#AthleteEvolved

Josue Louis is a professional Olympic hopeful Track and Field Decathlete from Spring Valley, New York. A graduate of Temple University with degrees in Sports Recreation & Management and African American Studies, Josue was also part of Temple’s Division 1 Football and Track and Field Teams. Following graduation in 2011, Josue turned professional and focused his skills on the 2012 Olympics in London.

Currently living in Los Angeles, California, Josue is training for the anticipated Tokyo Olympics, as well as preparing himself for post-career goals working as an IT Technical Recruiter for Eleven Recruiting.

Michael Haddix is one of the nation’s most trusted and experienced business advisors for professional athletes. His passion for helping athletes build their careers beyond the playing field is the result of a lifetime immersed in sports and business. The son of a first-round NFL pick, Michael has had an intimate, personal view of the challenges and opportunities faced by active and retired athletes.

After graduating from Siena College -- where he starred for the basketball program and finished among the school’s all-time leaders in points and rebounds -- Michael received his MBA from Columbia university and began a successful career on Wall Street as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs and Lazard. He leveraged his banking experience to become a financial advisor for professional athletes at Octagon Sports, managing portfolios for some of the world’s biggest sports stars.

Today, Michael leads Empower3d, which provides athletes with the opportunity to connect with and learn from industry leaders across all facets of business. The goal is to provide athletes with unbiased advice and a network of experts to support the next chapter of their careers.

Andrew identifies as an athlete and entrepreneur. While he is a current soccer player with the New York Cosmos after a collegiate career at Wake Forest, Andrew spends much of his time exploring other industries and passions. He is a Sports Business Blockchain Lead at Sportcash one after managing a dual career with stops at Tok, Crowdmuse and other companies. Andrew has educated himself in Programming, Data Science, English, Pre-Med, and business. All of this while achieving success at the highest level in professional soccer. 

Lubahn's decorated soccer career includes achievement like being top 10 for goals scored at Wake Forest University. While at college, Lubahn appeared for USL PDL clubs Michigan Bucks and Carolina Dynamo. Lubahn signed with United Soccer League club Harrisburg City Islanders on August 8, 2015. Lubahn has been offered contracts by and played for Columbus Crew, Cercle Brugge, Portland Timbers, Harrisburg City Islanders, Louisville City FC, San Francisco Deltas, Pittsburgh Riverhounds, Loudoun United/DC United Reserves, and New York Cosmos (currently under contract). He’s been a Trophy-Winning Champion at the Local, State, Regional, and National Level, notably a national championship with U-19 Columbus Crew, NASL Championship with San Francisco Deltas, and State Championship with Pittsburgh Riverhounds.

Darryl and I talked about Kobe Bryant a ton. 2016 National NCAA Champion, Darryl "D.Rey" Reynolds graduated from Villanova in 2017 and after a short stent with the 76ers, he played a year overseas in Poland's premier league. After a career ending injury, he turned to his other passion, content creation. He started the show "Stay Tuned with D.Rey" as an ode to his love for the late-night talk show format and created a podcast under the same title. D.Rey is also a free-lance host and public speaker.

Watch his Dear, Kobe piece: https://www.staytunednetwork.com/dear-kobe

Adam Breneman: Adam Breneman is a former American football tight end and a current college football coach with Arizona State University. Breneman played for the UMass Minutemen, where he transferred in 2016 after playing three years for the Penn State Nittany Lions. He played high school football at Cedar Cliff High School and was a highly touted recruit.

Casey Muir: Casey is the Senior Director, Client Management at Octagon serving as an NFLPA agent. Octagon is a full-service athlete representation and is one of the World's leaders in sports, entertainment, and marketing.

Arvind Aravindhan

• Tennis Director at JKST for over 23 years
  
• Ranked as the #2 Junior Tennis player in India
  
• Reached a #64 ranking as a junior in the world
  
• Attended Erskine College in South Carolina on a Tennis Scholarship and graduated with a degree in Management and Marketing
  
• Achieved All-American honors by the NAIA
  
• Coached ITF world and nationally ranked junior players
  
• Trains all the tennis professionals at JKST and has introduced various training levels
  

Aiden McIntyre demonstrates that his identity is more than a professional baseball player. McIntyre is a pitcher within the Oakland Athletics farm system. Learn about how he faced and responded to adversity in his path to getting drafted by the A's in 2018 from Holy Names University. He showcases how he's learned from his journey and continues to evolve himself to be more than the athlete he is! The conversation spans from training, social media, nutrition, and other sports that Aiden tackles in his appreciation for his story!

