Paige Nielsen is a professional soccer player, currently a member of the Washington Spirit, who just won the National Women’s Soccer League. In today’s episode, Paige starts at the very beginning and tells us what her journey through soccer has been like and what she has learned along the way. Paige grew up playing soccerContinue reading “Ep 48 I went Pro with Paige Nielsen”
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Ep. 47 – I went Pro with Shereesha Richards
Shereesha Richards grew up in Jamaica playing netball. It is a sport that is similar to basketball that is played 7 on 7. She got the opportunity to go to a basketball camp at the age of 16. After the camp, she was approached with the opportunity to go to the United States and playContinue reading “Ep. 47 – I went Pro with Shereesha Richards”
Ep 44 – I went Pro
Becky & Patricia introduce the last theme for season 3 in this introductory episode. In this month’s theme, I went Pro, we will be interviewing women who have made sports their career, some of them as athletes and others as coaches and administration. In the introduction, they share the stats, that only 7% of athletesContinue reading “Ep 44 – I went Pro”
Once An Athlete with Sarah Adewunmi
Sarah Adewunmi grew up playing lots of different sports and specifically loved to play basketball. She is currently one of the chaplains for the Washington Mystics as well as the Washington Spirit. Along with being a chaplain, Sarah is also a physical therapist for the Department of Defense and does some life coaching on theContinue reading “Once An Athlete with Sarah Adewunmi”
Once An Athlete with Jolee Paden
A recent study released by Earnst & Young found that 90% of female executive-level leaders had played sports at some point in their background. We decided to put that statistic to the test and find out about the sports background of several local female leaders and learn what lessons they learned playing sports have helpedContinue reading “Once An Athlete with Jolee Paden”
Sports for Girls in the 50’s
Becky’s mom, Tammy Roberts, shares about being a majorette for football games in the 50’s. Born in 1941, Tammy talks about the limited opportunities for girls to play sports. She also talks about being the mom of female athletes in the 80’s and 90’s. She talks about how it is important to always loveContinue reading “Sports for Girls in the 50’s”
Life is a Team Sport 