Sophie Suechting is a former D3 student-athlete (Colby College) who is currently the Head of Partner Experience at WinWon.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Sophie shares how she was recruited to row Crew after never playing the sport before, discusses how she improved en route to becoming a 2x All-American, gives her advice to future D3 student-athletes, talks about why she decided to coach Crew at her alma mater, working at a sports tech startup, and much more.

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Madison Quan is a former D3 student-athlete (Pomona-Pitzer) who is currently the interim Head Women's Basketball Coach of the CalTech Beavers.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Madison shares what mattered most to her during her college sports recruiting process, discusses how she improved as a player over her college career, gives her advice to future D3 student-athletes, talks about how she decided coaching was right for her and what she passed up to pursue it, getting prepared for her first season as a college head coach, and much more.

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Yuuki Okubo is a former D3 student-athlete (Oberlin College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Japan for the Fukushima Firebonds of the BLeague.

Yuuki was under recruited out of high school, but went on to start nearly every game of his D3 college career and was a 3x all-league standout in the NCAC. He also graduated as the all-time leader in assists with 510 and helped steadily improve the Yeomen's W/L record during his career.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Yuuki discusses how he picked an agent to help him start his professional basketball career, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares how he got recruited to Oberlin, how he's adjusting to life in Japan, where he wants his pro career to go, and much more.

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John DiBartolomeo is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Rochester) who is currently playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. 

He is arguably the most successful D3 to pro story we've ever seen to so wanted to find out more about he went from D3 All-American to 6x Israeli League Champion and Euroleague Captain.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, John discusses how he picked an agent to help him start his professional basketball career, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose Rochester for college, how developing off the court helped him make major strides as a player, the hardest thing about adjusting to life abroad, and much more.

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Neruda and KJ are former D3 basketball players (Utica & Alfred, respectively) who, despite being conference foes in the Empire 8, teamed up to create a unique platform to spotlight small-college basketball: The NotEvenD2 Podcast.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Neruda & KJ discuss how they met, share advice to future D3 student-athletes, discuss why they each picked the college they chose, how they contributed to their on-campus communities, and much more.

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Shay and Guillermo are current D3 basketball players (Emerson College Men's Basketball) who have teamed up to create the College Athlete Network (CAN). CAN is a non-profit dedicated to empowering young athletes that offers free mentorship services.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Shay and Guillermo discuss why they decided to start CAN, share advice to future D3 student-athletes, detail why they each chose to attend Emerson College in Boston, their dreams to work in athlete representation, and much more.

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Josh McClary is a former D3 student-athlete (Roanoke College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Portugal for Ginásio Clube Figueirense.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses how he picked an agent to help him go pro, gives his advice to future D3 student-athletes, shares why he chose Roanoke for college, how he developed as a basketball player, and much more.

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Ryan Chang is a current D3 Student-Athlete who is double majoring in Statistics and Economics at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ryan discusses his D3 recruiting process for baseball, how he found Carleton from the west coast, how he used camps & showcases effectively as a recruit, navigating an injury in college, and what advice he would give his 18 year old self. Enjoy!

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Brad Breier is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Baseball) and the Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Brad discusses his D3 recruiting process for baseball, how he discovered golf and got his first college coaching opportunity, a behind the scenes look at building a D3 program from scratch, advice for recruits trying to play college golf, and what advice he would give his 18 year old self. Enjoy!

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Josh Erickson is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Basketball) and the founder of Beyond Sports - the world-leader in travel for teams & athletes.

In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses his D3 recruiting process, how he got an early start on his college coaching career, coaching professional and national team basketball in Costa Rica, what led him to start his own business (and not quit!), as well as advice to future D3 student-athletes. Enjoy!

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