1 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:02,320 Speaker 1: Hi. 2 00:00:02,400 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: I'm Tiffany Oshinski and this is Serving Pancakes with League 3 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 2: one Volleyball. With the inaugural Love Season just around the corner. 4 00:00:09,200 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 2: Over the next few weeks, we'll be following some of 5 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 2: the biggest women's college volleyball games featuring schools that our 6 00:00:14,320 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: players attended. Today's episode features Audriana fitz Morris, a native 7 00:00:19,560 --> 00:00:22,520 Speaker 2: of Overland Park, Kansas. Adriana was the number two recruit 8 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:25,599 Speaker 2: in the country, ultimately deciding to go to Stanford, where 9 00:00:25,640 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 2: she shined as a three time All American opposite hitter 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: and one not one, not two, but three NCAA Championships. 11 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 2: Audriana also played on both the US collegiate team and 12 00:00:37,800 --> 00:00:40,200 Speaker 2: the US youth national team, winning goal at the Global 13 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: Challenge and silver at the U eighteen World Championships, respectively. 14 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:48,159 Speaker 2: Audriana has played professionally in Switzerland, Greece, Puerto Rico, and 15 00:00:48,240 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 2: Italy and is now back in the States playing for 16 00:00:51,280 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 2: Love Omaha. Welcome to Serving Pancakes, Adriana, Thanks so much 17 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: for being here. 18 00:00:56,200 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 1: Thanks for having me x so excited, very. 19 00:00:58,120 --> 00:01:01,800 Speaker 2: Excited to have you. I mean, the time has officially come, right, 20 00:01:01,920 --> 00:01:06,720 Speaker 2: it's pre season. League one is about to begin. How 21 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,080 Speaker 2: are you feeling, how are you getting ready for this 22 00:01:09,400 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 2: new chapter in your volleyball career. 23 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: Honestly, it feels a little surreal. 24 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,840 Speaker 3: I feel like this off season, from the time that 25 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 3: the league in Italy ended to the beginning. 26 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: Of Love, I feel like five years has passed during 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:21,120 Speaker 1: this time. 28 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:23,800 Speaker 3: I think it's like the longest off season I've had, 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,479 Speaker 3: and I've just been so excitedn't looking forward and getting ready, 30 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 3: so the time has been quite slow. 31 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 2: What have you been doing to prepare for the season. 32 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:31,960 Speaker 1: I think after. 33 00:01:31,760 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 3: Every season, I try to take a little bit of 34 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:36,039 Speaker 3: time where I take a step back kind of reassess, 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,399 Speaker 3: like where my body's at, also like where my mind 36 00:01:38,480 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: is at. And I think that was really helpful after 37 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 3: this past season because it was a really difficult one 38 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:45,840 Speaker 3: for me. And yeah, so I took that time back 39 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:48,000 Speaker 3: and really spent a lot of time with family and friends, 40 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:49,760 Speaker 3: and then when I was ready, it went back to 41 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 3: the gym, started working really hard and getting stronger and 42 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 3: kind of hitting all those goals that I wanted to 43 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,320 Speaker 3: for this off season to prepare myself for. 44 00:01:57,080 --> 00:01:57,760 Speaker 1: Starting with Love. 45 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 2: You said that it was a little bit difficult for you. 46 00:02:00,200 --> 00:02:02,840 Speaker 3: Why is that I think it was always a dream 47 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,480 Speaker 3: of mine to play in Italy and to represent a 48 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:08,280 Speaker 3: team in the Italian League. My senior year of college, 49 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 3: I actually studied abroad in Florence, Italy, and that was 50 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: an experience and I absolutely loved. 51 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: I lived with a host. 52 00:02:13,840 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: Family and I got to go and watch some of 53 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 3: the professional games in Italy and around Florence when I 54 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 3: was there, and I was. 55 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:22,400 Speaker 1: Like, oh, gosh, I have to play in this league. 56 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:26,560 Speaker 3: Just the energy around the league, the level of the league, 57 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,040 Speaker 3: the fans that are involved. I just really wanted to 58 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,640 Speaker 3: be a part of it. So when this opportunity came, 59 00:02:31,880 --> 00:02:32,839 Speaker 3: I jumped at it. 60 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:34,959 Speaker 1: But it was difficult. It was a really high level. 61 00:02:35,120 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 3: And I was in the Greek League right before and 62 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:39,959 Speaker 3: that was also a high level, but I didn't really 63 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:43,360 Speaker 3: fully understand what this league was going to look like. 64 00:02:43,480 --> 00:02:45,440 Speaker 1: And also I was coming into. 65 00:02:45,280 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: The position as a second opposite, so I was kind 66 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,120 Speaker 3: of coming in and off the court, which is something 67 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:53,800 Speaker 3: that I had never been in that second opposite position before. 68 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 3: So it really was an adjustment where I was trying 69 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:58,560 Speaker 3: to mentally be strong and be ready to go whenever 70 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 3: I was needed and know the game plan scout so 71 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 3: I could come in and make a difference whenever. 72 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,720 Speaker 1: It was needed, which was amazing but also at times 73 00:03:07,720 --> 00:03:08,440 Speaker 1: really challenging. 74 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 3: So I kind of wanted to take a little bit 75 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:12,400 Speaker 3: of a step back after the season and just reassessment 76 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 3: goals and where I was at and kind of build 77 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:15,480 Speaker 3: an excitement for love. 78 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:18,320 Speaker 2: Were you able to do any off the court activities 79 00:03:18,360 --> 00:03:21,680 Speaker 2: that sort of helped you ground yourself to mentally prepare 80 00:03:21,760 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: any trips or outings or anything like that. 81 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:25,359 Speaker 1: Yeah. 82 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 3: Over the summer is a great time. We're able to 83 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:29,360 Speaker 3: see some friends that I haven't seen in a while. 84 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 3: So I took a trip up to the Bay Area 85 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 3: and I spent time with one of my former college 86 00:03:35,560 --> 00:03:38,920 Speaker 3: teammates from Stanford, and we were house sitting for about 87 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 3: two weeks up in the Bay area and took that 88 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 3: time to do a lot of hikes and see all 89 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 3: of our friends that are there. We have a lot 90 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 3: of connections still around the Stanford area, so it's great 91 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,240 Speaker 3: to see my old coaches and old teammates and friends 92 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 3: that are still in that area and get a lot of. 93 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,040 Speaker 1: Hikes in which it's great. I was also able to 94 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 1: go to one. 95 00:03:54,200 --> 00:03:57,800 Speaker 3: Of my other former college teammates and friends Katherine Plumer's 96 00:03:57,800 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 3: wedding in San Diego, and that was a blast. It 97 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: was a fun standard volleyball reunion and so much fun 98 00:04:05,760 --> 00:04:06,840 Speaker 3: to be there. 99 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,119 Speaker 1: And support her on her big day. 100 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:10,800 Speaker 3: I was also able to go and help and work 101 00:04:10,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 3: at the Love Camp out in Columbus, Ohio with Serena. 