On this episode of Alumni Direct's show "ATHLETES TO ENTREPRENEURS: The Alumni Journey," we talk to Sydney Supple, current softball player at Northwestern University. In her spare time, Sydney is a journalist and broadcaster and also hosts her own podcast, From The Players.

Sydney tells us about all she has gained from growing up playing sports, her ambitions to go pro, and her perspective on preparing for life after sports.

Tell me about playing sports growing up, and how it shaped you.

"Sports has really shaped me into the woman I am today. I mean, so many intangible lessons that you learn...One, just the hard work, and how if you're willing to put your heart and soul into something, and put your body on the line, amazing things can come out of it.

But most importantly, I think it has just surrounded me with the best relationships I could have ever dreamt of, it taught me the power of having somebody believe in me, and it taught me the power of believing in myself. And when you can combine these two things and be surrounded on a team or in a room full of people who all believe in each other, amazing things can happen."

Sydney on knowing that Softball was the sport for her:

"Right away, I knew there was something special about softball. I think it is the fact that you wake up every day and the game never knows who's supposed to win. And you always have a shot of winning, until you're down to your very last out. Softball is 7 innings, and anything can happen in 7 innings."

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