Rex & Jennifer Hudler

Rex Hudler is current Anaheim Angels baseball analyst on FOX Sports Net and KCAL9. During his 21-year professional playing career (1978-1998), Hudler played for 18 different teams, including a 1993 stint in Japan. In 774 career major league games, Hudler registered a .261 average with 56 home runs and 169 runs batted in. Rex is also active in Angels' baseball clinics and makes motivational speaking engagements throughout the year. He and his wife Jennifer founded Team Up for Down Syndrome to help support the Down syndrome community nationwide.

Jennifer graduated from Ohio State with a music degree. She is a songwriter and has recorded two CDs of Christian music. She is vice president of Team Up for Down Syndrome. Rex and Jennifer reside in Orange County, Calif., and have been married 12 years.

On November 4, 1996, Rex and Jennifer Hudler had a beautiful, healthy baby boy named Cade Allan, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome. They believed then, as they do now, that Cade was a gift and had a special purpose in life.

The Hudler's realized that the exposure the family receives benefits all individuals with Down syndrome. It is the Rex and Jennifer's hope that by sharing their own experience, more parents will celebrate the differences in their children's lives instead of hiding, grieving and feeling like there is nowhere to run.