The Student Athlete Sessions

Yuuki Okubo is a former D3 student-athlete (Oberlin College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Japan for the Fukushima Firebonds of the BLeague. Yuuki was under recruited out of high school, but went on to start nearly every game of his D3 college career and was a 3x all-league standout in the NCAC. He also graduated as the all-time leader in assists with 510 and helped steadily...

John DiBartolomeo is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Rochester) who is currently playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C.  He is arguably the most successful D3 to pro story we've ever seen to so wanted to find out more about he went from D3 All-American to 6x Israeli League Champion and Euroleague Captain. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions,...

Neruda and KJ are former D3 basketball players (Utica & Alfred, respectively) who, despite being conference foes in the Empire 8, teamed up to create a unique platform to spotlight small-college basketball: The NotEvenD2 Podcast. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Neruda & KJ discuss how they met, share advice to future D3 student-athletes, discuss why they each picked the co...

Shay and Guillermo are current D3 basketball players (Emerson College Men's Basketball) who have teamed up to create the College Athlete Network (CAN). CAN is a non-profit dedicated to empowering young athletes that offers free mentorship services. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Shay and Guillermo discuss why they decided to start CAN, share advice to future D3 student-athle...

Josh McClary is a former D3 student-athlete (Roanoke College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Portugal for Ginásio Clube Figueirense. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses how he picked an agent to help him go pro, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose Roanoke for college, how he developed as a basketball player, and much...

Ryan Chang is a current D3 Student-Athlete who is double majoring in Statistics and Economics at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ryan discusses his D3 recruiting process for baseball, how he found Carleton from the west coast, how he used camps & showcases effectively as a recruit, navigating an injury in college, and what advice he w...

Brad Breier is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Baseball) and the Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Brad discusses his D3 recruiting process for baseball, how he discovered golf and got his first college coaching opportunity, a behind the scenes look at building a D3 pro...

Josh Erickson is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Basketball) and the founder of Beyond Sports - the world-leader in travel for teams & athletes. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses his D3 recruiting process, how he got an early start on his college coaching career, coaching professional and national team basketball in Costa Rica, what led him to s...

Christin Broyles is a current D3 Student-Athlete (Hamline University Soccer) who just completed her first year of collegiate athletics. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Christin discusses her D3 recruiting process, how to use social media effectively as a recruit, details her offseason schedule and how she got invited to play for the Philippines U20 National Team, explains her off-...

Hank Morgan is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Hamilton College Basketball) who is working to land his first professional basketball contract overseas. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Hank discusses his development as a basketball player, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose Hamilton for college, how he got recruited and landed college offers, plus the...

Randy Walko is a former D3 student-athlete (TCNJ Basketball) who is currently playing professional basketball in Taiwan for the Formosa Dreamers. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Randy shares why he chose to play in Taiwan vs. his other pro opportunities, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose TCNJ for college, how he rebuilt TCNJ's team culture an...

Skubie Mageza is a former D3 student-athlete (Curry College Football) who is currently working as a broadcaster for ESPN, hosting SportsCenter, among other hosting responsibilities. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Skubie shares why he chose Curry, gives his advice to future student-athletes, dishes on why he chose to work in the 2nd smallest TV market in America, how he landed his...

Luke Chicone is a current D3 student-athlete (John Carroll University) who previously played at D1 Youngstown State. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Luke discusses his basketball recruiting process, deciding to go D1 for college, why he ultimately decided to transfer and how he found his fit at a D3, leading while not being able to play, coming back for a 5th year, and much more....

Dan Arnold is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Wisconsin-Platteville) and NFL Tight End (2017-23) who is currently coaching football at his alma mater. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Dan discusses his football recruiting process, playing two sports in college, learning how to navigate adversity, landing his first NFL opportunity, switching from WR to TE, and much more....

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, we caught up with two D3 Allstars (one current & one former) fresh off of a basketball tour around Europe: Adam Brazil (Hampden-Sydney '25) is coming off an All-American season and trip to the National Championship game Nate Shafer (Swarthmore '20) is a current pro basketball player in Ireland 🇮🇪 They share their takeaways on how to bu...

Kathleen Elkins is a former D3 student-athlete (Williams College) and is currently a Correspondent at Business Insider, covering investing and financial freedom. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Kathleen discusses her college recruiting process, finding a good on-campus job, convincing your coach to let you go abroad, how to develop a career in journalism, being featured for her wo...

Mitchell Kirsch is a former D3 student-athlete (CMS & Babson) and is currently playing professional basketball overseas in Norway. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Mitchell discusses his college recruiting process, the importance of a college visit, playing pro overseas, growing as an entrepreneur, and much more. MEET MITCHELL : Former D3 Hooper at CMS & Babson Double Major...

Logan Kosmalski is a former student-athlete (Davidson College) and the founder of one of the largest youth basketball organizations in the U.S. - Pro Skills Basketball. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Logan discusses his college recruiting process, transferring to a small liberal arts school, playing pro overseas, starting a company with his friend & teammate, and much more. M...

Ben Kaplan is a former D3 student-athlete (Amherst College) who just published his first book - Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-college Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ben discusses walking-on to his college team, why a D3 background can help you get a job in the NBA, the book writing process, the impact that going D3 has had on his life, and much...

Dasia Thorton and Sydney Wright just had a perfect season with Transylvania University Women's Basketball. They joined us on this special co-hosted (Riley Zayas) Student-Athlete Sessions episode to discuss the strength of the Transy community, why D3 was the right fit, balancing academics with athletics, how they pulled off an undefeated 33-0 season, and much more. MEET DASIA: International R...

Adrian Romero is a former student-athlete (Lewis & Clark ) who is using the game of basketball to give back to the community he grew up in. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Adrian discusses his college athletics recruiting process in Oregon, playing in the Northwest Conference, using the game of basketball to give back, the impact that going D3 has had on his life, and much mor...

Jack Betts is a Senior Wide Receiver at Amherst College in Amherst, MA. He is the founder of MYOL Academy (Make Your Own Legacy), which helps small-market athletes fully realize their NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) potential, and a pioneer in the use of NIL at the Division 3 level. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Jack discusses his football recruiting process, recruiting strategi...

Harry Newton is former college soccer player from the UK who came to the US for school. After graduating, he started Play Overseas to help US students looking to do the opposite - and play their sport in the UK.      In this episode we dive into how he started the company, how he's helped hundreds of D3 athletes make their way across the pond, and what's next in UK college sports. PLAY O...

Cody Mitchell is a Senior at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL. He just finished up his D3 Hoops career as the leader of the Titans Men's Basketball team - and is on his way to a 5th Year at Roosevelt University where he'll also study for an MBA. Check out Cody's thoughts on the Transfer Portal and how he used it to get a free MBA while extending his basketball career...

Andrew Greenblatt is a former student-athlete (Swarthmore College '13) and a lifelong lover of basketball. Nowadays he is celebrated Career Coach workshopping a program specifically for former college athletes called "Athletes in Transition." We caught up with Greeny to learn more and understand how he got to this point in his career. In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions,...