The Athletes to Athletes Podcast

Chris Aumueller had his life in Germany planned out, then the Nebraska tennis coach called and after some convincing the young tennis player decided to forget his original plans and come to the United States to play for the Huskers. His play ended up getting him all conference honors and a degree in Marketing which was the catalyst for the creation of his company, Fanword. --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A...

How do you deal with adversity? What's it like when recruiters turn their back on you because of injuries? There were so many bumps in the road for former soccer player Angelica Galluzzo as she attempted to make it to the next level. She faced many challenges and now uses her story and her platform to help so many others. -- Download your FREE recruiting guide today! Schedule your FREE sessio...

After an action-packed weekend of football, we kick off season 2 of the Athletes to Athletes podcast with former Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush. In this episode, Brandon talks about life as a sought-after high school recruit, the business of football, and his new venture as the co-founder of NIL marketplace MOGL. --- LEARN MORE ABOUT THE A2A ACADEMY The A2A Academy is a comprehensive, non-biased co...

We've seen brothers on the football field together, or sisters in the starting 5 on the basketball court, but the brother-sister dynamic is a bit different. In today's episode we sit down with siblings Joe Chrismer, who played Division III football at Wilkes University, and his younger sister Jenna, who was a DI field hockey player at Penn State. We explore their athlete stories and hear...

Darryl Reynolds took to the game of basketball at a late age but he took to it seamlessly after a few tough seasons of learning early in his career. He ended up making it to the Division I level and ultimately winning a national title while at Villanova, but the path he took to get there wasn't the easiest.  --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passiona...

As a female wrestler, the path that you take is never easy or normal.  For Jenna Burkert, saying that the road she's traveling on has been tough and abnormal would be a 1 million pound understatement. We sit down with the 2021 World Championship Bronze medalist to hear about the first time she put on a pair of wrestling shoes, her career, being an LGBTQ+ athlete, dealing with extreme loss, an...

Normally, our host Ryan Holmes is asking the questions, but on today's episode co-founder and CEO Reid Meyer turns the tables and has Ryan answers questions about his own athlete story. Listen as he talks about growing up in the shadow of his uncle, heavyweight boxing champion Larry Holmes and battling with the expectations of coming from an elite athletic family.  --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A co...

Juneteeth celebrates a monumental day in American history. And while it is now celebrated as a National Federal holiday, there are people such as Ivan, B'ria and Kia that have turned the holiday into a fun and educational day with the creation of the Juneteenth Unity Games. Listen to them discuss the motivation behind the games and what the future of this adult field day looks like. ---- 🎙 We...

Former Duke Lacrosse player Kat Zempolich candidly discusses her athletic background which included giving up a career as a dancer and field hockey player to pursue and focus on the sport that propelled her to the highest collegiate level. She also gives insight on her struggles with mental health and what drove her and her close friends to create mental health non-profit, Morgan's Message. -...

Amobi Okugo lived the frugal life for so long that he turned it into a business and created A Frugal Athlete. Now he imparts his financial literacy experience and advice onto athletes. In today's roundtable discussion, he gives us his expertise on how to live a financially sound lifestyle. --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping pr...

In this episode we sit down with Easton, PA native Noel Hightower. He discusses the foundation and level of expectation that his family set up for him at a young age and how accountability became the theme of his success as he transitioned from athlete to coach. ---- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find...

Today we are joined by Tackle What's Next Founder & CEO Danielle Berman. She discusses what drove her to create the company, what they do, and how they help athletes move on to the next phase of their careers after competing. --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit for their colle...

We've already had one UCLA Bruin join us. Our second Bruin is swimmer Kenisha Liu as she discusses her realization of when she knew swimming was her sport along with balancing relationships, mental health, and competing at the highest level.  ---- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit f...

Today we are joined by Brent Benner, the Vice President of Enrollment at the University of Tampa. Benner takes us through the enrollment process, gives some advice on how to deal with recruitment and talks about some of the mistakes he's seen made by students in this process. ---- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective stu...

Choosing the best path for you is determined by any number of small decision. For Riley Cooks who is now on a quest to become an Olympian, that journey started with the dream of playing volleyball. Ultimately, her talents on the track took over and she now finds herself among the best athletes in the world. --- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate abo...

Chris Dylewski made the best decision for himself when it came to picking an institution that would check the boxes in so many ways for him. As we continue our Athlete Stories series we chat with the former Air Force hockey goalie about picking the right place for him, balancing the student-athlete life at AF and how being a hockey goalie helps him be a pilot.  ---- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community!...

We continue our Athlete Stories series with our very own Reid Meyer, co-founder of Athletes to Athletes. Reid discusses his relationship with his father, recruiting, committing to baseball at an early age and, of course, creating Athletes to Athletes.  ----- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right...

When California passed its "name, image and likeness" bill, Michelle Meyer knew that she needed to do some digging into the topic. Through this process, she created the NIL Network, a resource hub for athletes, coaches, and administrators to utilize in navigating the NIL industry. As the NIL has become more prevalent and topical in the past 12 months, she now finds herself in the athlete...

Erin Parker-Williams says she doesn't have a normal recruiting story, or that she ever really went through the process. And while her experience is certainly, it comes with true lessons that she's happy she learned. ------- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit for their college pr...

When looking at diversity in sports through a single lens of what's happening on the playing field it can distort the entire picture. Today we discuss how diversity should go deeper than those who just put on the jersey. ----------- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit for their colleg...

Former UCLA gymnast Anna Glenn has a unique story and in this episode she talks about being recruited as an 8th grader, dealing with injury and depression, winning an NCAA title and finding her calling.  ------- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit for their college program, on and off the...

Texas OL Tope Imade gives us his insight on how the first year of the NIL went, how he did a complete academic turnaround and what it felt to have a coach truly invest in him. ----------- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospective student-athletes find the right fit for their college program, on and off the field 🏈🏀⚽️⚾️🥎🏐🤼 ⬇...

The increasing popularity of NFTs can't be ignored. Everywhere we look this new "thing" is popping up and is being discussed. But not everyone understands what is happening with NFTs or even what they are. Today we discuss how NFTs are having an impact on the sports world and where we see it going. ------------ 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes...

Today we discuss the NCAA transfer portal. The NCAA transfer portal was created to give college athletes a little bit more control over where they want to be. And while some look down their noses at this upgrade to transferring and call it NCAA free agency, other see the benefits. ---------- 🎙 Welcome to the A2A community! We are a team of former college athletes passionate about helping prospecti...

Former Texas Tech and MLB pitcher Jonny Drozd discusses the up and downs of his career spanning from growing up and playing sports with his brothers to focusing on baseball full-time in high school and getting signed as a free agent to the New York Yankees in 2014 and beyond. Follow Athletes to Athletes on social media: @athletestoathletes Follow Ryan Holmes on social media: @Mr_RHolmes --- LEARN...