The Maryland Made Podcast

On this episode, we kickoff our Spring 2022 Season with Christina Calandra of the Maryland Terps Field Hockey Program. Christina joins Tim to discuss her experience in the InTERPship Academy last summer. The InTERPship Academy is a 8-week paid internship program for Maryland student-athletes to earn meaningful work experience. Last summer, Christina completed her internship at First Touch, a digit...

On the season finale, the Maryland Made student-athlete development team (Resa Lovelace, Tim Bryson, Sophia Baur-Waisbord, Sydnee Strong, and Walt Pegues) recap the Fall 2021 Semester. They discuss some of their favorite moments and accomplishments of the semester. They also highlight the work and accomplishments of their student-athletes as well. In addition to this, they dive into their vision a...

On this episode, we continue our "More Than an Athlete" series with Hope Lewandoski  of the Maryland Terps Women's Soccer program. Hope reflects on her time as a student-athlete at UMD and she discusses how Maryland MAde has prepared her for success beyond the field. Hope completed her final soccer season at Maryland this Fall. She graduated from the School of Public Health with a Bachelor of...

On this episode, we sit down with Bibi Donraadt of the Maryland Terps Field Hockey program to continue our "More Than an Athlete" series. Bibi shares her experience as an international student-athlete, as she is from the Netherlands. She also dives into her career readiness journey as a pre-med student-athlete, and her involvement in a variety of Maryland Made programs such as Gossett Fellows, Wor...

On this episode, we continue our "More Than an Athlete" series with SAAC President, Katie Dustin as she shares how being SAAC President is preparing her for success. Katie is a senior, catcher on the Maryland Terps softball team and she is a double major in Criminal Justice and Economics.  Connect with Katie on LinkedIn Connect with Maryland Made on LinkedIn Follow us on Twitter/IG: @MDMadeTe...

On this episode, we sit down with Alana Herran, former University of Virginia track & field student-athlete and current Physician Assistant and Master of Public Health student at George Washington University. Alana shares her story and highlights the importance of balance, her passion for diversity, and how it all ties into her preparation for a career as a Physician Assistant.  Connect w...

On this episode, we kickoff our "Secure the Bag" series with Josh Oldham, a university recruiter at Amazon. Josh shares his career journey and provides insight into how college students and young professionals can best position themselves to "secure the bag" at companies like Amazon. Connect with Josh Oldham on LinkedIn Connect with Maryland Made on LinkedIn https://linktr.ee/MDMadeTerps Emai...

On this episode, we sit down with Leksana Andrews of the Maryland Terps Gymnastics program to continue our "More Than an Athlete" series. Leksana shares her career readiness journey and describes the value and importance of being involved in many of our Maryland Made programs. Leksana is a Senior, majoring in Family Science. She is also a Gossett Fellow, a Student-Athlete Mentor (SAMs), and she is...

On this episode, we continue our "More than an Athlete" series with Will Koras of the Maryland Terps Men's Golf program. We catch up with Will to discuss his involvement in a variety of Maryland Made programming and his involvement within our student-athlete leadership groups. Will is a Senior in the Gossett Fellows program. He is majoring in Communications and will also receive a Leadership Studi...

On this episode, Ariana and Kattiana Ealy-Pulido of the Maryland Terps Track & Field program join their teammate and SAAC's Diversity & Inclusion Liaison, Jaiden Ritter to highlight and discuss the importance of Hispanic Heritage Month and what it means to be "More than an Athlete." Ariana and Kattiana are aspiring sports journalists, and have their own sports journalist page on Instagram...

On this episode, we continue our "More Than An Athlete" series with Maxwell Costes of the Maryland Baseball program. Max joins Walt to discuss his career readiness journey, mental health awareness and advocacy and what "more than an athlete" means to him.  Max is a senior, first baseman, majoring in Psychology with a minor in African American Studies. In His Own Words: Maxwell Costes Email: m...

On this episode, we continue our "More Than An Athlete" series with Grace Griffin of the Maryland Women's Lacrosse program. Grace joins Walt to discuss how being a Gossett Fellow has given her the tools and confidence to be successful after Maryland. She also breaks down the process of her Gossett Fellow capstone project leading to addition of the Community Engagement Intern role within the Maryla...

On this episode, Josh Walker of Team Impact (Regional Executive Director for the Mid-Atlantic) joins Sydnee to discuss the strong community partnership with Maryland Athletics. Josh also expresses Team Impact's dedication to student-athlete development.  For nearly a decade, Maryland Athletics has enjoyed a strong relationship with Team IMPACT , a national organization whose mission is to tac...

On this episode, Lizzie Colson, former Maryland Women's Lacrosse student-athlete joins Walt to discuss the importance of maintaining balance as a student-athlete, and her journey before, between and beyond UMD.  Lizzie currently serves as a Program Director for a lacrosse club in California, in addition to training with the USA Lacrosse team. Lizzie is also the creator and host of her own pod...

On this episode, we kickoff our "More Than An Athlete" series with Maxwell Myers of the Maryland Men's Track & Field program. Max joins Walt to discuss his career readiness journey and what it means to be a Gossett Fellow.  Max is currently a Junior on the UMD Track & Field team. He is majoring in Computer Science and just completed a summer internship with Microsoft. Connect with Max...

On this episode, you will be introduced to the 2021-22 Maryland Made student-athlete development team! Resa, Sophia, Sydnee, Tim, and Walt also share the before, between and beyond story of Maryland Made.  Resa Lovelace - Assistant Athletic Director Tim Bryson - Program Director, Student-Athlete Career Development  Sophia Baur-Waisbord - Coordinator, Program & Curriculum Design Walt...

On this episode, Molly Dreska joins Meghan to discuss how to have a success transition out of athletics and become successful in your postgraduate life.  Molly currently serves as the Senior Communications Manager at Major League Soccer. Molly is also a former UMD soccer student-athlete.  Listen now to learn more about playing through injuries, how to take chances on yourself, and the im...

On this episode, Tyrone Brooks (Senior Director, Front Office and Field Staff Diversity Pipeline Program at Major League Baseball) joins Tim to discuss the importance of Alumni Engagement.  Listen now to learn more about how Tyrone's undergraduate experience at UMD introduced and prepared him for his career in Major League Baseball! He will also share how you can be engaged as active UMD alum...

On this episode, Dr. Lacee' Carmon-Johnson (Purdue University) joins Meghan to discuss the importance of identity development. Come learn about athletic identity, Purdue's Boiler SWAG Program, and what you can do to optimize your time as a student-athlete while preparing for your life after competition. Dr. Lacee' Carmon Johnson , Director - Professional Development / Associate Director - Academic...

On this episode, Ryan Blumberg, (Finance/Soccer '21) joins Resa Lovelace to discuss the importance of Leadership Education. Tap in to learn more about our Leadership Academy, how the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) has evolved under the MDMade Leadership and why it's important for student-athletes to develop leadership skills for future endeavors. Note: Ryan Blumberg is an international...

During this episode, Taylor Wilson (Kinesiology/Softball '21) joins Tim Bryson to discuss our premier career readiness programming.  Tap in to learn more about the Barry and Mary Gossett Fellows Program, InTERPship Academy, and how student-athletes can take advantage of career readiness programming while also competing in their sport.  Note: Taylor is a two-time alumna of the InTERPship...

During this episode, you will be introduced to the Maryland Made student-athlete development team! Resa, Tim, and Meghan also share more about the inception of the Maryland Made program, how employers/alumni can support current UMD student-athletes, and preview upcoming episodes centered on our core pillars.  Resa Lovelace - Assistant Athletic Director, Student-Athlete Development Tim Bryson...

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