Rose Medal

Emily talks about how Lerin Lockwood, Morgan Wallen, Brittany Mahomes, Kylie Kelce and Dwayne Johnson have had successful careers after being an athlete.

Resources: https://ragincajuns.com/news/2024/3/3/softball-louisiana-closes-weekend-in-norman-ending-ous-record-win-streak https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39659782/caitlin-clark-record-draws-top-season-tv-rating-99 https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/03/05/caitlin-clark-scoring-record/ Current College Sports Legal Challenges https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/see-my-name-p...

Jamie and Emily discuss opening weekend of college softball and working with our young athletes as their games begin. Chiefs won the super bowl and unfortunately the parade ended with a sad event. Coaches should have to get certified to work with young athletes. Link to article: https://h5.newsbreakapp.com/mp/0r7kb7lv?

Meet Jamie Gilbert, a softball girl who had her baby right before her senior year of college. She continued to play while having a baby at home and handling the loss of her daughter's father. After playing college ball, she faced many health issues. This episode talks about her adversity she faced and why she's passionate about coaching now.

Emily talks about the details of how she came out of retirement to play softball again.

Cortni Emanuel played softball for the Georgia Bulldogs. She is a devout Christian, a realtor, a coach and a student at Houston Christian University. She is studying to become a counselor for student athletes and will complete her degree in the Summer of 2024. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, being outdoors, and learning all things health. 

Emily and Rylee talk about the 2023 Women's Pro Fastpitch Draft.

Emily and Rylee go on a rant about people that annoy them at the gym.

Amber Flores played softball at the University of Oklahoma. She is the head coach for two teams: Seminole State College Trojans and the WPF Oklahoma City Spark. Amber is a passionate about real estate and owns a couple of AirBnb properties. In her free time she enjoys traveling the world. 

The Sooners just beat UCLA who has an amazing pitcher. How did they score so many runs on them? They have a swing that creates backspin. Emily and Haley discuss this tactic and how to pitchers with this hitting strategy.

Emily and Haley discuss the rule changes in the upcoming MLB season. Source: https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/mlb-rule-changes-2023-explained-shift-banned-pitch-clock?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=news_tab&mibextid=Zxz2cZ

In this episode with Kate Intile we talk about how she manifested her dream job working for Hoka. She transferred from Colorado University to Oregon State half way through her college running career. Kate went through some serious setbacks so we talked about what she learned from those. Kate ran track and cross country at Oregon State. She just finished up in the fall of 2022 with the cross countr...

College softball: UCLA is ranked number one in the country, taking over Oklahoma's spot. Emily and Rylee talk about the rankings.

Stuff that happens to us while traveling for our sport. Rylee injured her eye in the shower. Emily got stuck in a sleeper bus at McDonald's.

Emily and Rylee talk about their experiences with drinking a gallon of water every day and no alcohol during 75 Hard.

Kendall Burton played softball at the University of Georgia. She graduated with her degree in communications. She is working full time in the fitness industry and loves to be a dog sitter for her friends. She loves reading memoirs and eating breakfast foods. She is the ultimate motivator and lives by the motto “live your version of normal”. In this podcast we talk about how Kendall suffered a stro...

75 Hard Series, Part 2

John Bargfeldt . The man we talk about a lot. He was the head Coach at Tulsa and pitching coach while Emily was there. Now he's the pitching coach at Oklahoma State. He's married to Barb with 3 kids and 6 grandkids. Coach J played and coached baseball, fastpitch softball and football.

Emily and Rylee discuss their experiences of the 75 Hard program after completing it. This is episode 1 of the series on this topic. This episode covers the general overview about the program. We talked about how we heard about it, when we did it, what we liked about it, and what we got out of it. Stay tuned for more episodes about 75 Hard!

Chelsea Alexander played softball at Oklahoma State and is now playing for the Oklahoma City Spark in the WPF. Chelsea has her bachelor’s degree in agricultural communications and she just graduated with her master’s in business administration. She is engaged to Clay Fitzgerald and they will be married in June. In her free time she enjoys volunteering, such as the Chilly Cowboy fundraiser she star...

Emily and Rylee talk about why it's important to respect the officials in your competitions. 

Andy Beronilla, AKA Mr. B, AKA Coach B, is a physics teacher with a passion for basketball. He played at Shasta College and then continued to compete as the president of the club basketball team at Chico State which was in the west region club basketball league.. Andy is a natural leader as he is a current grad student, which he will be the first in his family to achieve a master’s degree. In his...

Emily and Rylee talk about the update of Damar Hamlin's health status after he collapsed in his game last weekend. We talk about how disappointed we are in people that feel the need to shame Tee Higgins.

Emily and Rylee interview Coach Jo Koons, a softball coach at UTA. We talk about her slogan "joy in the journey", people that have influenced her, and her transition from player to coach.

Emily and Rylee talk about their experiences with working out after college athletics. Either you're the kind of person that never wants to workout again, or you hit the gym super hard.  Resource: https://health.clevelandclinic.org/transitioning-from-athlete-to-active-adult/