Basketball player Jackie Stiles held the scoring record in the NCAA for about 16 years. Her story begins in the small town of Chaflin, KS where Jackie was a four sport high school athlete holding numerous track and field state titles. It was her love of basketball that took the shooting guard to college and onto the international court, to the WNBA and now a coaching career. Jackie credits her teammates, coaches and her family and community support and love for her success. After taking the Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University ) basketball team to the NCAA Final Fours (scoring 41 points in win against Duke ) she was awarded the 2001 Honda Cup and was drafted by the pros. Jackie talks about her biggest challenges at that level and the unintended consequences of her signature work ethic and overtraining. She only wishes she would have known back then how to better take care of her body. Though she believes in the power of the mind, her injuries eventually caught up with her leaving her to claim an identity other than as a basketball player. Jackie talks about having lived her life backwards with new found experiences and joys outside the gymnasium. She knows it was the support of those around her that made her dreams comes true and consequently she is committed to helping others by giving back to the sport, which makes her a successful Assistant Coach at University of Oklahoma.

Host: Chris Voelz.

A co-production with The Collegiate Women's Sports Awards.

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Naya and Ilona get down to another favorite topic of their’s - FOOD. How much protein and carbs does it take to fuel a professional rugby player? If you follow Lo on Tik Tok you will know she has a BIG appetite! She avoid the word ‘diet’ and gives her body all the fuel it needs. They share their likes and dislikes, and their drinking habits before and after a game. let’s just say neither of them go hungry. They make sure that their nutrition keeps up with their calorie burn. But what about cheat foods like burgers and fries? Find out how these two feisty Leos stay healthy and well fed to keep their body tuned.

Hosts: Naya Tapper & Ilona Maher

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This week's guest is Dr. Ceyda Mumcu, an associate professor of sport management at the University of New Haven. She is an expert on fan behavior, marketing analytics in sport, and marketing of women’s sports and marketing to women sport fans. She published one of the first sport analytics textbooks which has been sold in 27 countries and across every continent. In a prior life before the academy she played professional basketball for eight years at Turkish Women’s Professional Basketball League. She is the newest member of #disruptHERS.

Host: Dr. Nicole LaVoi
A co-production with The Tucker Center

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There is big news from Australia today as the Hockeyroos sets out to heal its fractured team by appointing their first female Head Coach in Katrina Powell. Chris and Nancy discuss the significance of this turn around following their recent controversy. And as always there is Olympic and Paralympic news plus top stories from women’s sport around the world including football and tennis.

Hosts: Chris Stafford & Nancy Gillen

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On this episode of Tri This, Kirstin covers recovery, which is frequently neglected as many athletes and fitness enthusiasts tend to underestimate its benefits. We have talked about recovery and adaptation to exercise before on this podcast, but we haven't covered the hows, whats, whys. And recovery really does deserve an episode to itself. In the end, the purpose of training is to put some sort of stress on the body, to overload the muscles/nervous system etc., and then give the body time to adapt. Remember, the human body doesn't want to be caught unprepared and it is always learning. So, when you train hard the body basically says, "ok I don't want to be caught unprepared for that again, so let's adapt". But it only does that efficiently if you give it the space to do so and facilitate that recovery appropriately. Tune in to learn more about different ways you can optimize your recovery.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Sprinter Angela Williams rarely lost a race in her first ten years of competition and she credits her father’s coaching, family’s support, the gift of an explosive start, her community of faith and the fact she loved running. None of this changed as she held the top mark for the 20th century of 10:95 sec for the 100 meters. Because of this positive foundation, high expectations did not seem to bother her.  At University of Southern California, she set the NCAA record of being a four time winner in the 100 meters.  This record culminated in Angela being named Track and Field Athlete of the Year and 2001 Honda Cup Winner. She shares how important these accolades were since women in sport were not getting the recognition they deserve. Angela  had her share of physical injury setbacks, which thwarted her participation in the 1996 and 2000 Olympics but she bounced back for the 2004 Olympics. She describes what happens when, while ranked number #1 in the world and while she is the lead off runner for the 4 x 100m, history is made for the wrong reasons. Angela explains what happened to those two very talented quartets and how teamwork prevailed. Now a mother of three and HR Manager for an engineering firm she leaves the audience with her advice to all; “remember why you are running and don’t lose your joy.”

