Our program on February 6th was a talk by Duke Pieper entitled “Never Give Up”.
As a kid and a young teenager, he was hooked by the hockey bug. He went to Shattuck in grade school for their hockey pr
ogram. He transferred to Hill-Murray in St Paul, and as a freshman he was their first line defenseman. He was rated twentieth in the 2008 national prospects listings.
ogram. He transferred to Hill-Murray in St Paul, and as a freshman he was their first line defenseman. He was rated twentieth in the 2008 national prospects listings.Before a game, he didn’t feel right, and stayed on the bench. He went from the arena to the emergency room where they discovered he had a brain dysfunction that was similar to a stroke. After a 23 hour operation, he had three more operations while spending the next 9 months in the hospital. He is now at the U of M studying sports management, planning on becoming a skating (hockey) coach.
His message is that you are your own best cheerleader, and you have to believe in yourself. He has written a book about positivity, and has a 15 point list of things you must do to be your best.