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Audrey Lookner ran track and cross country at Oregon State. She recently graduated in June of this year, 2022, with her degrees in Public Health and Bio Health Sciences. She is from Colorado where she ran for a great program in high school. At home she has a German Shorthaired Pointer puppy named Charlie. In her free time she enjoys hiking, being outside, traveling and she’s found a newfound passi...

Emily and Rylee discuss how Twitter is a place for recruitment and how that may affect the transfer portal. They also discuss how things may have been different if the portal existed while they were college athletes. Another topic of discussion is how the NIL rules affect the transfer portal.

Justin Furtado is a basketball coach in Los Angeles. He has a brand called Bridging Impact that we will be talking about today. He graduated from the University of Oregon with his bachelor’s degree in Planning, Public Policy and Management.

Emily Watson and Rylee Bayless discuss Andrew Luck breaking his silence on the reason for his retirement. Link to the article: https://apple.news/AsD7ND8DIQ7qxGPURjBP8yA 

Cory Camp swam in college at the University of Delaware. He owns a brand called Forever Athlete which we will be talking about. He wrote a book, does public speaking, has a podcast, and makes content on social media. In this podcast we’ll be talking about all of those things along with the struggles he’s faced with finding a career path and a healthy lifestyle. Buy his book here: https://www.amazo...

Emily and Haley talk about their experiences with identifying with their sport. They discussed how they are working on moving on from it. 

Lexi Blackwell is a former soccer player from Midwest City, Oklahoma. She has her Bachelor’s degree in Health and Human Performance from Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She has her Master’s degree in Sport Psychology from Adams State University in Alamosa, Colorado. As a mental performance coach, she has a brand called Athlete Second that’s focused on the mental health of ath...

Rylee Bayless plays softball in the Athletes Unlimited Professional Softball League. She started out at the junior college NEO in Miami, Oklahoma and then transferred to Oklahoma State to finish out her college career. She is currently a coach for the UMKC Roo’s softball team. In her free time she enjoys CrossFit, playing with her 4 large dogs, being outside, and learning about astrology, crystals...

Tory Blyth Campbell played softball for most of her life. She struggled with an injury with a surgery and with that she also struggled with placing her worth on her sport. She is currently an entrepreneur as an event planner and she also does strength training. She loves to inspire young athletes in strength training, speed & agility, and lessons. She is also newly a KC Royals Urban Youth Acad...

Mackenzie Moore Baumann played softball at Miami University in Ohio. She graduated in May of 2021 with her degree in Kinesiology. She is currently engaged (update - married!) to Noah and living in Arizona. In her free time she recently discovered that she loves doing spartan races. She does kickboxing and muay Thai to stay active as well. Mackenzie is always around babies as she is the oldest of 1...

ALICIA PETERS plays softball at the professional level in Australia. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. She has 2 associates degrees, a bachelor’s degree, and a master’s degree. She is currently working on a second master’s degree which she will be graduating this spring. In her free time, she has a dog that she loves to take with her paddle boarding. She loves coaching y...

Maddie Fuhrman ran track and cross country at Oregon State. She graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Public Health and minors in toxicology and medical humanities in 2021. She is currently studying at Johns Hopkins and enrolled in a couple of certificates in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Maddie has a passion for equity and access to healthcare. In this podcast, we will be talking about...

Colby Thibault is a registered dietitian and virtual coach for former athletes. She played soccer in college while attending culinary school, which was the first half of her nutrition program at Johnson & Wales University in Rhode Island. She also has her certification for personal training and has been working with former athletes for almost 2 years. Colby is currently engaged to her fiancé Josh...

Devin Sorell played basketball at Clarkson University in Upstate New York. She majored in civil engineering with a minor in project management. In high school she also played Soccer, Softball and Track & Field. In her free time she loves to travel and go hiking. She is currently doing the 46 High Peaks Challenge with her girlfriend and has done 11 so far. This is a challenge based in the Adiro...

BROOKE BUTKOVSKY played basketball and volleyball at Clarkson University in Upstate New York. She got her bachelor’s degree in Innovation and Entrepreneurship and then she graduated in 2017 there as well with her MBA. She is now the Director of Operations for the volleyball team at Colorado University. She grew up with 3 brothers who all played hockey so that sport is a big part of her life. She e...

BRIAN BILLINGS is the Head Coach of Pacific University Baseball Team. He has been married for 20 years this August and has an 11 year old son. His son is interested in athletics, especially baseball and snowboarding. Brian has been at Pacific for 8 years. They were back to back NorthWest Conference champions. Last year he was the West Region Coach of the Year on d3baseball.com and the NorthWest Co...

Krystal Vazquez played softball and volleyball in high school. She is now about to graduate from Adler University in Chicago, Illinois with two master’s degrees: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Sport and Human Performance. Krystal is bilingual in English and Spanish. She graduated from the University of Illinois Chicago with her bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Spanish. In her free time...

DANIKA CARUSO did cheerleading throughout college at Colorado State University. She graduated with her degree in Business Marketing with a minor in Sport Management in 2020. She is currently working in digital marketing. Danika is a host on the podcast After The Athlete. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado where she loves to go hiking and be outdoors. She also enjoys running and is currently train...

Madison Repak is from Chicago and she played volleyball. She competed until she went to college. She has her Bachelor of Science in psychology. She is now about to graduate from Adler University in Chicago, Illinois with two master’s degrees: Clinical Mental Health Counseling and Sport and Human Performance. She works with athletes as a sport performance consultant and she also works in a clinical...

Lexi Reed ran track at Oregon State University. She has two bachelor degrees: Exercise Sport Science with a minor in Nutrition (2020) and Psychology (2021). She hosts a podcast called After The Athlete which is about the transition out of competitive sports. She is the Director of Branch Development for Dam Worth It, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the goal of raising mental health awareness...

Madison Heide played softball at Notre Dame and graduated in 2020. Her degree is in Business Analytics and she currently works as a technology consultant. In her free time she loves to focus on health and wellness such as working out, reading, etc. She also loves to play with her dog. In this episode we talked about facing scary things head on, choosing family over your sport, and performance anxi...

Lindsey Wrobleski played softball at Missouri State as a pitcher and first base. She played there for 2 years then retired from the sport. Her junior year she transferred to Mizzou and finished out her degree. Lindsey has a degree in Textiles and Apparel Management (which is just like Fashion Merchandising). She currently works for herself in the health and wellness supplements industry and does p...

Cooper Wohlgemuth played baseball and is from Portland, Oregon. He went to a few colleges so he will be telling us about that. He is currently working at Costco, recently promoted to department manager. In his free time he loves to do outdoor activities. He has a brand new truck specifically outfitted for camping, which he goes backcountry camping every weekend. Every day he does something outside...

Kevin Lovings is a husband, a father, a teacher, and a catching coach. Kevin coached for 32 years, 11 of those years at the college level. He’s currently an assistant for the baseball team at Sunset High School in Beaverton, Oregon and teaching physical education. He is retiring after this school year.

Jason Rogers is an owner of Destine Performance, is a former collegiate and professional athlete. After ending his football career in 2007, he began his coaching career at William Chrisman High School. Since then, he has coached at Park Hill South and most recently Lee’s Summit North as an Offensive Coordinator. Among the many accolades Jason has amassed, he is most proud of his ability to help yo...