Adventures with Aggie

In today's episode of AWA, we feature Premier League Lacrosse Player, Scott Ratliff. He is a  5x All-Star, 5x Captain, 2018 Dave Huntley Man of The Year, 2019 Welles Crowther Humanitarian Award Winner. He is Co-Founder of The Give Go Foundation which focuses on growing the game of lacrosse and making it available to everyone. Listen in to hear more about his story.

In our next episode featuring the NWBA, we hear from Trooper Johnson, Head Coach of the US Women's National Team and youth coach. He shares his story about how he found the NWBA and what lead him to coach and play wheelchair basketball. Coming to us live from women's training camp in Ohio, he shares what the team is working on to prepare for the Tokyo Paralympics in just a few months. 

AWA continues our NWBA series as we speak with Paralympian, Dr. Andrea Woodson-Smith. Dr. Woodson-Smith is the NWBA’s Vice-Chair of the Athlete Advisory Council of the Board of Directors and a professor of Kinesiology & Adapted Physical Activity and Sport at NC Central University. In this episode she shares her journey, how she found the NWBA, the impact wheelchair basketball has had on her life, and much more.

Listen to her story and how she is impacting the world of adaptive sport.

In the next episode of AWA covering the NWBA, we hear from Darlene Hunter. She is a two-time wheelchair basketball Paralympian, gold medalist, and team captain for the Tokyo Paralympics. Listen in to hear her story of determination, dedication, and motivation! 

In the second NWBA episode, Aggie chats with NWBA Junior Commissioner, Mike Bauler. Mike shares his story and his role as a Junior Commissioner, a bit about the junior league and how children can get involved with wheelchair basketball. Continue to learn how to support NWBA and how to get involved!

In the first episode of this very exciting series, Adventures with Aggie meets the National Wheelchair Basketball Association. We start off this series with today’s episode where we spoke with Will Waller. He shares his adventure full of challenge, dedication, and success. Will is a former USA Wheelchair Basketball Team Captain and is now the CEO of the NWBA. Listen in for his incredible story!

In our next adventure, we talk with World Ranked Professional Heavyweight Boxer Otto Wallin. Otto shares what drew him to boxing, his biggest inspiration, and how he stays fit and ready.

“We are originators of our own FLO”

In the final Footy Freestylin’ episode, we spoke with Frankie FLO. Frankie talks about why freestyle, his freestyle experience in the US, and his process to create new moves. He also speaks about We Got FLO, an organization he co-founded with the belief we are all creative by nature and originators of our own FLO.

"Is freestyle talent or hard work?"

In this Footy Freestylin’ episode, we talk with Samuel Weller. Samuel shares his freestyle story, his creative process, and some advice for the looking to get into freestyle.

In our next Footy Freestylin’ episode, we talk with Imelda Ascensio-Gomez. Imelda shares why she started to freestyle, what she loves about it, how she became a top 4 USA female football freestyle, and her overall experience. She also talks about her aspiration to become a research psychologist and the advice she would give her younger self.