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Bio from IMGAcademy.com....

Dr. Taryn Morgan has consulted with numerous junior, collegiate, and professional/Olympic athletes and teams. She has been the mental conditioning consultant for Texas A&M Women’s Soccer, University of Tennessee Women’s Soccer, Rowing and Swimming/Diving, Maryville College Volleyball, the Southeast Florida Figure Skating Club (including Amanda Evora, Olympic Pairs skater) in addition to all of the IMG sports. In addition to her applied experience, Taryn also taught an Introduction to Sport and Exercise Psychology class and numerous activity classes at the University of Tennessee and the University of Florida. She has been invited to speak at camps and clinics across the nation and has presented at national and international conferences.

Reilly Dampeer, Head Coach and High Performance Program Director
USRowing National High Performance Center

Bio from RiverSportOKC.com....

Beginning her fourth season at the Oklahoma City High Performance Center and twelve year coaching rowing, Coach Dampeer continues to build a strong development program for rowing in the United States. Coach Dampeer has coached various national team athletes since 2010, at events including Senior, U23 and U19 World Championships, Pan American Games, and World Cups. In 2019, Dampeer coached Katelin Gildersleeve to a bronze medal finish in the women’s single at the U19 World Championships in Toyko and Privel Hinkati, of Benin, to qualification in the men’s single for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Dampeer came to Oklahoma in 2016 from Washington, DC, where she was the coach of a high performance club rowing program for eight years. She has also coached many athletes to the podium at National Championships, National Selection Regattas and other international events like Henley Royal Regatta and the Australian National Championships. Coach Dampeer is a participant in the U.S. Olympic Committee National Team Coach Leadership and Education Program. The goal of this program is to develop leadership skills in National Team coaches which, in turn, will help enhance the performance of National Team athletes and lead to sustained international competitive excellence. Dampeer’s expertise is in training program development, technical coaching and innovation in integrating emerging science in rowing.

As an athlete, Dampeer rowed for Santa Clara University for four years, and after college trained at several clubs around the country. She won a National Championship title in the Single, and represented the U.S. at the 2007 Pan American Games in the Single and Quadruple Sculls, taking silver in the Quad.

Bio cited from University of Dayton Athletics (2020)...

Ryan Gensler is the current assistant women's basketball coach at the University of Dayton. Gensler comes to Dayton after spending the past two seasons on the University of Florida women's basketball staff, serving as the video coordinator. In 2017, he was named the Co-National Basketball Video Coordinator of the Year by the Collegiate Sports Video Association Executive Board (CSVA). He was also on the staff for the 2015-16 season in which the Gators went 22-9 and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

Prior to his time in Gainesville, Gensler was an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for Loyola-Maryland from 2013-15, an assistant coach at fellow Atlantic 10 program St. Bonaventure from 2011-13 (during which the Bonnies advanced to the Sweet 16), and Director of Basketball Operations/Graduate Assistant Coach at Providence College from 2009-11.

Gensler earned his bachelor's degree from Saint Joseph's University in 2009 before receiving his master's degree from Providence in 2011.

Gensler lives in Dayton with his wife Leanna, son Jackson, and their dog, Bo.

Biography from gobroncs.com:

Ben Kay joined the Rider Men's Basketball coaching staff as Director of Player Development in July 2018. He was promoted to Director of Basketball Operations for the 2019-20 season. 

Kay spent 2017-18 as Head Coach at Penn State Brandywine, leading the Lions to one of the top seasons in program history. During the 2017-18 campaign, Kay led Brandywine to its first-ever conference championship after reaching the title game for the first time since 1991, as well as an appearance at the USCAA Tournament. Kay was named Sam Cozen Small College Coach of the Year after leading the Lions to more than 20 games for the first time in 12 years. The Lions became the first men's team from Brandywine to win a national tournament game when they knocked off NHTI, reaching the national semifinals. Brandywine led the conference in points scored (86) and turnovers forced (23).

Under Kay's tutelage, three players garnered USCAA All-American awards. Kay's first season began with a regular-season game at the Palestra against Penn, Brandywine's first-ever against an NCAA Division I opponent. Overall, the Lions posted a 21-8 record, finishing second in the PSUAC during the regular season before ousting Penn State Wilkes Barre in the conference championship game.

