One and One Podcast

Elizabeth Pelton is a former United States Swimmer who also swam collegiately at the University of California-Berkeley from 2012-2016 where she helped win the 2015 National Championship.  She talks about growing up in Fairfield, Connecticut, but moving to Baltimore, Maryland, at a young age, coming from a large family of swimmers, and representing the United States and traveling the world at such a young age.  Elizabeth describes her high school career where she was homeschooled due to traveling so much for her swim career,  her recruiting process, why she chose Cal, knowing Head Coach Teri McKeever through US swimming, and coming so close to making the 2012 Olympic Team.  She then discusses her great career at Cal where she won National Swimmer of the Year as a Freshman, being teammates with Missy Franklin, having a talented team at Cal where they won many races and events, including the 2015 National Title, swimming internationally during the summers, and why she chose to retire after the 2016 Olympic Prelims.  Elizabeth talks about her life now in the Bay Area, still being involved in swimming, giving lessons, and working in marketing.

Chad Toliver is a professional lacrosse player who most recently played for the Boston Barrage in Major League Lacrosse in 2020, and collegiately played at Rutgers from 2015-2018.  He talks about growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, how he got into lacrosse, and what it's like to be a black athlete playing a predominantly white sport.  Chad describes his high school career at McCallie School for the first 3 years, why he transferred to Milton High School for his Senior year, and his excellent lacrosse and football career at both schools.  He discusses his decision to pursue lacrosse instead of football in college, the recruiting process, why he chose Rutgers, playing in the Big Ten, and his career highlights at Rutgers.  Chad then talks about playing professionally in the MLL, coaching high school lacrosse, and the 2020 bubble season where Chad and the other black athletes in the league (MLL-4) spoke out about social justice and wanting to see changes in the sport of lacrosse.  He explains the merger of the MLL and PLL, getting ready for the 2021 season, and continuing to use his platform to seek change.

Julie Shaw was a softball pitcher for the University of Sciences in Philadelphia  from 2010-2012.  She was named to the Bergen County All Decade Team after her great career at Ramapo High School.  Julie talks about growing up in Wyckoff, New Jersey, getting into softball through her father, becoming a pitcher, and her great club softball career.  She then describes her excellent career at Ramapo High School where she was a cheerleader and a softball player, being the backup pitcher, but having to step up her Sophomore year when the starting pitcher went down, and leading Ramapo to a Sectional Title in 2007.  She talks about going back to backup her junior year, continuing to DH, and then being the ace in 2009 and leading Ramapo to another Sectional Title.  Julie discusses her recruiting process, why she chose USciences, the transition from high school to college softball,  not having the career she exactly wanted, but making great friends that she's still close to today, and continuing to have softball in her life by giving pitching lessons in her free time.

Emily Waner played basketball at the University of Colorado in 2003-2004 before transferring to Duke where she played from 2005-2008 and was a member of the 2006 Final Four team.  She then went on to attend Duke Medical School, completed her residency at the University of Washington, and now works as a Hospitalist in the Denver area.  She talks about growing up in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, coming from a very athletic family, how she got into basketball, playing AAU for the Colorado Hoopsters, and her outstanding high school career at Thunderridge where she won the 2003 State Championship with her sister, Abby.  Emily describes her recruiting process, why she chose Colorado, and her Freshman season there.  She then explains her decision to transfer, wanting to play at the same school as her sister, and their decision to go to Duke.  She discusses her career at Duke, what it was like playing with her sister, making the 2006 Final Four, deciding on a career in medicine, attending medical school, doing her residency in Washington state, and her decision to come back to the Denver area.

Tony Sorrentino is an Assistant Coach for the Northern Illinois University Football team.  Collegiately, Tony played football at The College of New Jersey from 2001-2004 and has coached for almost 20 years at every level- New Jersey high schools, colleges, and the NFL.  He talks about growing up in Parsippany, New Jersey, coming from a very athletic family, getting into football through his father, and his great career at Mountain Lakes High School where he was a 3-sport athlete.  Tony discusses the recruiting process, why he chose TCNJ, his 4 year career with the Lions where he mostly played Wide Receiver, and his involvement in youth coaching in the community.  He then explains always wanting to be a coach, his first job working at a high school with his father, coaching at TCNJ, several stints at Power Five teams- University of Minnesota, University of Miami, and University of Tennessee.  He describes his 4 years coaching in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars, coaching with Lane Kiffin at Florida Atlantic University, his current job at Northern Illinois, and looking ahead to the 2021 football season.