Length: 49 mins

A co-production with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards

Host: Chris Voelz

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

On S3E6 of The WeCOACH Podcast presented by Hudl, Marci Kornegay talks to Katey Stone, Harvard University, Head Women’s Ice Hockey Coach and Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Head Coach, 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. They discuss the importance of cultivating culture and building strong staff bonds is critical for coaching longevity. We talk through the perils of a pandemic and how detecting burnout within your program should be attacked and supplemented with inspiration and motivation from some unlikely places. Being an experienced coaching veteran at every level, including her role of head coach at the 2014 Sochi Olympic Games, Coach Stone addresses a slew of coaching nuggets that will resonate with coaches of all sports and levels.

Host: Marci Kornegay
A co-production with WeCOACH.

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

Nancy is back and our guest this week is Syrian player, coach and referee Sarah Abd Elbaki whose involvement in rugby began when she three and a half years ago. Sarah was the captain of the Syrian women national team in the last tournament participating in what was the Arab 7s championship, which was held in Egypt where they won the silver medal. She is Head of Women's Rugby Development in Syria, Assistant Coach of the men's national team, the first Arab Asia woman referee and the first female to officiate a domestic 15's rugby match in Syria. Sarah is also a member in Asia Rugby competitions committee, and an advisory board member for Girls Rugby Club. She has recently been selected as one of Asia Rugby Unstoppables and she was also awarded World Rugby women's executive leadership scholarship among 12 recipients across the globe.

Hosts: Nancy Gillen & Chris Stafford

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

In this episode of Tri This, Kirstin talks about the integration of life and sport. Kirstin discusses how she gets the response of many "wide-eyes" when she says she is training for an Ironman event. Certainly it's no small feat, but she finds that many people think training for a Triathlon/ Ironman just overcomes and takes over her life. In reality, there are some big sessions over the weekend and shorter, smaller sessions during the week to help get ready and recovered for the next big weekend sessions. But the week is also a bit lighter because of home life and work. It all fits in and can fit in without burdening and burning out yourself and your family and friends. Kirstin also reflects on how many aspects and lessons she has learned through sport also translate into life and business and vice versa. We aren't always going to have motivation. We aren't always going to want to show up. But when we do, regardless of whether we wanted to or not, that's what life and sport is all about.

Host: Dr. Kirstin Lauritzen

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].

The 1986 Honda Cup winner, Kamie Ethridge, was a typical West Texas kid who was taught to be helpful, to be proud of being a Texan and good to the bone. Kamie and her sister excelled in tennis which consumed their childhood until they discovered basketball, the sport that would be a central part of Kamie’s life to this day. Kamie relates the heartbreak of losing and the validation of winning. She credits setbacks for being the foundation of what can happen in the future. Kamie credits her team and University of Texas - Austin for the support she received, which led to one of her biggest accomplishments; winning the Honda Cup. She talks about having her world rocked with a knee injury and the transition to having the goal of making the team rather than starting for the team. Not surprisingly Kamie thinks resiliency is one of the best attributes and life lessons she learned through sport. Responding in one or two words to describe the uniqueness of the coaches she played or worked with, Kamie notes: “classy”, “down to earth”, “idea coach”, “sees the hearts and heads of her players”, and “ability to bring together a variety of personalities”. She speaks to the role models who taught her unabashed pursuit, and offers this advice to her 18-21 year old self: pay attention to sleep, nutrition and training. Listen to Kamie share the best advice her college coach Jody Conrad shared with her through actions. She has clearly followed her passion for the sport and, as the head coach for Washington State University, is instilling a future with five core values; respect, compete, trust, toughness and accountability. Coach Ethridge also emphasizes the need to both give voice and listen to better understand racial injustices.

Host: Chris Voelz, CWSA Executive Director

A co-production with the Collegiate Women's Sports Awards

For more information, links and resources plus conversations from the world of women’s sport including articles, blogs, videos and podcasts visit wispsports.com. WiSP Sports is the World’s First and Only Podcast Network for Women’s Sport with more than 60 hosts, 1300+ episodes across 50 shows and over 7 million downloads. WiSP Sports is on all major podcast players. Follow WiSP Sports on social media @WiSPsports. Contact us at [email protected].