My name is Grant Troutt. I grew up in Dallas, Texas where I spent most of my time in gyms or chasing the next high. My mindset was: If I could be the man on the court and the man at the party— I had it all! I thought I had life completely figured out. Ha!

While I was at the top of my game— playing college basketball at UC Santa Barbara and living in a dorm right on the beach— one day changed everything. I encountered a career ending injury that would force me to stop playing sports, for good. Everything I had placed value and purpose in fell through like an opened trapped door. I had no idea who I was without sports. So then I started to spiral in search of a new identity. Who was I without “this?” I tried to find it in alcohol, drugs, status, relationships, and really anything I thought might make me happy, but it only made things worse. Chasing everything I thought would make me happy only led to more darkness and confusion.

I hit my low when I woke up in jail, being arrested for public intoxication, and was asked by a police officer who I wanted to call for my one call. I remember thinking “I don’t have anyone to call.” Leaving that night spent in jail and getting back to my dorm room, sitting on my bed, I prayed a prayer that would forever change my life.