Sports RD Snippets

By Liz Wluka MichaelsBusiness Careers

Sports RD Snippets episodes

January 27, 2025 The Power of Negotiation: Maximize your Salary Potential
The Power of Negotiation!
Taylor Lile shares multiple strategies on how to maximize your salary potential! Applying for your first full time job? Or looking for the next one? This episode is for you! Taylor has amazing advice that you won’t want to miss!
Taylor is a Registered Dietitian and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics with 12 years of sports nutrition experience working with professional sports including MLB, NFL, NBA G-League, MiLB and EIHL, NCAA division I collegiate, and high school athletes, and with the U.S. Army and Gatorade Sports Science Institute. And she is a 2022 World Series Champion. Taylor is the CEO of Taylored for Performance, LLC, a company that is passionate about helping athletes attain longevity in their career by improving their performance through recovery nutrition.
Taylor enjoys spending time with family and friends, cooking, traveling the world, and has a WSET Level 2 Award in Wines. You can find Taylor on Instagram at @tayloredforperformance. More on the nutrition support and resources Taylor provides can be found at her website at tayloredforperformance.com

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54 min
December 09, 2024 WNBA Champions! New York Liberty w/Mary Ellen Kelly
WNBA Nutrition!

Mary Ellen Kelly is credentialed as a registered dietitian (RD) and board-certified sports dietitian (CSSD). She holds a bachelor’s of science in nutrition from Boston University, where she was a 4-year member of the NCAA Division 1 varsity women’s track and field team. She earned her master’s degree in clinical nutrition from New York University and completed her formal training at the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center (JJPVA) in Bronx, New York.

Mary Ellen is the Team Dietitian for the 2024 WNBA Champions- the New York Liberty. She serves as Adjunct Faculty for Boston University. In 2018 Mary Ellen Kelly founded Fuel Forward, a private practice and nutrition consulting business offering nutrition-related speaking, writing, consulting, and coaching for groups and individuals. Current or former clients include but are not limited to: Baylor University, Bloomsburg University, Boston College, Boston University, Fordham University, Golf Mind & Body, LaSalle University, PWHL Boston Fleet, Regis College, University of Delaware, USA Lacrosse, and Wesleyan University.

In 2014 she was hired into a full-time team dietitian role in the National Football League (NFL) with the Miami Dolphins and worked with them for over three years. Mary Ellen was the Head Sports Nutritionist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and prior to UNC, she served as the Campus Dietitian/Sports Nutritionist at St. John’s University in Queens, NY.

This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi

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November 25, 2024 NFL Nutrition: Jessica Pastuf w/Tampa Bay Buccaneers
NFL Nutrition!
Jessica Pastuf enters her fifth season with the Buccaneers and her second as the Director of Performance Nutrition.
In this role, Pastuf is responsible for educating and guiding players on how to improve their performance and recovery through optimal nutrition and fueling choices. She works with other members of the Performance Team to design strategies and implement measures dedicated to player hydration, nutrition, recovery, body composition and injury prevention. She was a member of the support staff for Tampa Bay's Super Bowl LV championship team.
Pastuf works with the club's High-Performance Chef to cultivate menus to achieve players' individual nutrition needs. As the team's Director of Nutrition, she oversees the Performance Nutrition Staff, which includes the Performance Dietitian and two Performance Nutrition interns.
Prior to joining the Buccaneers, Pastuf worked as a member of the Utah Jazz's High-Performance Nutrition team from 2019-2020. Before joining the Jazz, she was a Sports Nutrition intern with the University of Utah's athletic department.
Pastuf graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro before receiving a Master of Science in Sports Nutrition from the University of Utah. In addition, Pastuf is a Board Certified Specialist in Sports dietetics (CSSD), as well as a Registered Dietician (RD).
A native of Syracuse, New York, Pastuf currently resides in Tampa.