102 00:04:14,240 --> 00:04:16,840 Speaker 1: Gray, and that was at the end of May. 103 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 3: And being there and seeing all of the people involved 104 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:24,599 Speaker 3: in that and trying to make Love a great league 105 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 3: and to connect with the young girls that signed up 106 00:04:26,800 --> 00:04:29,600 Speaker 3: for the camp was so much fun and just started 107 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:31,040 Speaker 3: growing that excitement even. 108 00:04:30,800 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 1: More for this league. 109 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,200 Speaker 2: That sounds like so much fun doing all that, and 110 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 2: then I mean Catherine obviously Olympic silver medalists now, which 111 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: is super cool, and then doing the Love camps and 112 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:46,040 Speaker 2: helping the kids, it sounds like a great, great time. Now, 113 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 2: your team love Omaha, I feel like, has some pretty 114 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:53,159 Speaker 2: awesome players on there. I mean, all the teams in 115 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:55,280 Speaker 2: the league have a lot of awesome players on there, 116 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 2: but one in particular, who's on your team Jordan Larson. 117 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 2: When you found out that you were going to be 118 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 2: playing with her, what kind of went through your mind? 119 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,760 Speaker 1: I was ecstatic. I was like texting some of my 120 00:05:06,800 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 1: other friends and former teammates too. I was like, oh, 121 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: my gosh, he sees the team. I think. I love 122 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: watching volleyball and I love watching other players that are 123 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 1: so technically smart and know what they're doing well, and 124 00:05:20,000 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: it just it looks so easy. They make it look 125 00:05:21,960 --> 00:05:22,480 Speaker 1: so easy. 126 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,000 Speaker 3: And she's one of those players that knows the game 127 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 3: so well and it's just so intelligent with her game 128 00:05:28,880 --> 00:05:31,239 Speaker 3: that She's been somebody that I've watched over the years. 129 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,960 Speaker 1: So to be her teammate, it's something I'm really looking 130 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: forward to. 131 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 3: I think there's so many girls that I'm really looking 132 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:41,120 Speaker 3: forward to play in Omaha with, and I think it's 133 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:43,279 Speaker 3: what's great, is it at this level you're still learning, 134 00:05:43,279 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 3: You're always learning. I feel like every player is learning 135 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 3: and trying to improve little things, big things with their game. 136 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 1: And I'm definitely at that level. And I love that. 137 00:05:52,839 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 3: I love that I've been playing the sport for seventeen 138 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:58,080 Speaker 3: years and I feel like I'm still growing and seeing 139 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,360 Speaker 3: what other people are doing that's working and pick little 140 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 3: things from that and adding to my toolkit. So to 141 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 3: play against her in the gym, play with her in 142 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 3: the gym, as well, is going to be really exciting. 143 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:13,120 Speaker 2: Seventeen years is a long career. That's amazing. What have 144 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,479 Speaker 2: you been doing each year to improve? Because I feel like, 145 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:18,919 Speaker 2: you know, you know the fundamentals, So what are the 146 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:20,880 Speaker 2: little things that you keep working on year and in 147 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 2: year out. 148 00:06:21,760 --> 00:06:25,160 Speaker 3: I love the technical and I'm very analytical. That's something 149 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 3: I've always known about myself. I like the little details, 150 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 3: and I love volleyball and apart because the game keeps 151 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,760 Speaker 3: evolving and changing, and I think I want. 152 00:06:34,640 --> 00:06:36,479 Speaker 1: To try to keep adding to my toolkit. So that 153 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: means like working. 154 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:40,040 Speaker 3: On little different shots or knowing, oh, if this block 155 00:06:40,120 --> 00:06:42,240 Speaker 3: is blocking this for me, I'm able to hit this, 156 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 3: knowing like when the defense kind of shifts and it's 157 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 3: taking something away from. 158 00:06:47,279 --> 00:06:49,359 Speaker 1: You, that opens up something else on the court. 159 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:52,839 Speaker 3: So I love that where you're working on those different shots, 160 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,920 Speaker 3: you're working to see better. You're working to at each 161 00:06:56,080 --> 00:06:58,480 Speaker 3: level of the game and at each skill of the game. 162 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 3: You're kind of breaking it down to little things, and 163 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 3: I love that. I love watching film. I love having 164 00:07:04,080 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 3: practice being filmed and kind of looking you back and seeing, 165 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 3: oh I could have done that a little bit better, 166 00:07:08,839 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 3: I could have done that. I understood that situation that 167 00:07:11,160 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 3: was actually open for me. It was an easier killed 168 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:14,240 Speaker 3: than what I did. 169 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 1: That kind of thing. It's always growing and evolving, I 170 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: think is important. 171 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. Now you get to have coach Susie 172 00:07:22,440 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: Fritz as your head coach out in Omaha. I mean, 173 00:07:24,840 --> 00:07:27,480 Speaker 2: after all of the years that she spent in college ball, 174 00:07:27,560 --> 00:07:30,320 Speaker 2: she's now going to the pros. I know she's excited. 175 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:32,080 Speaker 2: We had her on the podcast and she was talking 176 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 2: about how excited she was to go pro and to coach. 177 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: All of you, guys, what are you most excited about 178 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: having coach Fritz as your head coach. 179 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 3: I am so excited for Coach Fritz. I think I 180 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 3: first really got to know her. I took a visit 181 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,480 Speaker 3: and actually to Kay State when I was younger. My 182 00:07:47,520 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: whole family went, and she was showing my entire family 183 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 3: around the facilities and explaining her vision for the program 184 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,360 Speaker 3: and what she values in a player, what she values 185 00:07:59,400 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 3: as being a co coach, and so many of those 186 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:04,559 Speaker 3: things just made me really excited and aligned very well. 187 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 3: And I love visiting case and talking to her at 188 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 3: that time, and I talked to other coaches and I ended 189 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 3: up going somewhere else, but I always look back fondly 190 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 3: on that visit that I had with her. 191 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:18,400 Speaker 1: And so when I found out that she was a 192 00:08:18,480 --> 00:08:22,679 Speaker 1: coach for Home Mom, I was like, no way. 193 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:25,000 Speaker 3: It's such a small volleyball world that I think at 194 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:27,560 Speaker 3: this point you just kind of know everyone, and everybody 195 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:28,720 Speaker 3: knows everyone a little bit. 196 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: And she's just somebody that. 197 00:08:31,520 --> 00:08:34,720 Speaker 3: I think really values the relationship between players and player 198 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,679 Speaker 3: and coach and wants to be a mentor a coach, 199 00:08:37,720 --> 00:08:40,520 Speaker 3: but also a mentor just for who you are as 200 00:08:40,559 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 3: a person and. 201 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: For life outside of volleyball as well. 202 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:46,240 Speaker 3: So I'm really looking forward to work with her and 203 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 3: to grow and learn together. 