these skills will be valuable in the game of SURVIVOR. [/B][/B]
[B][B]If Benjamin was asked to wear just one hat, it would be that of "Renaissance Man." Aside from setting the world record for the longest solo kayak expedition on the ocean (an amazing 6,132 miles), Wade has also been attacked by a tiger shark, stalked by a jaguar in the Amazon and has been bitten by a piranha on his right hand. To say that he is a Type A, Alpha male, who likes to control the environment around him may just be an understatement. Coach's dominant personality will be a force to be reckoned with in the game. [/B][/B]
[B][B]Benjamin is single and currently splits his time in Bolivar, Mo, and Susanville, Calif. His birth date is September 18. [/B][/B]
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From tvguide:
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[B][B]Benjamin Wade, 37, soccer coach/part-time orchestra conductor from Bolivar, Mo.- "I'm in this game because I want to change it," says Wade, who kayaked 6.132 miles from Baja, California, to Colombia-alone. "it's become survival of the weakest. I want the strongest to survive. I want to team up with worthy opponents. May the best man or woman win."[/B] [/B]
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Here is is [URL="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=361728313"]myspace[/URL]
[quote=leolady;43598]Rumor has it around my town, Susanville, California, that our Symphony Conductor is a contestant. His name is Ben Wade. He had been gone for a while and reappeared at the December concert...had lost a lot of weight and word has it that he was in South America.
Quite a few people in town say that he was on Survivor, but he can't/hasn't confirmed it yet. He just said that there will be an announcement after the Superbowl on National TV.
It all fits.......[/quote]
[quote]Benjamin Wade became the seventh head soccer coach for Southwest Baptist University on April 13, 2005.
“It had been a goal of mine to come back to a Christian institution because that is very important to me," Wade said. "My life is centered on Christ and I want to be at an institution that has the same core values and beliefs that I do. I was incredibly impressed with Southwest Baptist from the time that they contacted me to the follow up and to how SBU supports the student-athlete. It was very professional and clear that this door was opening up for me to come here."
In his 12 years as a head coach, Wade has coached 9 All-Americans, 22 academic All-Americans, coached the California Olympic development program, a host of national teams, and has been named Coach of the Year 6 times.
Before moving to SBU, Wade coached in California for ten years. He started the women's soccer programs at both Simpson University and Lassen College as well as starting the men's and women's teams at Patten University. Wade was also involved heavily with the Olympic development system of California. At the pinnacle of his career in California, he complied a 67-6-1 record and left Lassen as the #2 winningest active junior college coach by the NSCAA.
He took his first head coaching job at Simpson University (Redding, California) and built the program from ground up in 1997. In just two years at Simpson, he took SU to the National Christian College Athletic Association and finished ranked #8 in the nation in their first year and then finished ranked #3 in the nation his second year. He was twice named the NCCAA National Coach of the Year and his team in 1998 was ranked as high as #2 in the nation (NCCAA).
His second stop was a two-year stay at Patten University in Oakland, California from 1999 through 2001. Again, Wade had to build the women’s soccer program from scratch. He coached both the men and women’s teams at Patten and was the conference coach of the year.
In 2002, Wade moved to Lassen College to start their women’s soccer program. In his first year, he went 23-3-0 and lost the Final Eight of the California Community College Tournament, and finished with a #6 national ranking (NSCAA). In only his second season at Lassen, his team came close to being the best team in the nation and in the California Community College system but lost to four-time C.C.C. champion Long Beach. They had a regular season record of 20-0-0, finished the year at 23-1-0, and was ranked #3 in the nation (NSCAA). In his final season at Lassen, his team was ranked as high as #3 in the NSCAA Junior College Poll and finished with a #17 ranking and a 19-2-1 record.
Wade graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1993 with a bachelors degree in business marketing. While at Tennessee, he played club soccer and then became an assistant coach for two years (1991-93). He received his master’s of music degree from the University of Nevada in May 2005. In the NSCAA, he has received the Premier, Advanced National, and National Diplomas.
Wade also has interests outside of soccer and is considered by most to be a true "Renaissance Man." In 1996 he paddled 6,132 miles to set the world record for the longest solo kayak expedition. He paddled for six months on the Pacific Ocean from San Felipe, Mexico to Colombia, South America. In 1988 Wade was voted among the best trumpet players in the world by winning the ITG international trumpet competition in Dallas, TX. He is currently the Conductor/Artistic Director for the Susanville Symphony, and has composed over 50 classical works for symphony orchestras.
Back to soccer, working internationally, Wade has trained teams all over the world. Several of these included: Cameroon National Team 1999, Cordoba FC Argentina 2000 & 2001, Arsenal Ladies 2002,West Indies National Team 2002, Enfield Town (London) 2003, Bahamas and Barbados National Teams 2007.
“I like small communities and it is obvious that the community respects and enjoys having SBU here. I think the facilities are unbelievable and the Meyer Wellness and Sports Center rivals anything that any NCAA Division II University has. I have been very impressed and have had a positive experience," says Wade.[/quote]
Ben is on the black tribe, [B]Timbira.[/B]
[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2tHpnkOsqc&feature=channel_page"]YouTube - Survivor Tocantins - Meet Benjamin[/URL]