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This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi

✔️Use code RDSNIPPETS30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com 🏃

✔️ Use code RDSNIPPETS20 for 20% off all orders at cheribundi.com. 🍒 Sports dietitians and their teams can order at additional reduced team pricing and free shipping online at proshop.cheribundi.com or by contacting Dan Sagers at [email protected]
50 min
October 28, 2024 Basketball Nutrition! Alyson Onyon: Syracuse University
Basketball Nutrition!
Alyson Onyon joined the Syracuse University Athletics Department as the Director of Performance Nutrition in July 2023. Onyon, spent the previous seven years at Virginia Tech where she began as an assistant director of sports nutrition in 2016 and left the Hokies as the Assistant Athletic Director of Sports Nutrition where she oversaw nutrition services for all 22 sports teams.
While at VT, Onyon managed the Student Athlete Performance Center (SAPC), an athlete-only dining facility on campus. She helped design and plan the facility as well as a new men's basketball fueling station. She worked primarily with the Hokies men's basketball and baseball programs and assisted with football nutrition operations.
During her time in Blacksburg, Onyon also spent time working primarily with women's basketball, softball, wrestling and golf.
She provided and promoted nutrition education through individual counseling sessions, team talks, cooking classes and grocery tours with Hokie student-athletes.
Onyon was a member of the ACC Healthcare Administration and Mental Health Task Force.
Prior to Virginia Tech, Onyon was a registered dietitian and performance nutrition intern at Texas A&M University in 2016 where she oversaw soccer, softball and men's and women's swimming & diving sports nutrition services while assisting with football, men's basketball, and baseball.
Onyon spent six months as a graduate student sports nutrition intern at the University at Buffalo where she counseled UB student-athletes, held drop-in office hours and developed nutrition education materials. Prior to her time in athletics at UB, she did a dietetic internship with a nutrition advanced certificate at Buffalo where she completed 1,200 hours of supervised practice within community wellness, food service and clinical nutrition realms to become a Registered Dietitian.
Her first internship was during her undergraduate time at Cornell, where she provided nutrition education for Cornell student-athletes through seminar presentations, posters, and diet assessment.
Onyon was a standout softball player at Cornell in nearby Ithaca, N.Y., where she was twice named to the All-Ivy League Softball Team, as a second team honoree in 2012 and honorable mention in 2014. She was named a NFCA Division I All-America Scholar Athlete as a senior in 2014.
A 2014 graduate of Cornell, Onyon earned her bachelor's degree in nutritional sciences with a concentration in dietetics and completed a master's degree in nutrition from Buffalo in 2015 where she also completed her dietetic internship. Onyon is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics.

This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi
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This podcast is sponsored by 2Before Performance Nutrition! Use code SportsRDSnippets30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com
Use code RDSNIPPETS20 for 20% off all orders at cheribundi.com. Sports dietitians and their teams can order at additional reduced team pricing and free shipping online at proshop.cheribundi.com or by contacting Dan Sagers at [email protected]

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September 19, 2024 High School Sports Nutrition w/ Allison Maurer
High School Sports Nutrition!

Allison Maurer is back on the podcast! Allison joined Sports RD Snippets back in June 2021 talking all about her role with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Today we talk about her current role as a sports dietitian and strength coach at the high school level! Allison has great advice on the best strategies to get your foot in the door, her take on work life balance, and why working at the high school level is so rewarding!

Allison Maurer is a veteran sports dietitian with more than 20 years of experience fueling athletes from high school, collegiate, to professional athletes. She is the Associate Athletic Director of Student Health and Wellness at Knoxville Catholic High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. There, she oversees strength and conditioning, sports nutrition, and works closely with sports medicine on a daily basis. She is the strength coach for baseball, softball, wrestling and girls and boys basketball, teaches sports nutrition courses, a speed/agility/plyometric class and girls weight training. Maurer conducts team and individual nutrition counseling for all teams and individual athletes as needed.

