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In this episode of the PlayBooked Podcast, Chloe touches Emily’s creative process in writing her novel “athlEATS,” her experience in connecting with her agent, how she became interested in nutrition, how she is handling her recent diagnosis with Celiac disease, and the way in which she began her journey as an athlete-preneur at Duke. 

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In this episode of The Birdie Bunch Podcast, Kennedy touches on some of her basic background information, her accolades throughout Junior Golf, and her introduction to the recruiting process.  She also discusses her transition from high school athletics to college athletics.

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Machaela "Mac" Simmons, was a 3 year walk-on for the Duquesne University Women's Basketball team in the A10 from 2018-2020.

After many hardships, constant struggle, unfair treatment and uncontrollable situations thrown at her, she decided to step away from the program.

Mac & Noah discuss:
- Coaching staff being weird from the start
- The lack of respect given to her
- Her mental health: wanting to cry all day everyday
- Going from validation seeking to believing in herself
- Coaches lying to her and leading her on
- How she got through it / what she took away from it

Mac is currently finishing up her degree in Physical Therapy & runs a newsletter & fitness account called 'GetMactive'. which focuses on connecting people to mindfulness through fitness; which she explains more about in the show.

Link to GetMactive pages: https://linktr.ee/getmactive 

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In this episode of the PlayBooked Podcast, Chloe touches J'Marick’s experience as a football player at both U of M and Duke, his experience as a new puppy father, while continuing his entrepreneurial journey as a man who passionately supports his hometown community. 

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7 footer Braden Burke, joins the pod to talk about his college basketball journey. 

Braden started on scholarship at Robert Morris University for his freshmen year in 2017 before transferring to Michigan St. University to be a walk-on under Head Coach Tom Izzo the next 3 years. 

After MSU, Braden enrolled in Central Michigan & then Oakland on scholarship each of the last two years for post grad years before extenuating circumstances forced him to opt out of playing at both schools

The conversation between Braden & Noah is only 60 minutes in length and the breakdown is as follows: 

-Why he left RMU & his scholarship after 1 year to be a walk-on at MSU

-Entire journey at MSU / scholarship to walk-on dynamic / what changed for him 

-Friendship with Jaren Jackson Jr.

-Relationship with Coach Izzo / MSU Family atmosphere 

-2019 Final Four run

-Enrolling @ CMU in 2020 & having to opt out 

-Enrolling @ Oakland in 2021 & having to opt out 

..... and so much more in between!

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In this episode of the PlayBooked Podcast, Chloe touches on Dorian and James’ experience as entrepreneurial collegiate athletes while performing at Stanford. These men connected while on the track & field team while creating a website for college athletes to sell their swag!

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Marvin Davies, an Ohio native, is a sophomore walk-on wide receiver for the Buckeyes. 

Marv talks about:

-Every dynamic as a college football walk-on

-Scripted nature of the scout team

-Competing against future NFL players 

-Differences in treatment scholarship vs walk-ons

-Being released from the team then put back on

-Where he’s currently at with the team 

-What he hopes people can take from hearing his story

Marvin and Noah draw many parallels from Marv’s journey as a football walk-on to Noah’s journey as a basketball walk-on. Diving into each topic really opens the conversation up. Lot of inspiration to draw on from Marv's journey.

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In this episode of the PlayBooked Podcast, Chloe touches on Derrian’s experience as being a peer to an olympian, her personal journey as a driven gymnast, her development of her gymnast leotard brand, and her work as an athlete-preneur who is developing her own NFT. 

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Matt Leon showed up to Seton Hall's campus in the Fall of 2014 with no guarantee he'd even end up on the baseball team. To eventually become a UNANIMOUS 1st Team All-Big East player his senior year as a closer, where he holds the Seton Hall single-season saves record with 12 .... to then signing a contract with the LA Angels. 

Matt's walk-on story entails:
- How he tried out for consecutive months leading up to the season
- When he found out he made the team 
- His battle to be put on scholarship 
- Feeling guilty about inquiring for the scholarship that he knew he had earned
- What changed for him his senior year that helped him be so dominant on the mound
- Signing with the Angels in 2018 & where he's at with his pro career right now

Matt and Noah also talk about:
what he'd change about the MLB.....what aspiring MLB players do as side jobs to sustain living expenses.....working on his velocity.....his perspective on the journey overall.....and BETTING ON HIMSELF!

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Leigh Bodden was a non-scholarship athlete during most of his time at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, a I-AA non-scholarship football program (at the time), before going undrafted in the 2003 NFL Draft. Leigh played 9 years in the NFL with the Cleveland Browns, Detroit Lions and New England Patriots. 

On Episode 13, Leigh & Noah talk about the underdog mentality and the mindset it took for Leigh to go from not even playing football his freshman year of HS, to signing million dollar deals in the NFL. Speaking about his: confidence starting at a young age...seeking out crazy challenges...self-assessing himself...questioning if he'd make it...keeping the faith and so much more!

Noah & Leigh talk about: 

- How being crazy worked for him
- Eagerness to learn 

- Financial literacy / financial freedom / building a team

- What clicks in the pro's mind at a young age

- Sustaining the mindset through the ups & downs

- Beating the odds of being non-scholarship & undrafted 

- What he would tell himself to eliminate his doubt & fears 

- Advice he'd give to someone who has played a sport their whole life and is now approaching the end 

Time Log 

0:00 - 3:25 - Noah's Intro

3:25 -  37:25 - Leigh's story / Mindset / Underdog mentality & perspective

37:25 - 1:07:45 - "Quick" Hitters - Memory of Brady & Belichick.....One fun moment about 0-16 season in Detroit....Moment w/ Deion Sanders....Being released by Pats.....What receiver in his era did he check the best....and a few more!

1:07:45  - 1:15:25 - Extra Leigh & Noah candid convo / Leigh's Commencement Speech / Noah’s Outro 

- Leigh scared to tried out for football freshmen yr of HS

- How Noah got Leigh on the pod

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Shavar Reynolds was a former walk-on at Seton Hall University in 2017, before earning himself a scholarship after his freshman year in the program.

Each year he slowly climbed the ladder at Seton Hall; going from freshmen walk-on, to sophomore year on scholarship, to 6th man and main defensive stopper junior year, to starting point guard senior year.

Shavar speaks with charisma, confidence and the ultimate belief in himself throughout the episode about his journey from the underdog walk-on to the scholarship player who showed he really belonged there and how it all unfolded for him.

Shavar talks about:

• The differences between being a walk-on & a scholarship player and what changed
• Hitting the buzzer beater vs. St. John's
• How much being around Myles Powell helped his game
• His decision to transfer to Monmouth University
• His goal to play in the NBA & what NBA player he models his game after the most!

Make sure to listen to the intro so you can hear the story be tied together in the outro to hear how Shavar's lone season with Monmouth came to a close, by host, Noah Buono.

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