Early Life and Career
Joyner attended Redan High School in Stone Mountain, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. He attended college at Brigham Young University.
He credited a stint with the Mayagüez Indians of the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League as fundamental in his improvement as a slugger. Then-batting coach José Manuel Morales forced him to do power weight training and modify his posture at the batting cage as to develop upper body strength. He was consequently the top hitter on Puerto Rico's winter league on the 1985-1986 season, winning the Triple Crown (.356, 14 HR, 48 RBI) in 54 games.
In addition to his illustrious and highly-distinguished baseball career, Wally Joyner is also a Certified Professional Life Coach--having earned his professional life coaching certification through Life Coaching Institute of America.
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