Previously, Maurer was the Director of Sports Nutrition and Fueling with the Pittsburgh Pirates where she oversaw nutrition operations from the major league team all the way through the Dominican Academy. She was responsible for planning team meals on the road and executing performance nutrition for athletes. Performance nutrition included weight gain/loss, injury recovery nutrition, recovery nutrition for pitchers, hydration testing, body composition testing and sleep.

Before that, Maurer spent nearly nine years as the Sports Dietitian at the University of Tennessee (2007-2016) where she oversaw the performance nutrition for all sports. She performed cooking demos, grocery store tours, taught an undergraduate sports nutrition class, did team talks and individual nutrition consultations. She also performed body composition testing and supervised a staff of 15 undergraduate and RD interns.

From 2004-2007, Maurer was the Sports Dietitian and an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach at the University of Colorado, Boulder (2004-2007). She assisted in the weight room with football and conducted the strength training for cheer, dance, men’s and women’s golf and women’s tennis.
Maurer served on the board of directors for The Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietitians Association (CPSDA) for 6 years. She is a board certified specialist in sports dietetics (CSSD), and a certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS).

She received her undergraduate degree in dietetics from Olivet Nazarene University and her masters in nutrition from Georgia State University. She currently resides in Knoxville, Tennessee with her three boys, Manuel (Manny, 17), Emilio (15), and Nico (12)

This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi

✅ Check out the website www.sportsrdsnippets.com to learn more on how I can help you!

This podcast is sponsored by 2Before Performance Nutrition! Use code RDSNIPPETS30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com

Use code RDSNIPPETS20 for 20% off all orders at cheribundi.com. Sports dietitians and their teams can order at additional reduced team pricing and free shipping online at proshop.cheribundi.com or by contacting Dan Sagers at [email protected]
59 min
August 08, 2024 Training Camp 101 with Kendall Pozulp!
Training Camp 101!
Want to get your foot in the door!? Hear the behind the scenes of an early practitioners experience in collegiate and professional football. Lessons learned, experiences gained, and so much more!
Kendall Pozulp earned her BS in Nutrition from Benedictine University and completed her dietetic internship and combined Master's program at Loyola University of Chicago. During her master's, she gained valuable experience as a nutrition intern with the Chicago Bulls.
Following graduation, she moved to the University of Illinois, serving as the Football Nutrition Fellow. Recently, Kendall returned to Chicago and is currently working as a Training Camp Nutrition Intern with the Chicago Bears.
Kendall Pozulp's journey into sports nutrition began with her passion for figure skating, where she discovered the vital connection between food and performance on the ice. Her ultimate goal is to work with Olympic figure skaters and hockey players.

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This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi
Use code RDSNIPPETS30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com

Use code RDSNIPPETS20 for 20% off all orders at cheribundi.com . Sports dietitians and their teams can order at additional reduced team pricing and free shipping online at proshop.cheribundi.com or by contacting Dan Sagers at [email protected]
48 min
July 19, 2024 Kyla Cross: Columbus Crew
Get out of your comfort zone!
Kyla has an incredible story on how she got to where she is today. Kyla talks about her unique resident experience at Memorial Herman, the behind the scenes of wining the MLS cup, the best time of day to reach out to a sports dietitian, and so much more!
Kyla is currently in her fourth season as the dietitian for the Columbus Crew (MLS). She is a 2023 MLS Cup Champion and 2021 Campeones Cup Champion. Prior to her move to Columbus, Kyla was selected for the 2019-2021 Gatorade Sports Nutrition Immersion Program (SNIP) where she completed her fellowship at Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Sports Medicine Institute in Houston, TX. Her work experience includes working as a Fitness Specialist in a variety of settings, and as a nutrition assistant for the University of Michigan Performance Nutrition program where she trained to become a sports dietitian over the course of three years. Kyla also has experience working with EXOS in Detroit, MI at the headquarters of DTE Energy. In addition, her education has spanned both kinesiology and nutrition.
Kyla earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Illinois State University where she competed as a division one soccer player for four years and completed two masters’ degrees from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor: one in Kinesiology (MS) and one in Nutritional Sciences (MPH).
Born and raised in Michigan, she is a true Midwest girl at heart! In her free time, she loves going to visit her parents’ lake house in Waterford, MI, being outside, playing soccer, trying new places to eat, and exploring new places with her “club” friends. Kyla currently resides in downtown Columbus, OH with her cat, Ziggy.
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This episode is sponsored by 2before Performance Nutrition and Cheribundi
This podcast is sponsored by 2Before Performance Nutrition! Use code RDSNIPPETS30 at checkout for 30% off product online at www.2before.com
Use code RDSNIPPETS20 for 20% off all orders at http://cheribundi.com/. Sports dietitians and their teams can order at additional reduced team pricing and free shipping online at http://proshop.cheribundi.com/ or by contacting Dan Sagers at mailto:[email protected]

