The Student Athlete Sessions
D3Direct exists to share the stories of NCAA Division 3 student-athletes, and explore their journeys from recruit to the real world.
Episodes
21 episodes
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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Andrew Greenblatt - Career Curiosity and How to be Lifelong Athlete
Andrew Greenblatt is a former student-athlete (Swarthmore College '13) and a lifelong lover of basketball.Nowadays he is celebrated Career Coach workshopping a program specifically for former college athletes called "Athletes in Transit...
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Sante Parker Jr. - D3 Football All-American
Sante Parker Jr. is a Senior at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, TX. He is the leader of one of the nation's most vaunted defenses and helped lead the Cru to a National Championship in last year's Stagg Bowl. In thi...
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Max Hisatake - D3 to Pro Basketball in Japan
Max Hisatake is a former student-athlete (Illinois Tech) who has made the jump from #D3Hoops to professional basketball in Japan.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Max discusses his college athletics recruiting process, hi...
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Jalen Wadlington & Beau Bommarito - Founders of 'DaGuys'
In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, we sat down two of the creators behind DaGuys: Jalen Wadlington and Beau Bommarito. Jalen is DaGuys' "Lead Graphic Designer and a Certified Bucket." He played D3 basketball and graduated ...
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Chadwick Hixon - From D3 to Coach, Advisor and Advocate
Chadwick Hixon is a former student-athlete (Emory University ‘10) who was both a 2x JUCO All-American (Oxford College) and D3 standout (Emory U.).In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Chadwick discusses his college athletics ...
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Tyler O'Shea - D3 Baseball Standout & Underdog Advocate
Tyler O'Shea is a former D3 student-athlete (McDaniel College ‘17) who defied the odds to not only play college baseball - but finish his career as an All-Conference standout.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Tyler discus...
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Chelsie Schweers - D3 to Global Basketball Pro
Chelsie Schweers is a former student-athlete (Christopher Newport University ‘11) who was the D3 National Player of the Year and more recently was named to
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Kendall Sosa - D3 National Player of the Year
Kendall Sosa is a former student-athlete (Illinois Wesleyan ‘21) who was the 2021 NCAA D3 National Player of the Year and more recently was named a recipient of the
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Ashley Yu - Assistant Coach of Dominican University Women's Basketball
Ashley Yu is a former student-athlete (Hunter College '19) who is making in-roads in the world of college coaching.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Ashley shares advice from her own D3 recruiting experience, how she hand...
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