Who is Ava Connors?

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Christian sits quietly on the couch as the screen opens up with a video of Kat in a white three piece suit getting comfortable in a chair. She looks absolutely beautiful with her hair and makeup done. Its his Kat here, his love.

"Hello, I am Katalina Bledsoe from Crenshaw, California and I play volleyball at the University of Wisconsin," She introduces.

The screen then cuts to footage from her last few games showing of her amazing skills as a volleyball player. They then play footage of her dad playing in the NFL and some footage of her playing as a young child while she talks about why she chose volleyball.

Kat's 30 for 30 was one of the most emotional Christian has ever watched and that was while knowing her story and what she had gone through to get to where she is. 30 for 30's started on ESPN's 30th anniversary to tell the stories of some of the most exceptional athletes and also to talk about their downfalls. Since the conclusion of the first series ESPN decided to continue because of their massive success. Christian considers what the 30 for 30 will do for Kat. He finally comes to the conclusion that this episode will save her career after all the damage she has done. Her transparency with the situation and how she ended up there will allow for people to empathize with her and offer sympathy as they can related to a professional athlete. It really is a genius plan when all things are considered.

Baker looks over at him as he comes on the screen to talk about Kat, "When I met Kat I was a junior at OU and she was a sophomore and I think the first thing she said to me was, 'I can throw a football father than you' in front of all my wide receivers after a practice and then she did and she holds over my head to this day."

Christian looks over at Baker, "Did she really?" He asks confirming Baker's statement on the 30 for 30.

"Oh yeah, it was insane," Baker nods and then shushes Christian, "I'm tryna hear myself."

"She is the most dedicated, kind and generous person I've ever met. I don't think I've ever seen someone work as hard as she does and give someone else the credit. It always amazes me seeing her achieve all these accomplishments and act like its not that big of a deal," on screen Baker says and then the footage of Kat getting silver medal at the 2016 Olympics plays.

Next up is Cody Bellinger and Christian does his best from clenching his fists. Cody has reassured him that him and Kat are over, over and he has no interest. As hard as it is to believe the only thing that kept him hopeful Kat would come back to him was hearing Cody talk about how much she loves Christian. Cody also talked about how toxic Kat is, but followed that statement up with how different she is since she started dating Christian...

"I mean you start talking to Kat and she just kinda captures your attention. She is attentive, she actually listens, she's thoughtful and she's really smart. A lot of people don't give her enough credit for being smart. This is beyond just volleyball IQ. Like I honestly believe she could walk into any room and already be smarter that 80 percent of the people in there and if you gave her an hour she would be the smartest in there," Cody says and then continues as her footage of her signing day at OU comes on, "She is an LA girl all the way, I mean the definition of you can take the girl out of LA, but can't take the LA out of the girl."

Christian laughs and nods in agreement. Others come on like her coach at Wisconsin who talks about the effect and influence she has and also other big names like LeBron James and volleyball stars Misty May-Treanor and Kerry Walsh-Jennings.

Finally, the screen goes black after Kat's final message and Christian sniffs his nose.

Baker jerks his head towards him, "Are you crying?" He demands.

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