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Coach Llanos shares with the show what he looks for when he recruits his next athletes. You may be surprised with what he has to say! Coach Llanos is the Wide Receivers Coach and Special Teams Coordinator at Minot State University.

Danielle Berman - Founder of Tackle What's Next, joined us to discuss why and how she started her platform and the value it brings to student-athletes.  We also talked about how she adjusted her business model and approach to student-athletes throughout covid.

Check out Danielle and all of her good works below:

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If you don't take a chance on yourself, no one will take you seriously.  Ashley breaks down the importance of self-confidence, hyping yourself up and doing your thing no matter what. In addition to that she talks about the positive implications of networking and stepping outside of your comfort zone.  



Ash is a certified world shaker and we are so blessed to call her sister. 



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We had Bri Vaughn on the show this week, and it was nothing short of excellent.

We dove into the dynamic realm of Student-athlete development and the importance of it on campuses.   There is never a time in your life that more people are around you working towards YOUR success. If you don't take advantage of it, your wasting our time and opportunity.

Briana has been the Assistant Director of Administration and is now in Student-Athlete Development where she is responsible for assisting in the facilitation of programming for all 14 teams, hosting visiting athletic directors, assisting in major events, and providing direct support to the Assistant AD/ Student-Athlete development, as well as a multitude of other duties.

Prior to Mississippi State, Bri was in Membership Services at Women Leaders in College Sports.

Before her career in athletics, Bri was a Division-I student-athlete for the University of Central Florida Women’s Track & Field team. From 2013 to 2016 she was a 100 and 200 meter sprinter. Following her track and field career, Bri completed her Master’s degree in both Business Administration and Sports Business.

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Ashley Usery (ERR-SIR-REE) is a former Track and Field student-athlete @ The University Of Florida. While there she received her undergrad and graduate degree. She is 3x SEC Champ and Missouri Sports Hall of Fame inductee.

Post athletics she has worked in college athletics in the compliance realm, in particular, working directly in and within the infamous TRANSFER PORTAL.

She currently is the Director of Athletics Compliance at Texas Tech University. 



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On our latest installation of Walking the Walk, we caught up with a friend of ours, Andrew Capirchio.

We talked about his newest book "Chasing Sparks", the progress and reach he's created through his works in the Minneapolis School District, as well as how he has been an advocate and resource for the student-athletes in the past year with Covid-19, the killing of George Floyd as well as the recently started trail, and their sports being taken from them.  This is a deep, and heartfelt episode, be sure to leave a review, comment and subscribe to our show and youtube page to get all of our latest content. 



Andrew is a former Football student-athlete at Scottsdale Community College and Concordia St. Paul.

Founder of Blessed to Announce Project where he works with student-athletes all over the twin cities area 

Author of books: Blessed to announce, as well as Chasing Sparks



Chasing Sparks: How to find extraordinary fulfillment and purpose during ordinary moments: Capirchio, Andrew Craig: 9798564331852: Amazon.com: Books

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