Chris Ledyard has been involved in athletic department administration for decades. He currently is the Athletic Director for the nationally recognized JSerra High School in San Juan Capistrano and a member of the Trinity League. During his current 7-year tenure, he has led the athletic programs to more than 20 CIF and/or Trinity League Championships.

Prior to joining JSerra, Chris Ledyard spent more than twenty years at the helm of the athletic program at Franciscan University in Steubenville. During Ledyard’s tenure at Franciscan University, he built their athletic programs from the ground up and led the school through the process of receiving full accreditation in NCAA Division III. He facilitated rapid success within the university’s athletic conference, including a second place finish in the conference President’s Cup and multiple championships by several of its teams. He was also named the 2015 Athletic Director of the Year by Sports Faith International and Coach of the Year for soccer by the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference in 2006, 2007, and 2008.

Ledyard coached in high school and state championship tournaments in Ohio and West Virginia in track and field, soccer, and wrestling (1990, 1993-95, 2006-2011, 2013) and was an NCAA National Qualifier in wrestling at Ithaca College in New York.

Before his tenure at Franciscan University, Ledyard served as a Catholic high school vice principal for a number of years. He is married with six children and resides in Oceanside, CA.

Thomas Wurtz has served as a missionary for over two decades in the world of sport.

He has been in various management positions with FOCUS and launched their athlete outreach, a first ever of its kind in the Catholic Church, called Varsity Catholic and currently serves as the Director of that work. Through the effort of Varsity Catholic, thousands of college athletes have been reached with the fullness of the Gospel.

He has written for numerous blogs and authored two books including Compete Inside:100 Reflections to Help You Become the Complete Athlete. He continues to be a leader in the Catholic Church in the US in terms of faith and athletics and presented to numerous athletic departments at both the high school and collegiate level. He has served as a delegate to two Vatican sponsored Summits on Sport, being one of a few hundred representatives from around the globe.

He has a master’s degree from the Augustine Institute as part of the first graduating class. He was an all-state quarterback in Arizona before playing a season of football at the University of San Diego. His undergraduate degree is from Benedictine College where he played three semesters of rugby. He is married with five children and resides in Colorado.