Lauren O'Connell played soccer at Baylor University from 2014-2017 and then appeared on Season 38 of the hit reality show Survivor in 2019 where she finished in 5th place.  She talks about growing up in Bakersfield, California, how she got into soccer, her great career at Frontier High School where she was a 4 year varsity starter, and her club soccer career.  She discusses the recruiting process, why she chose Baylor, and the transition from high school soccer to Division I college soccer.  Lauren then describes her career at Baylor, being injured 85% of her time there with several knee injuries and Compartment Syndrome, learning to be a great teammate, and her incredible senior season in 2017 where Baylor won the Big 12 Conference and made it all the way to the Elite Eight.  She explains watching the show Survivor since she was a little girl with her family, making it on the show after applying just once, her experience on Season 38, the twist of "the Edge of Extinction", her friendship with Kelley Wentworth, the misplayed idol, and whether or not she'd play again.

Ashley & Lauren Engeln are twin sisters who both played collegiate and professional basketball.  Ashley played at Johnson & Wales- Denver in 2010-2011, Orange Coast Community College in 2011-2012, and Concordia University Irvine from 2012-2014.  Lauren played at the University of Connecticut from 2010-2012 and Boston College from 2012-2015.  They both then played professionally overseas for 5 years, and spent their last season together in Italy.  They talk about growing up in Laguna Hills, California, how they got into basketball, their great careers at Laguna Hills High School, and their separate recruiting processes.  They then discuss their careers in college, what it was like being away from each other, why they each transferred, and always supporting each other even though they were on opposite coasts.  Lauren & Ashley describe their time overseas playing professional basketball, the amazing sites they saw, and the decision to play one last year together in Italy in 2020 before retiring.  Since retirement, Ashley has started her own company "Drips to Sips" where she sells wine collars.  She talks about how she came up with the idea, what a wine collar is, and getting the product in retail stores.

Ashley's Website: www.dripstosips.com

Kassidy Shumway played soccer at Brigham Young University from 2007-2010.  She talks about growing up in Bountiful, Utah, being the oldest of 5 children, how she got into soccer, and her excellent career at Woods Cross High School where she played soccer, basketball, and was the Valedictorian.  Kassidy then describes her recruiting process, why she chose BYU, and being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  She discusses being able to play right away as a freshman, being a top team that always made the NCAA Tournament, the great success they had in the Mountain West Conference, meeting her husband through watching a Utah Jazz game, and what it was like being married in college.  Kassidy explains her feelings on an incident her junior year in 2009 where a player on New Mexico pulled her down by her ponytail, the fame she received as the clip made its rounds on TV and the internet, and whether she ever received an apology.  She talks about what she's been up to recently, being a mother, and her continued support for BYU.

Ryan Smyth is entering his 11th season on the Keystone College Baseball coaching staff.  He played collegiately at Boston College, Brookedale Community College, and Keystone College, and also played professionally with the Evansville Otters.  He talks about growing up in River Edge, New Jersey, coming from an athletic family, and how he got into baseball. Ryan describes his great career at Don Bosco Prep High School, his recruiting process, why he chose Boston College, and why he transferred after one year.  He then discusses his transfer to Brookdale in NJ, his two years there,  making the Junior College World Series, being named First Team All-American,  and transferring to Division III Keystone College in Pennsylvania for his final 2 seasons where the team went 70-15.  Ryan talks about his season playing professionally in the Frontier League, his decision to become a coach on the staff at Keystone College, making it to 2 College World Series, winning 15 straight Conference Titles, and coaching in the Cape Cod League in the summers.  He also explains his love for golf which has become a family affair with his wife and daughter.

Ashley Hoffman is the team captain for the United States Women's National Field Hockey Team.  She plays professionally overseas in the FIH Pro League, and collegiately, she played at the University of North Carolina from 2015-2018 where she was an All-American and won a National Championship.  She talks about growing up in Mohton, Pennsylvania, getting into field hockey through her mother, Brenda, who was a member of US Olympic Field Hockey Team in the 1980s,  and playing multiple sports growing up.  Ashley describes her great 3-sport career at Twin Valley High School, being coached by her mother in field hockey, and playing on the youth national teams.  She then discusses the recruiting process, why she chose UNC,  graduating high school early to join the team, and her incredible 4 years at North Carolina where she played in 4 Final Fours, went undefeated her senior year and won the National Title in 2018, and also played on the National Team.  Ashley talks about her experience on the National Team, being voted as team captain at such a young age, her overseas career in The Netherlands, her desire to grow the game of field hockey in the United States, and her company "Become Uncommon".