When John and Karen Wright watched their oldest son run, they knew they were on to something. Through inspiration from his three sons, John developed Wichita Athletics, LLC, an organization teaching kids everything about track and field. Fast forward two decades, and the organization has touched hundreds of lives and continues to support athletes as young as 5 years old. His motivation to keep going, the differences between coaching girls and boys and a special two-minute warning all on this week's episode of JerseyGirls. 

Donate to Wichita Athletics via CashApp at: $ExchangeZone

To find out more information about the Wichita Athletics, e-mail John at [email protected]

You can also follow Wichita Athletics on Facebook and Instagram at Wichita Athletics LLC. 

More than 100,000 people online watch Hannah Mortimer spin a basketball and perform tricks that turn the ordinary into extraordinary, but that wasn't always the case. From juco to Wichita State University walk on to the Harlem Globetrotters, the Universe brought everything together for Hannah, and it's only getting sweeter. Her challenges as just the 17th woman to play for the Globetrotters, the advice she'd give to her past self and how she comes up with her awe-inspiring videos online all on this week's episode of JerseyGirls. 

Follow Hannah on Instagram at @hangothandles

Have you ever noticed just how intertwined all of your decisions and actions are? Every conversation, every interaction leads to opportunities down the line. Braxton Jones started off as a young athlete with a goal to play college football. What he didn't expect was how his decision to switch schools his senior year of high school set him up for a domino effect that took him across the country and across the world -- just maybe not the way he had originally planned. How Braxton made a career rooted in his love of the game, partied at the Dutch house at the Winter Olympics and almost got run over by Beyonce's golf cart, all on this week's episode of JerseyGirls. 

Proving herself is what she does best. Join us this week as our guest Brooke Feikert discusses how she went from a late bloomer to a NCAA Division I athlete (plus lots of embarrassing stories about growing up with JerseyGirls host Paige Feikert). The lessons she learned both on and off the field while attending an HBCU and Austen's latest plea to help her find Dawn Staley all in this week's episode of JerseyGirls. 

In this episode, Austen gives a shoutout to an amazing food truck serving authentic Puerto Rican food in OKC called El Pilon Criollo (4809 S. Penn), you can follow them on Instagram @elpiloncriollo_okc

From the field to the courthouse, Sarah Balderas talks growing up a three-sport athlete, and how her experiences powered her into a successful career as an attorney at her own firm. How she balanced year-long sports, went from playing for her dad to coaching alongside him, the embarrassing stories of growing up with Austen and the major eye roll the title of this episode is going to earn her, all in this week's episode of JerseyGirls.

Connect with Sarah's firm, Balderas Legal Group, LLC at: http://balderasimmigration.com/ and on Facebook @balderasimmigration

You can follow Sarah's book review page on Instagram: @a.brunch.of.books

Sarah is also a board member at Children First (https://www.children1stks.org/) and participated in League 42 (https://league42.org/). 

At the end of this episode we encouraged our Kansas listeners to vote "no" on August 2nd to maintain access to safe abortions in the state of Kansas. The deadline to register to vote is July 12th. You can check your voter registration at this link: https://myvoteinfo.voteks.org/voterview/ 

You can register to vote here: https://www.kdor.ks.gov/Apps/VoterReg