PODCAST · sports
Rose Medal
by Emily Watson
Empowering retired and current athletes for a brighter future. Once an athlete, always an athlete.
Episodes
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67. Successful athlete to entrepreneurs: Emily discusses the stories of Lerin Lockwood, Morgan Wallen, Brittany Mahomes, Kylie Kelce & Dwayne Johnson
Emily talks about how Lerin Lockwood, Morgan Wallen, Brittany Mahomes, Kylie Kelce and Dwayne Johnson have had successful careers after being an athlete.
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66. Jason Kelce retirement, OU Softball, Caitlin Clark, Women's hockey, and NCAA
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...
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65. Chiefs win the super bowl, softball season begins, and keeping your child safe in youth sports with Jamie Gilbert
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:...
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64. Pregnant mid-softball career, grieving a loss, and major autoimmune issues with Jamie Gilbert
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…
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63. I came out of retirement
Emily talks about the details of how she came out of retirement to play softball again.
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62. Healing from MRSA, becoming a sports counselor, and making the decision to move on from softball with Cortni Emanuel
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…
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61. The WPF Draft
Emily and Rylee talk about the 2023 Women's Pro Fastpitch Draft.
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60. Gym pet peeves
Emily and Rylee go on a rant about people that annoy them at the gym.
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59. Pro softball, college softball and work life balance with Amber Flores
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.
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58. How OU softball has level swings and can hit rise ball
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.
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57. MLB rule changes
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
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56. Hoka shoes, transferring from a semester school to the quarter system, and handling setbacks with Kate Intile
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...
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55. UCLA takes the number one spot in softball
College softball: UCLA is ranked number one in the country, taking over Oklahoma's spot. Emily and Rylee talk about the rankings.
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54. Stuff that happens to us while traveling for our sport
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.
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53. 75 Hard Series Part 3: Water and No Alcohol
Emily and Rylee talk about their experiences with drinking a gallon of water every day and no alcohol during 75 Hard.
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52. Fight for time playing your sport, but playing time expires one day (featuring Kendall Burton)
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…
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51. Travel and Holidays while on 75 Hard (A Series: Part 2)
75 Hard Series, Part 2
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50. G's move in silence: John Bargfeldt
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.
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49. 75 Hard as a retired competitive athlete (A Series: Part 1)
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…
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48. Getting married, getting a full time job, and becoming a pro athlete with Chelsea Alexander
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...
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47. Respecting officials
Emily and Rylee talk about why it's important to respect the officials in your competitions.
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46. Physics and visualization in sports with Andy Beronilla
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…
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45. More love for Damar Hamlin, less hate for Tee Higgins
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.
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44. Joy in the journey with Jo Koons
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.
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43. Working out after sports
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/
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42. Body image as a track and cross country runner with Audrey Lookner
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...
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41. The transfer portal and Twitter
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.
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40. Leadership in sports: Bridging Impact with Coach Justin Furtado
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.
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39. Andrew Luck retired football to preserve physical and mental health
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
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38. Find your flow with Forever Athlete founder Cory Camp
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...
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37. Ways to move on from identifying with your sport
Emily and Haley talk about their experiences with identifying with their sport. They discussed how they are working on moving on from it.
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36. Athlete Second Mental Performance Coach and former soccer player interview: Lexi Blackwell
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...
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35. The résumé of a professional softball player (Rylee Bayless)
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…
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34. Softball player and survivor interview: Tory Blyth Campbell
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...
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33. Softball player with unusual injury/condition interview: Mackenzie Moore Baumann
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...
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32. Professional Softball Player in Australia Interview: Alicia Peters
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…
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31. Oregon State track runner and nurse student interview: Maddie Fuhrman
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...
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30. Culinary Dietitian and Personal Trainer Interview: Colby Thibault
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…
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29. Basketball player interview: Devin Sorell
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...
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28. Basketball and Volleyball Player Now Coach Interview: Brooke Butkovsky
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...
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27. College Baseball Coach Interview: Brian Billings
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…
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26. Sport Mental Performance Coach interview Krystal Vazquez
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...
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25. Interview with cheerleader Danika Caruso
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…
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24. Interview with Madison Repak
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...
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23. Interview with Lexi Reed
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...
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22. Interview with Madison Heide
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...
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21. Interview with Lindsey Wrobleski
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...
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20. Interview with Cooper Wohlgemuth
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...
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19. Interview with Kevin Lovings
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...
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18. Interview with Jason Rogers and Jared Garren
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...
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Empowering retired and current athletes for a brighter future. Once an athlete, always an athlete.
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Emily Watson
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