204 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: You were like the recruit who got away, and now 205 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 2: she's got you back. 206 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,440 Speaker 3: It just took a little bit of a detour a 207 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:57,079 Speaker 3: few years, this tour a little bit older. 208 00:08:58,200 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 2: It all comes back together, right that you had the opportunity, 209 00:09:02,640 --> 00:09:05,960 Speaker 2: as I said during the intro, to play in multiple countries. 210 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 2: What do you think the difference is going to be 211 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:13,520 Speaker 2: between you know, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, Puerto Rico and the States. 212 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 3: Ooh, I think there's me a lot of differences. I 213 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 3: think what I'm looking forward to that's something that I've 214 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 3: loved playing overseas, and I've loved meeting people from different 215 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 3: countries and having volleyball and sport as a connector and 216 00:09:25,760 --> 00:09:28,000 Speaker 3: getting to know each other through that. One thing that 217 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 3: has been tough for me is that I have created 218 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:33,640 Speaker 3: friendships with people from all around the world, and then 219 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 3: I'm there for the eight months season and then I 220 00:09:35,520 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 3: believe and I'm going somewhere else, and then I miss 221 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,319 Speaker 3: my friends and I'm glad they're still there and i 222 00:09:40,400 --> 00:09:43,560 Speaker 3: still connect. But I'm also happy to feel like I'm 223 00:09:43,640 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 3: really part of a community here in Omaha and feel 224 00:09:47,280 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 3: like it's something that I can kind of help build 225 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 3: to and give back to and see the growth of that. 226 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 3: Seeing a continuation, I think is really beautiful, because it's 227 00:09:57,360 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 3: sad when I'm somebody who very much values relations and 228 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 3: people and getting to know others, and then it's always 229 00:10:03,000 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 3: a hard time at the end of that season overseas 230 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 3: and like, I know, I'll see you in the future, 231 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,120 Speaker 3: I'll come back, I'll visit and we'll now be facetiming 232 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 3: for a while. 233 00:10:10,840 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 1: But that part is hard. 234 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,800 Speaker 3: And I love what Love is doing with the community 235 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:19,040 Speaker 3: up approach with the younger girls and overseas. 236 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 1: I always loved win. The club that I was playing. 237 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,600 Speaker 3: With had younger teams and you've got to see them 238 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:25,439 Speaker 3: kind of going in and out of practice and maybe 239 00:10:25,480 --> 00:10:28,600 Speaker 3: some communication. But I love how it's going to be 240 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 3: more of a staple with love that there's going to 241 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 3: be a lot more of that, a lot more of 242 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 3: creating those connections and being a more of a mentor 243 00:10:36,760 --> 00:10:38,599 Speaker 3: in that area. So I think that's going to be 244 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:41,319 Speaker 3: something that's going to be very built in and indifferent 245 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 3: than what I've experienced. 246 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,760 Speaker 2: Well, let's talk about your relationship with volleyball actually, so 247 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 2: let's rewind a bit back in time. Can you tell 248 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:04,160 Speaker 2: me how did you fall in love with the sport? 249 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I was ten years old and I 250 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: was playing cyo sports. 251 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 3: I was playing volleyball, basketball, soccer, swam all kind of 252 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:17,160 Speaker 3: with the same group of friends through the same school, 253 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,440 Speaker 3: and it was a blast. It was so much fun, 254 00:11:20,480 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 3: like trying these different sports with the same group. All 255 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 3: the families do each other, always had going to dinners 256 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 3: and little other events outside of the sport together. And 257 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:33,520 Speaker 3: for volleyball, I grew up actually watching my sister play. 258 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 3: She's six years older than me. So I would go 259 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:39,600 Speaker 3: to her club tournaments and crab a volleyball and be 260 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,960 Speaker 3: on the side of the court and kind of be 261 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:43,520 Speaker 3: like messing around a little bit, trying to recreate what 262 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,880 Speaker 3: I was watching, and I started loving it. 263 00:11:46,280 --> 00:11:49,040 Speaker 1: So it was a combination of being with a great group. 264 00:11:48,840 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 3: And a great team when I was ten eleven years old, 265 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:54,360 Speaker 3: seeing my sister and what that looked like, what volleyball 266 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,280 Speaker 3: and the game looked like, six years older than me, 267 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,360 Speaker 3: also having stories from my mom. She played i've on 268 00:12:00,440 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 3: basketball for the proving national team, so she loved the sports. 269 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:06,200 Speaker 3: And then I think just her love, my sister's love, 270 00:12:06,280 --> 00:12:08,679 Speaker 3: and it just kind of came on to me a 271 00:12:08,720 --> 00:12:10,320 Speaker 3: little bit, and then I picked it up and then 272 00:12:10,320 --> 00:12:10,840 Speaker 3: I grew. 273 00:12:10,679 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 1: My own love with the sport. 274 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,160 Speaker 2: On a side note, my sister is six years older 275 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 2: than me too, and I feel like she was a 276 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,200 Speaker 2: big influence on my life and many things. So I 277 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 2: totally understand that connection. 278 00:12:19,559 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I think it's great you have somebody who 279 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,679 Speaker 3: goes through things a little bit old like before you 280 00:12:23,760 --> 00:12:27,840 Speaker 3: and you kind of sit back watch learn for sure, 281 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 3: clothing that kind of thing. 282 00:12:30,280 --> 00:12:30,800 Speaker 2: Oh yeah. 283 00:12:30,840 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 3: Oh. 284 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 2: She would get so mad at me when I would 285 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 2: take her clothes. I love you, Alia. Actually talking about 286 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:43,000 Speaker 2: your mom and your dad, because your dad was an athlete, 287 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:46,400 Speaker 2: your whole family is basically they're all athletes. So did 288 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:49,920 Speaker 2: you feel a pressure at all to play sports knowing 289 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,160 Speaker 2: that your parents were such great athletes in their careers 290 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,480 Speaker 2: or was it just something that naturally happened. 291 00:12:56,640 --> 00:12:57,280 Speaker 1: Good question. 292 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,360 Speaker 3: Both of my parents were teachers, so I think first 293 00:13:01,360 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 3: and foremost was always school and academics, and if that 294 00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,199 Speaker 3: was kind of lessening up or the focus wasn't there, 295 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:09,680 Speaker 3: then sports was like the. 296 00:13:09,720 --> 00:13:10,520 Speaker 1: Sports was going to go. 297 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 3: So I think, yeah, so academics was first and foremost 298 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 3: in our household, but I also they very much nurtured 299 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 3: and try to support athletic dreams. And I remember it 300 00:13:22,400 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 3: was tough and club blave was expensive, and my mom 301 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 3: would to put money aside and try to help support 302 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:30,280 Speaker 3: the things that I want to do in club and 303 00:13:30,559 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 3: some early on USA youth camps and that kind of thing. 