Adventures with Aggie

In today's adventure, we hear from Team USA para-fencer Ellen Geddes. She tells us how she started fencing, what her training has been like over the last year including an injury. She also speaks about what she does outside of fencing - breeding horses!

In today's episode, we feature Team Australia Paraswimmer, Jacob Templeton! Jacob represented Australia in the Rio Paralympics in 2016 and is on the Road to Tokyo 2020. Listen in as he describes how he became a swimmer and shares a bit about his coaching business. 

In today's adventure, we hear from Husnah Kukundawke. Husnah is the only active paraswimmer in Uganda and is the second paraswimmer to come from Uganda. At just 14 years old she is making strides in the sports world as a speaker for adaptive and para sport while going to school and training for the Tokyo Paralympics. 

Our next adventure features wheelchair racer from Team Brazil, Vanessa Cristina. Vanessa tells us how excited she is to be on the Road to Tokyo and how her training changed over the last year. Listen in to learn more about Vanessa and wheelchair racing! 

In this special episode, Vanessa speaks in her first language, Portuguese, and we have the help of translator, Jess Narciso. 

In our next adventure, we hear from Nic Turbide paraswimmer on Team Canada. He speaks about why he swims and how much hard work he has put into this training over the last several years. Nic excitedly tells us about how the Paralympics are for everyone. Tune in to hear about Nic's swimming adventure!

Our first adventure of Season 3 features Ashley Dyce, Team USA Parapowerlifter. She shares her sporting philosophy, "adapt or perish" and what it means to her. Ashley also tells us about the growth of the Paralympic movement and the athlete platform.  Listen in to learn more about Ashley and her story. 

[Originally recorded on August 29, 2020] In this episode of AWA, we spoke with Matt Schulte of the Kansas City Royals. Matt is an alum of the NYU Sports Management program and found himself back home in Kansas working for the Royals. He works in special events and promotions putting together fun experiences for fans. Give it a listen to hear Matt's story and advice he has for young people looking to enter the sports industry.

In today's adventure we hear from René Rismondo. René is the Sr. Coordinator, Player Operations at Major League Baseball Players Association. She is a graduate of the NYU School of Professional Studies Tisch Institute for Global Sport. Listen in as René tells us about her passion for baseball, her time at NYU, and some career advice.