49 min
May 29, 2024 50K Downloads! 50 Lessons I Wish I Knew as a Brand New Sports RD
50,000 Downloads!
Celebrating this milestone by sharing 50 lessons I wish I knew as a brand new sports RD. I list my top 50 lessons and go in depth into my top 5. If you’re a student or a brand new sports RD you won’t want to miss this.

Sports RD Snippets started in 2020! Thanks for listening and spreading the word 4 years later. I appreciate you all! Cheers to 50K more!

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This podcast is sponsored by 2Before Performance Nutrition!
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22 min
May 15, 2024 Colleen Carrion: University of Maryland
Building a sustainable sports nutrition program!
Director of Sports Nutrition, Colleen Carrion shares her advice and insight on how she has worked at the University of Maryland for 11 years! We talk about creating a budget, essential soft skills and hard skills when starting a new role, having a family as a sports RD, the secret to staying at one place for so long, and so much more!
Colleen Carrion was hired in 2013 to serve as the Director of Sports Nutrition for Maryland Athletics.
In her role, Colleen serves as a nutrition resources for athletes from 18 varsity sports, coaches, and staff. She provides individual nutrition counseling that focuses on fueling strategies, hydration and proper supplementation, team nutrition education sessions, travel meal management, body composition analysis, and serves as a member of the eating disorder management team. She also oversees all aspects of the Olympic Sports fueling stations.
Prior to coming to Maryland, Colleen served as the Campus Dietitian/Sports Dietitian at St. John’s University. Colleen spent about 8-10 hours a week in the athletic department counseling, educating, and developing meal plans for student athletes and teams. When not in the athletic department, she oversaw day to day foodservice operations, promoting fresh ideas and innovative foodservice concepts, and highlighting nutrition as part of overall wellness for all students on campus.
Prior to St. John’s, Colleen completed the Dietetic Internship with a Masters of Science in Food Science and Human Nutrition with a minor in Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at University of Florida in August of 2010. During her two years in Gainesville, Florida she worked with the athletes from all of the UF athletic teams. Colleen helped with the development of training table menus, individual meal plans, nutrition education presentations, newsletters, and helped plan and organize pre- and post-game meals for various teams, as well as provided individual counseling for student athletes.
In 2008, Colleen graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY with her Bachelor of Science degree in Dietetics and Nutrition. While at Cornell, Colleen competed on the Gymnastics team and earned IVY League and ECAC championships on the vault.
Colleen is a Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics and is currently a member of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, The Collegiate and Professional Sports Dietetics Association, and the Sports, Cardiovascular, and Wellness Nutrition group.
A native of Marlboro, MA, Colleen currently resides with her husband and two children in Hyattsville, Maryland. This podcast is sponsored by 2Before Performance Nutrition.
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50 min
April 17, 2024 Resume & Cover Letter Advice: Review or Redo?
Review or Redo?!
Meredith Price is back on the pod! We share our takes on the resume and cover letter. 1 or 2 pages? Objective statement or no objective? We play a fun game and take you through the do’s and don’ts when writing your resume and cover letter. Are you a student or early professional? This episode is for you! Love this episode? Make sure you check out Episode 66 with Meredith on Interviewing tips!
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