Nonprofit launched by former Division I athlete gives new life to used sports gear

From the St. Louis Business Journal. Magdalen Pike, as a lifelong athlete, has seen plenty of usable sports equipment sit on a shelf or end up in the trash. A former NCAA Division I soccer player at Southeast Missouri State University, Pike herself has had excess equipment of her own pile up. Pike’s now focused on giving that equipment a second life. She’s founder and executive director of Passback, a nonprofit seeking to “upcycle” used sports equipment, starting with soccer gear. Passback…...