304 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,360 Speaker 3: And I'm just really appreciative for her to for what 305 00:13:36,400 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 3: she did at the beginning to kind of make me 306 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 3: and help me be where I am now. But it 307 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:45,800 Speaker 3: was very much academics first, and then Okay, also athletics 308 00:13:45,840 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 3: if that piece is doing okay. And then also just 309 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 3: having my sister's support to have her advice again six 310 00:13:54,160 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 3: years older, and kind of showing me a little bit 311 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:57,960 Speaker 3: of the path and the way what. 312 00:13:57,880 --> 00:13:58,680 Speaker 1: That could look like. 313 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:00,960 Speaker 2: Well, speaking of academ Max, I mean, you ended up 314 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 2: going to Stanford, which is a pretty good school, I 315 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 2: would say academically. When you decided on Stanford, was it 316 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 2: for the academics or the volleyball or both? How did 317 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 2: you ultimately decide Stanford? Because I know that you had 318 00:14:14,200 --> 00:14:16,480 Speaker 2: a bunch of D one schools trying to recruit you. 319 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:19,520 Speaker 1: Honestly, the recruiting process looking back was kind of crazy. 320 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 3: It's kind of a weird time where I'm like a 321 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,600 Speaker 3: twelve year at thirteen fourteen, like picking up the phone 322 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:28,720 Speaker 3: and talking with these coaches at these different schools and 323 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 3: being so awkward and so shy and not entirely sure 324 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,280 Speaker 3: what to ask, but being really excited about this process 325 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 3: and the sport. But I when I was talking with 326 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,120 Speaker 3: the Stanford coaches and learning more about the school and 327 00:14:40,160 --> 00:14:43,360 Speaker 3: the program, I was be bouldered. I wanted to go 328 00:14:43,440 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: somewhere and had that balance where I wanted to pursue 329 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,200 Speaker 3: the academic goals that I had, but also the athletic. 330 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,640 Speaker 1: Goals at a high level for both. 331 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 3: And when I went to visit seeing the campus, driving around, 332 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: talking to the current athletes, the current ballball players that 333 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 3: were studying electric engineering or human biology and wanted to 334 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,560 Speaker 3: be a doctor and had these really high goals and 335 00:15:04,680 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 3: also we're excelling so much on the court, it just 336 00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:09,560 Speaker 3: was someone that I wanted to be. I wanted to 337 00:15:09,560 --> 00:15:12,560 Speaker 3: be surrounded by people that have these these big goals 338 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 3: and push you to keep dreaming big as well. 339 00:15:15,440 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 2: You majored in human biology, correct, Yeah. 340 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: I did. I had. I was lucky. 341 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,240 Speaker 3: I had some teammates older than me that had similar 342 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 3: interests that I'd be like, Okay, what class do you recommend? 343 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:27,320 Speaker 1: What do you think about this? And just had those 344 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:28,880 Speaker 1: mentors within the team as well. 345 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:30,960 Speaker 2: And you were also a teacher's assistant. 346 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 3: I don't like being bored, and I love There's things 347 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:35,640 Speaker 3: that I'm really excited about and I'll definitely try to 348 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 3: like put my all into those things. 349 00:15:38,200 --> 00:15:41,320 Speaker 1: And one of them was anatomy. I love anatomy. 350 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 3: I think as an athlete, just the connection of your 351 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 3: body with. 352 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: What you're doing on a day to day basis. 353 00:15:48,360 --> 00:15:51,080 Speaker 3: It's very intentional, like, oh I move my hand in 354 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:52,600 Speaker 3: this way, I can hit a different shot. 355 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Okay, well what is involved in moving your hand that 356 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:56,800 Speaker 1: in that way? 357 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,720 Speaker 3: Like what muscles are being activated and that kind of thing. 358 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:02,160 Speaker 3: I I've always been very in just in anatomy and 359 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 3: sports injuries and sports medicine in that area. So I 360 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 3: took a lot of anatomy classes well at Stanford and 361 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 3: then eventually had the opportunity to help be a teaching 362 00:16:10,520 --> 00:16:13,480 Speaker 3: assistant for an anatomy class and had so much fun. 363 00:16:13,680 --> 00:16:17,160 Speaker 1: I love teaching. I love coaching, but I love teaching. 364 00:16:17,200 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 3: I think teaching others about the human body and it's 365 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 3: so very relevant. 366 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: It's just it feels like such a gift and it 367 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,480 Speaker 1: was so much fun. 368 00:16:24,920 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 2: Do you think that once you decide to eventually hang 369 00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,840 Speaker 2: up your shoes and kneepads, that you're going to go 370 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 2: into teaching maybe anatomy or do you think you want 371 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: to be a doctor, Like what do you think all 372 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: of your love of anatomy will eventually turn into or 373 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 2: do you think it's going to just take you into 374 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 2: coaching because you understand how the body moves? Now? 375 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: Good question? 376 00:16:44,640 --> 00:16:46,840 Speaker 3: And honestly a question that I've been asking myself the 377 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:51,080 Speaker 3: last few years, because I, yeah, I was kind of 378 00:16:51,080 --> 00:16:55,480 Speaker 3: debating about the biomechanical side and sports science research. 379 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:58,400 Speaker 1: I love that area. While I was also at. 380 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 3: Stanford, I worked in different labs and had access to 381 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,920 Speaker 3: learning what that looked like and doing that during the summers. 382 00:17:05,600 --> 00:17:09,000 Speaker 3: But on the other side, I've always loved medicine and 383 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 3: being a physician is something that I would love to do. 384 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 3: So I was kind of toying between the two and 385 00:17:15,080 --> 00:17:17,879 Speaker 3: trying to figure out what was the best path for me. 386 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: What did I still want to do. 387 00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 3: I'm a little bit older and had a lot of 388 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 3: nerves about kind of still going for that path. But 389 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:29,560 Speaker 3: I decided this past year that I screw its. 390 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 1: Something that I am really interested in. I really want. 391 00:17:32,280 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 3: To be a physician and help patients in that way 392 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 3: and have that type of relationship. 393 00:17:36,920 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: And so I took the m CAT this past summer 394 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:44,680 Speaker 1: or actually, gosh, like a month or two ago. Time 395 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: was flying. 396 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:49,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, I took the m CAT this past month or 397 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 3: two ago, and then hoping you applying for medical school 398 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 3: during this season. It's a long process, but I'm hoping 399 00:17:58,160 --> 00:17:59,320 Speaker 3: to kind of open up. 400 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 1: That door and we'll see. 401 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:04,720 Speaker 2: I love that so much. My favorite band is the 402 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 2: Avite Brothers and they have this lyric decide what to 403 00:18:09,040 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 2: be and go be it, and I'm like, you're doing it, 404 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 2: You're doing it. You want to be a doctor, Like, 405 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:14,800 Speaker 2: let's go. I love that. 406 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,600 Speaker 3: I think I'm somebody who's so much an analyzer and 407 00:18:18,680 --> 00:18:22,439 Speaker 3: overthinker that I kind of like, I don't know, overthought 408 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:23,400 Speaker 3: this a little bit too. 409 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,280 Speaker 1: Much, but it's something that we have always. 