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| Josh Cribbs, Kent State’s starting quarterback, makes dazzling plays and receives weekly national notoriety for his moves on the football field. But that does not make Josh any different from the star football player at hundreds of other schools. The fact that he has been married for close to a year and a half, and he has a 5-month-old daughter, does. As Josh and his wife, Maria, sit in the trophy room of the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, they appear to be veteran parents as they handle their daughter, Kimorah. “Where is her pacifier?” Maria asks. “I thought you had it,” Josh answers. Eventually Josh finds it in Kimorah’s baby carrier. He puts it in his mouth while he frees his hands so he can put Kimorah back in her carrier before the family heads home. In addition to marriage and football, Josh is a junior business management major and has class and study time like any other student. Josh’s day begins at 5:30 a.m. when he prepares a bottle for Kimorah. By 6:30, he’s on campus lifting for more than an hour before he heads right back home to take Maria to work. He then showers with Kimorah before he ever makes it to class. “I go to school early and go to study tables,” Josh says. “Then I study in the car when I wait for my wife at work. I study when Kimorah sleeps or Maria feeds her.” |
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Kimorah is a handful on her own, so Josh holds her pacifier in his mouth. Despite his busy schedule, he is a devoted father, and he makes sure to spend as much time with her as possible. |
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| When Maria needs a break to visit her family and friends or is at her part-time job at Bank One, it’s Josh’s responsibility to stay home with Kimorah. “When I leave here, I devote all of my spare time to [Kimorah],” Josh says. “I want to spend as much quality time with my baby as possible. That’s the whole point to life, having a family and passing along your name. I am taking responsibility and overcoming challenges.” |
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