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One and One Podcast
Hosted by Bridget B. · EN
Welcome to the One and One Podcast, where a below average podcaster chats with an above average athlete. Join me, Bridget B., on my quest to get the stories of athletes who have worked just as hard, and have just as many compelling stories, but were not the ones featured on SportsCenter every day.
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Conor Triplett
Jan 19, 2022Tap to summarizeConor Triplett attended the University of Notre Dame from 2015-2018 where he was a male practice player for the Women's Basketball team, and was there when they won the 2018 National Championship. He talks about growing up in Phoenix, Arizona, being a twin, having a father that's a Professional Golfer (Kirk Triplett), and how he got into basketball. Conor describes his basketball career at Brophy College Prep High School, getting recruited to smaller Division 3 schools, and his decision to attend Notre Dame as a student. He then details how he became a member of the practice squad for the women's team, what it takes to be a practice player, having a high basketball IQ, and his experience working with former Head Coach Muffet McGraw and current Head Coach Niele Ivey. He chats about the 2018 title run, going to the Final Four with other members of the practice squad, the rollercoaster of emotions that Final Four was, and a special moment between Muffet McGraw and the practice players after the game. Conor discusses majoring in engineering and design, attending grad school at Carnegie Mellon, his career thus far, and his ultimately goal to build theme park rides.
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Nov 17, 2021Tap to summarizeAlysa Auriemma is an English Teacher and Assistant Coach for the Girls Basketball Team at Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut. She is also the daughter of UConn Women's Basketball Coach, Geno Auriemma. Alysa talks about growing up in Manchester, Connecticut, growing up around the UConn program, her own basketball career, and why she stopped playing in high school to focus on her greater passion, theater. She explains how much she has always loved reading, including bringing books to the UConn games, and her passion for writing. Alysa discusses why she chose to attend UConn, her own life there away from her father, going to NYC to pursue theater, her decision to return home, go back to school, and pursue English. She describes how she became an English teacher, working at her alma mater Miss Porters, and helping to coach the basketball team. She opens up about some viral moments she had as Geno's daughter, including her piece honoring Coach Pat Summit and tweeting at Morgan William congratulating her after she hit a buzzer beater against UConn. Alysa then talks about the novel she wrote, "All Daughters Rise" that is available now for pre-order, and will be released on January 4th, 2022. She describes her writing process, how she came up with the idea, what the book is about, why she decided to self-publish, and how she's already working on the sequel.
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Feb 18, 2020Tap to summarizeErin Kelly was a Sophomore Varsity Softball Player at Hackensack High School with a great future in the sport, when one night she woke up and couldn't feel her legs. Erin had contracted Transverse Myelitis, a disorder caused by the inflammation of the spinal cord. Instead of attending softball practice, Erin had to spend 6 weeks in rehab re-learning how to walk. She discusses what she went through in the hospital, how intense those 6 weeks of re-learning how to walk were, having a positive attitude through the whole ordeal, why she wasn't able to make it back on the softball field, and how her experience led her to her current career as a nurse.
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