410 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:28,320 Speaker 3: Wanted and wanted to take the steps to go in 411 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,119 Speaker 3: that direction, and currently am and just very. 412 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:31,720 Speaker 1: Excited about that. 413 00:18:32,040 --> 00:18:35,959 Speaker 2: Well, congratulations, that's amazing. Now let's go back to your 414 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,320 Speaker 2: Stanford days. Now you have the opportunity to play with 415 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:44,119 Speaker 2: a former high school teammate club teammate, Jenna Gray at Stanford. 416 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 2: So what was that like? 417 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:50,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, I played got so many years with Jenna Gray. 418 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 3: We played high school club together for those four years 419 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 3: and then went to the same college together and we 420 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:58,840 Speaker 3: got We're same age, so that's same class going all 421 00:18:58,880 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 3: the way through and have had a lot of success 422 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 3: together and a lot of funny stories together, a lot 423 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 3: of one of the moments together. So I'm really I'm 424 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 3: really thankful for her during my love All experience and 425 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:09,880 Speaker 3: outside of the volleyball as well. 426 00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 2: When you decided to eventually go to Stanford, did you 427 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,879 Speaker 2: and Jenna talk about it beforehand or was this something 428 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 2: that all of a sudden You're like, I'm going to 429 00:19:17,200 --> 00:19:19,000 Speaker 2: go to Stanford and she's like, oh my gosh, I'm 430 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 2: going to Stanford too. 431 00:19:20,320 --> 00:19:21,160 Speaker 1: Yeah, no way. 432 00:19:24,680 --> 00:19:27,520 Speaker 3: It was something that we kind of were open with 433 00:19:27,560 --> 00:19:29,720 Speaker 3: our communication to each other about like, oh are you 434 00:19:29,720 --> 00:19:32,600 Speaker 3: looking at kind of oh yeah, I'm talking to school 435 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:34,679 Speaker 3: in the school or might do this visit or that 436 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 3: kind of thing. But we both individually just saw the 437 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 3: our values aligned with Stanford. We took our visits, and 438 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,840 Speaker 3: I think individually saw that for us as a person, 439 00:19:46,880 --> 00:19:48,919 Speaker 3: it was a great place for us, for the academics, 440 00:19:48,920 --> 00:19:51,720 Speaker 3: for the athletics, and who we are. And then we 441 00:19:51,800 --> 00:19:53,439 Speaker 3: kind of figured out we were both going. They were like, 442 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:55,760 Speaker 3: oh my god, we're going to four more years. Are 443 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:59,080 Speaker 3: you ready for this? So yeah, we worked out really well. 444 00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:01,720 Speaker 3: And just before I was an opposite, I was in middle, 445 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 3: so I had that middle connection with our with my 446 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 3: satter and then keep going through and it was yeah, 447 00:20:08,040 --> 00:20:08,720 Speaker 3: a lot of fun. 448 00:20:08,840 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: Also, really I think helpful for us both. 449 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,119 Speaker 2: So, actually I have two questions coming out your answer, 450 00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 2: but I'm going to ask the first one. I mean, 451 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,960 Speaker 2: you won three national titles with Stanford. Did you think 452 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:24,000 Speaker 2: that you had this advantage with Jenna beforehand that kind 453 00:20:24,040 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 2: of helped? I mean, obviously the team, there's a lot 454 00:20:26,320 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 2: of players who were amazing on that team, But do 455 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 2: you think that that connection, since you knew each other 456 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,560 Speaker 2: so well, helped you and the team in a way. 457 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: I think it was helpful. 458 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,360 Speaker 3: I think it was at least helpful for me because 459 00:20:38,880 --> 00:20:41,040 Speaker 3: I have sometimes a bit of a quiet person and 460 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 3: a player I try to leave by example, and at 461 00:20:44,560 --> 00:20:48,639 Speaker 3: times I with my setter, I'm like, I'm going for 462 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:49,760 Speaker 3: the set and I'm calling. 463 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 1: It very softly. I'm thankful that Jenna would always like 464 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: hear it or just. 465 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:58,520 Speaker 3: Kind of know what I was running because but yeah, 466 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 3: sometimes a little bit too quiet. So that was helpful 467 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 3: at least for me. She probably would have been like, okay, 468 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 3: talk fits, let's speak up a little bit. 469 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, sometimes I'm not sure you're at So yeah, 470 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: that was helpful. 471 00:21:10,840 --> 00:21:13,479 Speaker 3: And also just set adjustment to college and a different 472 00:21:13,680 --> 00:21:16,360 Speaker 3: different level, the higher level and everything else that you're 473 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 3: adjusting to, to have somebody else that you both know 474 00:21:20,160 --> 00:21:22,160 Speaker 3: where you came from and what you did to get here, 475 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,480 Speaker 3: I think is also all all beautiful for sure. 476 00:21:26,880 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: And then the other question that I have is, as 477 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:31,600 Speaker 2: you mentioned, you started as a middle when did you 478 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 2: make the switch to opposite? Was it your choice? Did 479 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:37,119 Speaker 2: you want to? And what was that transition? 480 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 3: Like another great question kind of I guess complicated answer 481 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 3: in the sense that, yeah, I started off as in middle. 482 00:21:44,720 --> 00:21:48,840 Speaker 3: I think I was six ' four at fourteen years old, 483 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,840 Speaker 3: which I think at that moment or at that time, 484 00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,879 Speaker 3: I didn't realize how tall that was at that age, 485 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:59,000 Speaker 3: but looking back, I'm like wow. And so I was 486 00:21:59,359 --> 00:22:01,760 Speaker 3: placed in the just because I think sometimes tall girls 487 00:22:01,800 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 3: are put there. 488 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 1: But I was really thankful I had coaches at that age. 489 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:07,159 Speaker 3: They were like, even though you're tall, you got to 490 00:22:07,200 --> 00:22:09,120 Speaker 3: still work in all the skills and they would let 491 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:12,119 Speaker 3: me play back row, and those coaches I had early on, 492 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 3: I'm so thankful for that. They pushed that and that 493 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:20,040 Speaker 3: really helped my versatility moving forward because through high school 494 00:22:20,080 --> 00:22:22,760 Speaker 3: I was in middle, but also in high school blih ble, 495 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:25,240 Speaker 3: I also played some outside. I played some right side, 496 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:27,960 Speaker 3: was kind of moved around a little bit. Even on 497 00:22:28,000 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 3: the USA side, I was kind of kept going as 498 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 3: the middle, but then over the summers for tournaments sometimes 499 00:22:34,040 --> 00:22:37,160 Speaker 3: I'd needed as an outside or something else. And then 500 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 3: in college, I say the big switch happened after my 501 00:22:40,640 --> 00:22:44,640 Speaker 3: sophomore year that we had Moretta Lutz, who was our 502 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:46,840 Speaker 3: current opposite, who was an amazing opposite and also an 503 00:22:46,880 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 3: amazing person. She graduated, and Kevin Handley, my coach at Stanford, 504 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:55,480 Speaker 3: came up and kind of had a conversation with me about, Okay, 505 00:22:55,520 --> 00:22:57,119 Speaker 3: you've been a middle, but I think if you like 506 00:22:57,160 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 3: a great opposite, I've kind of been waiting for this 507 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,560 Speaker 3: to happened, and like, what do you think about it? 508 00:23:02,600 --> 00:23:05,639 Speaker 3: And we had a conversation about it, and I was, honestly, 509 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 3: I was nervous. I think I was very comfortable in 510 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,479 Speaker 3: the middle position, but I could also see what he 511 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 3: was saying about what strengths that I had that could 512 00:23:14,920 --> 00:23:16,000 Speaker 3: do well and then in. 513 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,959 Speaker 1: The opposite position, and so I was open for it. 514 00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:23,600 Speaker 3: I think I've always appreciated my versatility and wanted at 515 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,200 Speaker 3: the very base, the very foundation, to just be able 516 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 3: to help my team, and if this was a way 517 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:30,399 Speaker 3: to help my team at that position. I was that 518 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 3: I was for it and was going to go through 519 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,520 Speaker 3: the kind of growing aches and pains of switching the position, 520 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:37,320 Speaker 3: and you know, it was hard. 521 00:23:37,920 --> 00:23:41,639 Speaker 1: It was tough. My footwork was like all woppy for 522 00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:41,960 Speaker 1: for a. 523 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:47,080 Speaker 3: Bit, just learning tempo and my different shots that I 524 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 3: had available and opposite versus middle. But I think being 525 00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,680 Speaker 3: a middle and also in the past being an outside 526 00:23:52,720 --> 00:23:55,240 Speaker 3: has all kind of helped me at each at each 527 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 3: position just have a more complete idea of the game. 528 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 2: It was tough, but it definitely paid off because, as 529 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:04,640 Speaker 2: I keep saying, you won three national championships, which is amazing. 530 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:08,160 Speaker 2: So it was out of all three of the championships 531 00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 2: that you won, is there is there one of them 532 00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:12,879 Speaker 2: that really sticks out to you the most, one that 533 00:24:12,960 --> 00:24:15,119 Speaker 2: might be more memorable than the others. 534 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:19,800 Speaker 3: Oh gosh, I'd say my freshman year I did. 535 00:24:19,880 --> 00:24:21,480 Speaker 1: My freshman year. I was just so oblivious to everything. 536 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,280 Speaker 1: I didn't know how anything worked. I didn't really know how. 537 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 3: The season worked and how it would go. I came 538 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:28,040 Speaker 3: in and talked with John and I was like, Okay, 539 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 3: so do you think I can read shirt like? He's like, wait, 540 00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:33,280 Speaker 3: whoa like you're playing, You're starting. I was like, wait, really, 541 00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 3: are you sure? And it was just yeah, it was 542 00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:40,760 Speaker 3: just so much fun because it was a year of 543 00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 3: so many first and then adjusting, and my freshman year, 544 00:24:44,640 --> 00:24:48,159 Speaker 3: I think I think Kiyajanikhu is being another middle in 545 00:24:48,160 --> 00:24:50,840 Speaker 3: this same position as I was in such a good 546 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:52,640 Speaker 3: middle that somebody that had looked up to and watched 547 00:24:52,680 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 3: her play for so long, and I think she treated 548 00:24:55,520 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 3: myself and the other freshmen as equals, and her talks 549 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,879 Speaker 3: to us as a team huddles, and her inspiration and motivation. 550 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: Just like seeped out of her with everything that she did. 551 00:25:08,080 --> 00:25:11,800 Speaker 3: So I think my freshman year national championship was a 552 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 3: surprise and it was just so pure and beautiful and 553 00:25:15,400 --> 00:25:17,679 Speaker 3: full of so much emotion of my class and our 554 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 3: entire team of kind of just goofballs that are like 555 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,520 Speaker 3: trying to do all the sport, really just enjoy playing 556 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: with each other and wanted to just keep playing because 557 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 3: if you keep winning, you get to keep playing. 558 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 2: Going back to you, I know that academics has been 559 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:48,240 Speaker 2: a big part of your life. Obviously, you know you're 560 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:53,040 Speaker 2: going to be becoming a doctor, but at what point 561 00:25:53,160 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: when you were in college. Did you decide to kind 562 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 2: of hold off on a more traditional career, let's say, 563 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:00,760 Speaker 2: decided to go pro. 564 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:04,080 Speaker 1: It was a difficult decision because. 565 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,800 Speaker 3: My senior year I was kind of toying or figuring 566 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:10,920 Speaker 3: out what the idea if I wanted to just take 567 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:13,600 Speaker 3: dm KET at that time and take maybe like one 568 00:26:13,680 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 3: year of like a research gap year, and apply for 569 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:18,680 Speaker 3: medical school during that time and go forward that way 570 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 3: in a more traditional approach. But I realized that I 571 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 3: still really loved this game. I felt like I was 572 00:26:24,040 --> 00:26:26,800 Speaker 3: still improving. I felt there's so much more that I 573 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:30,440 Speaker 3: wanted to keep learning and then also giving back to and. 574 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:32,800 Speaker 1: I think I was when I was studying abroad in Florence. 575 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:37,080 Speaker 3: I took some time just really reflecting why I was 576 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 3: there and just realizing how much the sport has given 577 00:26:40,359 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 3: to me and how much I've grown through this sport, 578 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 3: and just the chance to go and play professionally and 579 00:26:45,800 --> 00:26:47,680 Speaker 3: just keep seeing how much better I could get there, 580 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 3: but then also the relationships that keep building and how 581 00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:52,840 Speaker 3: much more I could keep learning about myself during this 582 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:55,679 Speaker 3: process was something that was just very exciting to me. 583 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,360 Speaker 1: And also I talk with a lot of people about it. 584 00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:02,119 Speaker 3: Somebody just likes to talk with people and see what 585 00:27:02,119 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 3: they're saying, kind of what their input was, and talking 586 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 3: with my mentors is really helpful. And just the idea 587 00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 3: that you can only play for an x amount of time, 588 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,720 Speaker 3: a short amount of time while your body's still labeled 589 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:16,520 Speaker 3: to and you want to devote your time to this, 590 00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 3: and the medical school and the field will be there 591 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:22,360 Speaker 3: and you can be there for the rest of your life. 592 00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:24,200 Speaker 3: You can be a physician for the rest of your life, 593 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 3: and this has a little bit of a time period 594 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:28,680 Speaker 3: on it, and I didn't want to regret that at all. 595 00:27:28,840 --> 00:27:31,159 Speaker 3: And I also felt like having more life experience and 596 00:27:31,200 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 3: meeting different people and having experiences in the medical. 597 00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:36,600 Speaker 1: Field, was it just going to make me a better. 