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Former Wisconsin Badger and current overseas pro talks about his multiple injuries including hip and knee and how he was able to sustain a dominant career overseas.
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Today’s guest is a former Top 50 high school recruit, the four star went on to an illustrious career at the University of Minnesota where he was eventually named a 3rd team all american. He went on to become the 33rd overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft and now is currently a member of the WindyCity Bulls, a personal friend and a friend of the program, Dan Oturu.
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Mangler du episoder?
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Former UConn Husky and current WNBA player, Bria Hartley, joined me on the podcast to discuss her journey from growing up in New York, going to UConn to play for legendary head coach, Geno, Auriemma, her transition to the WNBA, and her current state after eight season of playing in the WNBA. She also discusses her two ACL surgeries, several other injuries, as well as having her son in the middle of the season. An episode you don’t want to miss!
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Today’s guest features a former Wisconsin Badger, The 2013 consensus second-team All-Big Ten honoree appeared in 119 career games with 72 starts for the Badgers. The all time career block leader in Badger Basketball history went on to an illustrious pro career from 2013 to 2019. Im super excited to welcome my trainer, a friend of mine and the podcast, Jared Berggren.
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Our guest is a native of Valparaiso, Indiana. The former 4 star recruit went on to an illustrious career at Purdue where he garnered a share of the Big Ten title in 2010 as well as individual awards like First team All Big Ten in the 2009-2010 season as well as Second-team State Farm Coaches All-American team in (2010). A player and a person whose story I have been inspired by, Robbie Hummel
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Episode 14- Courtney Fredrickson
I’m excited to welcome the former 4 star high school basketball recruit, Wisconsin Badger, and DePaul Women’s Basketball player onto the podcast. Courtney shared her experience through multiple knee injuries and surgeries. She dives deep into the emotional and mental process of injury and what she did to get through the tough times. -
Episode 13- Taylor Landfair
On this episode, we welcome 2022 B1G volleyball player of the year Taylor Landfair to the podcast. Taylor details her early success in volleyball becoming the number one recruit in the country as well as a multiple time All-American. This episode goes on to explain her success in college at the University of Minnesota, but as well as her injury, and how she was able to overcome the mental battle of injury. -
I’m excited to welcome a guest that is a testimony of perseverance. The Chicago, Illinois native has spent his last 8 years in Dekalb, Illinois. Playing football for Northern Illinois University.And he has a very unique college football experience that i’m excited for y’all to hear. A new friend of the podcast, Kyle Pugh!
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Former University of Minnesota Women’s Hockey player. The Edina, Minnesota native was named 2015 MS. Hockey. She then went onto have an Illustrious career for the Gophers which resulted in a National championship, being Named AHCA All-American Scholar, and receiving Minnesota’s Big Ten Conference Outstanding Sportsmanship Award, just to name a few. A career that defines what this podcast is all about when it comes to perseverance and never giving up and the will to never stop believing in yourself. A new friend of the podcast Taylor Williamson.
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The Madison SD Native, played running back and defensive back for Madison High, which reached the State 11A title game two straight years (2013-14)...named All-Dakota 12 Conference in 2014 and honorable mention All-Dakota 12 Conference in 2013. But nowadays documenting sports is at the forefront of his life more than playing them is. The multimedia content producer works for the University of Minnesota and the NFL creating video content unlike any other.
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The Buffalo, MN native led his high school to 3 consecutive section finals. After his time at Buffalo he committed to University of Mary. After a year at Mary he transferred to SCSU where he is in his second year with the program. A fellow Minnesota Hooper Tony Dahl!
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Episode 8 of The Double Down Podcast features a three-star prospect by Rivals, Scout, ESPN and 247 Sports. He was ranked as the No. 85 receiver in his class and as the No. 4 receiver in Illinois. He is currently in his 6 year with the Golden Gophers and has played in 46 games and has made 125 catches (12th all-time in school history) for 1,970 yards (ninth all-time in school history) and 13 touchdowns (tied for 13th all-time in school history). An ACL tear has taken him out for the rest of the Golden gophers season. Expect him to make a full recovery and be back for his seventh year at the University of Minnesota. A personal friend of mine: Chris Autman-Bell.
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Our guest was rated as the No. 78 player overall in the nation and the No. 17 guard by ESPN. She was also named a WBCA High School All-American. She led her high school to a 28-1 record and a No. 2 final national ranking in the espnW 25 Power Rankings. She was named Northern California preps Player of the Year, A new personal friend of mine… Mi’Cole Cayton.
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I’m very excited to be joined with this week’s guest via zoom. Our guest was Named the Division III National Player of the Year by the National Basketball Coaches Association... He Earned All-American honors by both NABC and D3hoops.com... He was an NABC Division III West District Player of the Year... NABC Coaches’ Division III All-West District Player of the Year... D3hoops.com All-West Region team...and was Named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District team. My friend Booker Coplin.
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Episode 5 of the Double Down podcast presented by Waterwave features our guest who is a University of Minnesota Alum, a former Golden Gopher basketball player of 6 years. The former 4 star recruit from Memphis Tennessee was a top 120 recruit in the class of 2016. A 2 time team captain and the winner of the Big Ten sportsmanship award, my friend Eric Curry.
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Today’s guest is a 2018 graduate of Robbinsdale Cooper High School.. A Four-year letterman and three-year starter… A Two-time all-conference and Special Teams Player of the Year… He led the team to a 9-1 record and section championship in 2017. The North Dakota State Wide Receiver is now in his 5th year in Fargo where he has already racked up 3 national championships and is in his senior campaign towards a fourth. A very special guest and a personal friend of mine, Phoenix Sproles
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Episode 3 of the Double Down Podcast features a very special guest Katie Borowicz. The University of Minnesota Gopher Women’s basketball point guard tells her story about growing up in Northern Minnesota having tremendous success in high school basketball. She shares stories of her transition from high school, leaving her senior year early, to help the 2020-2021 gopher women’s basketball team. From there she brings the listener on a journey through the unique adversity she had to endure that sidelined her for the whole 2021-2022 season. Katie speaks on the different emotional responses she had and how they affected her mental health as a college athlete.
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Episode 2 of the Double Down Podcast will focus on our guest Isaiah Ihnen. Isaiah shares his story of growing up in Germany and starting basketball the age of 15. Isaiah takes us on his journey to America to play college basketball and the challenges and success he had along the way. Isaiah also shares the story of his 2 ACL injuries and how they affected his mental health as well as the emotional stressors that come with surgery and rehab.
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This podcast will feature high level athlete guests
that at one point in their career suffered some sort of
injury that kept them out of the sport they love. This
podcast will feature interviews about initial emotional
responses and stressors of the injury. Also, we will
talk in depths about mental health and the relation it
has in sports especially through injury and the action
of being sidelined from the sport you play. Lastly, me
and my guests will detail the physical battle of rehab
and the fight it takes everyday to get back to the
athletic level that they once were at.
