Cody Shears

 is a contestant in Survivor: Malaysia.

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Cody was born into a family of athletes; his father was a major league baseball player for a brief period of time, and his mother was a respected triathlon competitor. Cody also grew up with 5 brothers and remembers constantly playing sports with them. It's no surprise that Cody developed a strong passion for baseball. Currently he coaches a middle school baseball team, but he dreams of one day making it to the big leagues just like his father.

Cody's athletic abilities will definitely bring a huge advantage to his tribe. His strategy, however, is to make sure his tribe wins challenges, but to also make sure he isn't pinned immediately as a huge challenge threat. He says if that means he has to downplay his abilities at some of the tribal challenges, he may have to do that to avoid being seen as a threat.