The Student Athlete Sessions
D3Direct shares the stories of NCAA Division 3 student-athletes, and explores their journeys from Recruit to the Real World.
Episodes
36 episodes
    Madison Quan - From SCIAC POTY to D3 Head Coach
Madison Quan is a former D3 student-athlete (Pomona-Pitzer) who is currently the interim Head Women's Basketball Coach of the CalTech Beavers.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Madison shares what mattered most to her durin...
        
          
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    Yuuki Okubo - From D3 to Pro Basketball in Japan
Yuuki Okubo is a former D3 student-athlete (Oberlin College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Japan for the Fukushima Firebonds of the BLeague.Yuuki was under recruited out of high school, but went on to start nearly e...
        
          
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    John DiBartolomeo - From D3 Hoops to Overseas Pro & Euroleague Captain
John DiBartolomeo is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Rochester) who is currently playing professional basketball in Israel for Maccabi Tel Aviv B.C. He is arguably the most successful D3 to pro story we've ever seen to so...
        
          
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    Neruda Perdomo & KJ Allison - NotEvenD2
Neruda and KJ are former D3 basketball players (Utica & Alfred, respectively) who, despite being conference foes in the Empire 8, teamed up to create a unique platform to spotlight small-college basketball: The NotEvenD2 Podcast.In t...
        
          
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    Shay Roban & Guillermo Gasset Ruiz - College Athlete Network (CAN)
Shay and Guillermo are current D3 basketball players (Emerson College Men's Basketball) who have teamed up to create the College Athlete Network (CAN). CAN is a non-profit dedicated to empowering young athletes that offers free mentorship servi...
        
          
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    Josh McClary - From D3 to Pro Basketball in Portugal
Josh McClary is a former D3 student-athlete (Roanoke College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Portugal for Ginásio Clube Figueirense.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses how he picked an age...
        
          
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    Ryan Chang - D3 Baseball Student-Athlete
Ryan Chang is a current D3 Student-Athlete who is double majoring in Statistics and Economics at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ryan discusses his D3 recruiting process for base...
        
          
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    Brad Breier - Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach at Lewis & Clark
Brad Breier is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Baseball) and the Head Men's & Women's Golf Coach at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Brad discusses his ...
        
          
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    Josh Erickson - Founder of Beyond Sports
Josh Erickson is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Willamette University Basketball) and the founder of Beyond Sports - the world-leader in travel for teams & athletes.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Josh discusses his D3...
        
          
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    Christin Broyles - D3 Soccer Student-Athlete & Entrepreneur
Christin Broyles is a current D3 Student-Athlete (Hamline University Soccer) who just completed her first year of collegiate athletics.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Christin discusses her D3 recruiting process, how to ...
        
          
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    Hank Morgan - NESCAC Player of the Year & Future Overseas Pro
Hank Morgan is a former D3 Student-Athlete (Hamilton College Basketball) who is working to land his first professional basketball contract overseas.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Hank discusses his development as a bask...
        
          
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    Randy Walko - From D3 to Pro Basketball in Taiwan
Randy Walko is a former D3 student-athlete (TCNJ Basketball) who is currently playing professional basketball in Taiwan for the Formosa Dreamers.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Randy shares why he chose to play in Taiwan...
        
          
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    Skubie Mageza - From D3 to Hosting 'SportsCenter' on ESPN
Skubie Mageza is a former D3 student-athlete (Curry College Football) who is currently working as a broadcaster for ESPN, hosting SportsCenter, among other hosting responsibilities.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Skubie ...
        
          
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    Luke Chicone - D1 Transfer Finds His Fit at D3 School
Luke Chicone is a current D3 student-athlete (John Carroll University) who previously played at D1 Youngstown State.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Luke discusses his basketball recruiting process, deciding to go D1 for ...
        
          
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    Dan Arnold - D3 Football to NFL Tight End
Dan Arnold is a former D3 student-athlete (University of Wisconsin-Platteville) and NFL Tight End (2017-23) who is currently coaching football at his alma mater.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Dan discusses his football ...
        
          
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    These D3 Allstars Just Barnstormed Around Europe
In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, we caught up with two D3 Allstars (one current & one former) fresh off of a basketball tour around Europe:Adam Brazil (Hampden-Sydney '25) is coming off an All-American season and...
        
          
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    Kathleen Elkins - From 3x National Champion with Williams College Tennis to Accomplished Journalist
Kathleen Elkins is a former D3 student-athlete (Williams College) and is currently a Correspondent at Business Insider, covering investing and financial freedom.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Kathleen discusses her col...
        
          
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    Mitchell Kirsch - From D3 to Global Pro & Entrepreneur
Mitchell Kirsch is a former D3 student-athlete (CMS & Babson) and is currently playing professional basketball overseas in Norway.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Mitchell discusses his college recruiting process, th...
        
          
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    Logan Kosmalski - Co-Founder & CEO of Pro Skills Basketball
Logan Kosmalski is a former student-athlete (Davidson College) and the founder of one of the largest youth basketball organizations in the U.S. - Pro Skills Basketball.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Logan discusses his...
        
          
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    Ben Kaplan - From Amherst Basketball to Bestselling Author
Ben Kaplan is a former D3 student-athlete (Amherst College) who just published his first book - Pipeline to the Pros: How D3, Small-college Nobodies Rose to Rule the NBA In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ben discus...
        
          
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    Dasia Thornton & Sydney Wright - Transylvania University WBB National Champions (2023)
Dasia Thorton and Sydney Wright just had a perfect season with Transylvania University Women's Basketball. They joined us on this special co-hosted (Riley Zayas) Student-Athlete Sessions episode to discuss the strength of the Transy com...
        
          
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    Adrian Romero - Founder of the Bilingual Básquetbol Initiative
Adrian Romero is a former student-athlete (Lewis & Clark ) who is using the game of basketball to give back to the community he grew up in.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Adrian discusses his college athletics recru...
        
          
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    Jack Betts - Making NIL Work for D3 Athletes
Jack Betts is a Senior Wide Receiver at Amherst College in Amherst, MA. He is the founder of MYOL Academy (Make Your Own Legacy), which helps small-market athletes fully realize their NIL (Name, Image, and Likeness) potential, and a pioneer in ...
        
          
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    Harry Newton - How to Play Your Sport in the U.K. & Get a Master's Degree
Harry Newton is former college soccer player from the UK who came to the US for school. After graduating, he started Play Overseas to help US students looking to do the opposite - and play their sport in the UK.   &n...
        
          
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    Cody Mitchell - Tales From the Transfer Portal
Cody Mitchell is a Senior at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, IL. He just finished up his D3 Hoops career as the leader of the Titans Men's Basketball team - and is on his way to a 5th Year at Roosevelt University where he'll also s...
        
          
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