598 00:27:36,359 --> 00:27:39,840 Speaker 3: Physician and being able to be empathetic and connect connect 599 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:42,920 Speaker 3: with other people. And I hope that's the case, even 600 00:27:42,920 --> 00:27:44,959 Speaker 3: though it was kind of a scary decision because it 601 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 3: is a little bit more and non traditional and it's hard. 602 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 3: I think taking a few years off from school and 603 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,200 Speaker 3: then this past summer and relearning and restudying all the 604 00:27:54,280 --> 00:27:59,479 Speaker 3: chemistry and physics that I took a few years ago 605 00:27:58,400 --> 00:28:04,600 Speaker 3: for this, I'll say it, but I'm thankful for it 606 00:28:04,640 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 3: to this point, I'm looking forward for what's to come 607 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:11,560 Speaker 3: and and just being here. I didn't know I was 608 00:28:11,600 --> 00:28:14,000 Speaker 3: going to be here playing in the US. When I 609 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 3: decided to play pro, I didn't know this was going 610 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:17,560 Speaker 3: to be an option, And I'm just thankful for this 611 00:28:17,640 --> 00:28:18,640 Speaker 3: option that I can. 612 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 1: Be still very committed to the volleyball but. 613 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:24,119 Speaker 3: Then also have these other goals and work towards them 614 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:26,320 Speaker 3: both and show other girls and you can do this. 615 00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:27,360 Speaker 1: And go for it. 616 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:31,199 Speaker 2: Definitely. Yeah, you are an inspiration to all the people 617 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:35,359 Speaker 2: and girls and boys whoever who want to do both 618 00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:38,960 Speaker 2: because you can, right you can. Does your family still 619 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:40,840 Speaker 2: live in Kansas Yes? 620 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:42,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, most of my family's still in Kansasity. 621 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:47,320 Speaker 2: So LoveFest is going to be in Kansas City in February. 622 00:28:47,520 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 2: Are you excited to play pro in front of your family? 623 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: I am so excited. 624 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 3: It's been a few years where it's tough to get 625 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 3: family members overseas. 626 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: I mean, they have their job, everything, almost their. 627 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 3: Own life's going on, and I've always been sending links 628 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 3: and they've always been supporting me in every way that 629 00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: they can. 630 00:29:06,480 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: But just to be in person again in. 631 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 3: The city that I love, and to have all the 632 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,560 Speaker 3: love teams there and to have my family and friends 633 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,520 Speaker 3: that are able to come and see there in person, 634 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 3: maybe haven't seen in person game since college. 635 00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 1: That's going to be something really special that I'm really 636 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 1: looking forward to. 637 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, that's going to be a really fun tournament. And 638 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,080 Speaker 2: I'm sure a lot of the girls who are playing 639 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 2: in that youth tournament because I remember playing in Kansas 640 00:29:29,480 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 2: City when I was younger. If I had professional players 641 00:29:32,760 --> 00:29:35,520 Speaker 2: nearby that I can watch during my downtime or on 642 00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 2: the opposite side when my pole play wasn't happening, I 643 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 2: would be there one hundred percent, And so I think 644 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:40,880 Speaker 2: it's so exciting. 645 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: No, I was just thinking that we were saying that. 646 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,160 Speaker 1: I was like, I remember it was. 647 00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 3: A twenty ten at twenty ten I think national championship 648 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,000 Speaker 3: that was in Kansas City and that was when Penn 649 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 3: State won their fourth national championship in a row, and 650 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 3: I was there and I remember watching that and I was like, Oh, 651 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 3: my gosh, just want to be on the court like 652 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:01,600 Speaker 3: I wanted. 653 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,720 Speaker 1: Like this it really developed my dream of playing in college. 654 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 3: So yeah, like being back in Kansas City and playing 655 00:30:07,440 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 3: in that capacity and young girls seeing. 656 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: That and just continue to be involved in team. 657 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,120 Speaker 3: Sports and in volleyball is something that, yeah, I hope 658 00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 3: I can kind of instill. 659 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 2: Right, Well, I want to ask you a few questions 660 00:30:18,840 --> 00:30:22,360 Speaker 2: about your personality and what you like to do off 661 00:30:22,400 --> 00:30:23,760 Speaker 2: the court to kind of get to know you a 662 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 2: little bit. So what are other ways that you like 663 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,920 Speaker 2: to spend your time when you're not playing volleyball. 664 00:30:30,160 --> 00:30:31,640 Speaker 1: I love to be outdoors. 665 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 3: I'm a big outdoorsy girl, and since that, I love 666 00:30:35,080 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 3: to be in the court and in the gym, but 667 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:39,400 Speaker 3: then when practice is over, I like to be outside. 668 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 3: So yeah, that's a lot of hiking, a lot of swimming. 669 00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 3: I'm close to the mountains, I'm close to the beach. 670 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:49,280 Speaker 3: I'm a happy person and just doing things with the 671 00:30:49,280 --> 00:30:52,480 Speaker 3: people that I love, just either go and grab a drink. 672 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,280 Speaker 1: Together and just catching up, going to see a movie. 673 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:56,520 Speaker 1: I love finding new music. 674 00:30:56,680 --> 00:30:59,440 Speaker 3: I'm always like on Spotify and trying to find new artists, 675 00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:00,240 Speaker 3: new songs. 676 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:02,520 Speaker 1: I like, and setting into people that I think will 677 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,720 Speaker 1: appreciate it. Yeah, I like to tied die. 678 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:11,560 Speaker 3: There's a lot of random but just yeah, different ways 679 00:31:11,600 --> 00:31:13,960 Speaker 3: that I can kind of share my creativity, have a 680 00:31:14,000 --> 00:31:16,320 Speaker 3: little creative outlet, even if it's not great. 681 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:17,880 Speaker 1: I love to dance. 682 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 3: I'm six six and I'm probably not a great dancer, 683 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,640 Speaker 3: but I love dancing, just like having fun with it 684 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,400 Speaker 3: and going dancing with friends. 685 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: Two follow up questions, one what artists are you into 686 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,920 Speaker 2: right now? And two what things do you tight? 687 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:41,000 Speaker 3: I good questions right now? Like Teddy Swims, Noah con Fair. 688 00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:46,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm in like kind of a chill area. I 689 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: guess at the moment, and then ted I like to tight. 690 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:54,719 Speaker 1: I shirts a lot, T shirts, sly, short sleeve socks. 691 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 3: Yeah, anything white that I find that I own. I'm like, 692 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:00,720 Speaker 3: it's gonna have some color to it. 693 00:32:02,200 --> 00:32:06,120 Speaker 2: That's amazing. So I saw on your Instagram. I know 694 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:07,840 Speaker 2: you said that you love to dance, but I saw 695 00:32:07,880 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 2: on your Instagram that you did karaoke not that long ago. 696 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 2: So are you? Are you a big karaokeer? 697 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:18,160 Speaker 3: I do love karaoke. Again, I recognize I did not 698 00:32:18,320 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 3: have the voice for it. It's not a great voice 699 00:32:20,880 --> 00:32:23,960 Speaker 3: at all, But I think it's just fun, like just 700 00:32:24,400 --> 00:32:26,560 Speaker 3: I don't know, like not caring what people think and 701 00:32:27,080 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 3: whether that's dancing or karaoke. 702 00:32:29,640 --> 00:32:31,560 Speaker 1: I have a ton of notes on my phone. 