Kay joined the Brandywine athletic staff after two successful seasons as an assistant men’s basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at West Chester University. During his first season at West Chester, Kay helped guide the Golden Rams to a top-25 ranking and the best record in program history as West Chester reached the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Tournament championship and received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Tournament.

Included among his duties at West Chester was scouting opponents, game planning both offensive and defensive strategies, running team and individual film sessions as well as fundraising. Kay was also the lead recruiter for the team, scouting high school and AAU games and working with coaches to recruit some of the most talented student-athletes in the mid-Atlantic region.

While at West Chester, Kay began a mentoring program for the men’s basketball team, matching student-athletes with basketball alumni and business professionals. The goal of the mentoring program was to build relationships, while also teaching student-athletes professional skills and lessons necessary for a successful career outside of basketball following graduation.

Kay also co-directed West Chester’s summer day camps and skills camps, which were some of the largest of their kind on the east coast, while also co-directing a team camp and high school league during the summer, annually featuring 30 teams from the Greater Philadelphia the area.

In 2012, Kay co-founded the Treasure Beach Jamaican Youth Basketball Camp and still serves as the camp director, currently. At the camp, which serves underprivileged youth in Jamaica, teaching basketball skills and teamwork, Kay oversees 25 counselors and over 400 campers annually during the week-long event. He also manages the finances for the camp, which has fundraised $50,000.

Prior to his time at West Chester, Kay served as the associate head coach and recruiting coordinator for the Immaculata University men’s basketball team. At Immaculata, he led recruiting in the tri-state area, while also aiding in all aspects of player development, game day preparation and opponent scouting.

Kay began his coaching career as an undergraduate student at Drexel University where he was a practice player and student assistant coach for the Dragons’ women’s basketball team for four seasons.

A 2012 graduate of Drexel, Kay earned his bachelor’s degree in business and marketing. He’s also earned his master’s degree in public administration and sports management at West Chester University.

This podcast was recorded on May 18, 2020, and brought to you by Drexel University's Sport Coaching and Leadership Program. The panel is filled with experts in their field and takes a look into today’s baseball player to gain a deeper understanding of their path from the minor leagues to the major leagues. The host and panelists will discuss the evolution of the baseball player and the various elements of player development in a holistic sense. With baseball currently on hold, this panel will share various pieces of advice for what baseball players can be doing during this difficult time. Lastly, we will touch upon the transition out of baseball and how the impact of that transition factors in identity, transferable skills, life and mental skills, and more.

Panelists: 

• Jen Wolf, Life Skills Coordinator, Cleveland Indians
  
• Jeremy Wolf, Executive Director, More Than Baseball
  
• Zach Brandon, Mental Skills Coordinator, Arizona Diamondbacks
  

Matt Blood has an experience in demonstrating growth throughout his time working in baseball. Following his time at UNC, he spent several years climbing the baseball operations ladder. From seven years of scouting with the St. Louis Cardinals, he led the 18U National Team with USA Baseball before entering the Director of Player Development roles with the Texas Rangers and currently, Baltimore Orioles. Blood's skill set and interest in developing people is shown through his work with coaches and players in the Orioles' organization. 

Shaun Larkin is an assistant field coordinator with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Shaun and I discuss processes, commitment, handling failure, and success, along with setting up an environmental design to help you succeed.

Upon the completion of a collegiate and professional baseball career, his interest shifted to the athlete's mind and human behavior. This inspired the pursuit and completion of an advanced degree in Performance Psychology. Ultimately, this led him down paths of exploration into the fields of motor learning, skill acquisition, skill transfer, and behavior/behavior change.

Shaun's current role also allows him to implement theories of best practice, influence daily processes, create culture, and impact people. Taking deep dives into resources regarding staff and player development has allowed him the opportunity to make incredible connections and build long-lasting relationships.

Off the field, Shaun and his wife Denise founded ADAPTaba.com. Their services assist athletes, coaches, teams, parents, and businesses through a variety of options. Utilizing empirical-based research in combination with years of applied experience, they offer an unparalleled service in terms of athletic/professional development.

Shaun’s expertise and understanding of Skill Acquisition, Practice Design, and Mental Skills make him one of the most sought after voices in the athletic community.

Inspiration and tribute to Kobe.

The evolution starts now. Episode 1 talks about how Athlete Evolved was born and who and what is behind it.