Born: Nov. 8, 1989, at Providence Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan.

Family: Wife, Kelsey; two sisters, Sarah and Molly; brother, Adam; father and stepmother, Dan and Brooke. Belobrajdic was a “surprise” baby, so his siblings are much older than him. He joked that because of this, he has a lot of children in his life who aren’t his. He has eight nieces and nephews. At 26, he already is a great uncle five times. His dog Apollo, a boxer, also is “the most explosive athlete I have ever seen,” Belobrajdic joked.

Dream job as a child: NBA player.

Interesting fact: In high school, Belobrajdic was selected to play in a basketball game with the 2008 University of Kansas men’s basketball National Championship team.

“It was one of the coolest things i have done,” he said.

Digging deeper: A 2008 Tonganoxie High School graduate, Belobrajdic went on to play basketball and run track on scholarship for Ottawa University, where he met his future wife who was on a volleyball scholarship.

He earned a bachelor’s in exercise science, psychology and pre-physical therapy.

“I always tell my athletes, i didn’t play for the best teams in the nation, and I was not, by any means, a superstar athlete,” he said. “However, I was blessed to be around a lot of amazing coaches and trainers.”

He said sports and fitness have always been a huge parts of his life, so he knew that was the field in which he wanted to work.

After graduating from OU, he moved to San Antonio and worked for a chain of physical therapy clinics and trained high school football teams. After about a year, he decided to pursue a career in sports training, moved back to Kansas and started to work for Free State Fitness in Tonganoxie.

“I absolutely loved the fitness center, and it was also a great platform to start a sports performance program,” Belobrajdic said. “I spent two years building a reputation and a sports training program while managing the fitness center as well.

About a month ago, he decided to jump “all in” on sports performance.

“I love helping young athletes reach their goals and showing them that they can do things that even they thought they couldn’t,” he said. “I plan on doing everything i can to create better and more safe athletes for the Kaw Valley League and the surrounding area,” he said.

He works on the four main components of physical sports skills: speed, functional strength, agility and vertical. Injury prevention through educating athletes on proper form and technique when performing explosive movements also is paramount, according to Belobrajdic.