703 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:34,560 Speaker 3: The notes app has a certain amount and one of 704 00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:37,760 Speaker 3: them is like songs to karaoke that I've thought about 705 00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:39,080 Speaker 3: in the past, and I was like, I need to 706 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 3: write this down because in the moment I'm going to 707 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:42,760 Speaker 3: choose a different song that is not for me. 708 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: I need to remember this. 709 00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,040 Speaker 3: And check my little notes app and see, okay, maybe 710 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 3: I could do this was like a little bit in key. 711 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 2: We went karaokeing with my adult league volleyball team for 712 00:32:53,520 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 2: my birthday, which was recently, and I pulled out my 713 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,560 Speaker 2: note that had my list of songs, and when my 714 00:32:58,600 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 2: teammates was like, you have a list of karaoke songs 715 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:03,880 Speaker 2: to saying too, I'm like, well, yeah, just in case 716 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 2: I forget. 717 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 1: Yeah, just in case. 718 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 3: And you think some of the songs like oh this 719 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,480 Speaker 3: is good for me, and then like no past yourself 720 00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,400 Speaker 3: was like, don't think about that one. 721 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:13,840 Speaker 1: Maybe this one would be a good one. 722 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:14,960 Speaker 2: What's your go to? 723 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:18,240 Speaker 3: Oh, gosh, I've done everything. 724 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: I don't think I've done one song twice. Wow, I 725 00:33:20,720 --> 00:33:23,520 Speaker 1: don't have to go to you. Maybe I'll develop one. 726 00:33:23,760 --> 00:33:26,920 Speaker 2: Oh exciting, always a mystery when you're at the mic. 727 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 2: I love it now. Thanks to your international travels, your 728 00:33:33,720 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 2: ability to play pro all over I mean you playing 729 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,760 Speaker 2: youth volleyball on tem Usa and like being able to 730 00:33:39,800 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 2: travel all over the world. You've done a lot of 731 00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,720 Speaker 2: cool things off the court with your travel. I know 732 00:33:45,720 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 2: you said you like to go to the beach, like 733 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,040 Speaker 2: to hike stuff like that. So what's been your favorite 734 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 2: place that you've been to and what's on your bucket 735 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:54,800 Speaker 2: list of still to visit. 736 00:33:55,400 --> 00:33:58,920 Speaker 1: Gosh, it's so hard. I love travel. 737 00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:01,800 Speaker 3: I love just being dropped somewhere new and just figuring 738 00:34:01,800 --> 00:34:03,360 Speaker 3: it out and figuring out where to go and where 739 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 3: to eat and meaning give people. I really love Switzerland 740 00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 3: because of the nature. It's just every lake, every mountain, 741 00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:16,759 Speaker 3: it just looks beautiful and clean and like it looks 742 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:18,560 Speaker 3: like a green screen, so trying to have a green screen. 743 00:34:19,960 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 3: I was able to go paragliding with a few friends 744 00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:27,799 Speaker 3: in Interlocking, and it's you get to see so many 745 00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:31,879 Speaker 3: different lakes and mountains, and paragliding was so much fun 746 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 3: you I did it tandem, and I didn't realize it beforehand, 747 00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:38,040 Speaker 3: but if you're the taller person out of the two, 748 00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 3: you're the last one kind of running going off the mountain, 749 00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,320 Speaker 3: and then when you're landing, you're also the first one 750 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:50,440 Speaker 3: running as you're landing. So we were running off the 751 00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,880 Speaker 3: mountain and there was quite a while where I was 752 00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:54,400 Speaker 3: just the one running. 753 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: I was like, oh yeah, another person I'm with is 754 00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 1: about a foot toward at me. But it's so much fun. 755 00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 2: That's awesome. Where's the place that you really want to 756 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:08,840 Speaker 2: go to or see? 757 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:13,400 Speaker 3: Gosh, I want to go to Norway. There's quite a 758 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,840 Speaker 3: few places on my bucket list. I'd say Norway or 759 00:35:15,880 --> 00:35:18,440 Speaker 3: New Zealand or two that are up there at the moment, 760 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:22,399 Speaker 3: and just I have some beautiful hikes, enjoying nature, doing 761 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:23,160 Speaker 3: that with friends. 762 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:24,920 Speaker 1: I love a good bonfire and. 763 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:28,279 Speaker 3: Snores and just tacking the people on bonfire and they 764 00:35:28,360 --> 00:35:32,440 Speaker 3: to be surrounded by beautiful nature is up there on 765 00:35:32,480 --> 00:35:35,839 Speaker 3: that list. So I think Norway and New Zealand are there. 766 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,919 Speaker 3: I want to go back to Peru soon, just where 767 00:35:38,960 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 3: my mom is from, and just they can go back 768 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 3: with her and kind of seeing more of where she 769 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 3: grew up in that side as well. But there's yeah, 770 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,040 Speaker 3: I think the bucket list is long, and a lot 771 00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,279 Speaker 3: of other activities is also. It's long, but I hope 772 00:35:51,280 --> 00:35:53,200 Speaker 3: I can kind of slowly. 773 00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:56,760 Speaker 2: Scratch those off all right, last question for you, bringing 774 00:35:56,760 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 2: it back to love. What are you hoping to showcase 775 00:36:00,920 --> 00:36:04,360 Speaker 2: in the inaugural season. What do you want fans and 776 00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 2: the media and just the general public to learn and 777 00:36:08,960 --> 00:36:11,840 Speaker 2: see and know about love and volleyball. 778 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 3: I think just seeing the intention behind all the people 779 00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:16,960 Speaker 3: creating love and a part of love. 780 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,359 Speaker 1: It is just such a pure intention of trying. 781 00:36:20,080 --> 00:36:23,480 Speaker 3: To create a league that really supports the athletes and 782 00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:26,600 Speaker 3: the players and everybody involved. I think something that's been 783 00:36:26,600 --> 00:36:28,360 Speaker 3: really exciting for me to be a part of is 784 00:36:28,440 --> 00:36:31,920 Speaker 3: just seeing the why behind everything, whether it's being on 785 00:36:31,960 --> 00:36:34,400 Speaker 3: a call and talking with the person about why they 786 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:36,439 Speaker 3: designed the jerseys the way that they did, or why 787 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:39,960 Speaker 3: the volleyball rules this way, or the why of all 788 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 3: of this. It's just really well intentioned and the people 789 00:36:42,480 --> 00:36:44,560 Speaker 3: behind it really want to create something special. 790 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 1: So I hope the media and the people around it 791 00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:47,239 Speaker 1: see that. 792 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:51,239 Speaker 3: They see the community of approach and the connections and 793 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:54,200 Speaker 3: the benefit from that. To see girls that are older 794 00:36:54,200 --> 00:36:56,480 Speaker 3: than you doing something that they love and chasing their 795 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 3: dream and people that are so excited to be a 796 00:36:59,440 --> 00:37:02,319 Speaker 3: part of and the creation of this, I think is 797 00:37:02,440 --> 00:37:05,239 Speaker 3: the energy is infectious, and I think the media and everyone. 798 00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,640 Speaker 2: Around it is that I love that well, Audriana, is 799 00:37:07,640 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 2: a pleasure talking to you. Thank you so much for 800 00:37:09,680 --> 00:37:12,600 Speaker 2: joining me on Serving Pancakes and good luck this season. 801 00:37:12,920 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. 802 00:37:15,200 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 2: Serving Pancakes is an iheartwomen's sports production in partnership with 803 00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,200 Speaker 2: Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. 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