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Current and former athletes take time to share their stories. We talk about struggles and success during their careers. Also we talk about taking the big L and having to over come that major adversity!
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Monday Mar 29, 2021
Monday Mar 29, 2021
Coach Patty M. was born in Señora Mexico she grew up in San Diego Ca. She is the founder of Hooper Mentality. Coach Patty has her BS from San Diego State and her Masters from National University. Prior Head coaching experience at West Cliff University and Bethesda College. She Currently resides in Baltimore and looks to continue her passion for helping, advocating and inspiring all people! On the show we talking coaching wins and losses. The grind of starting a program, also to having fund and spend your own money so players can have.
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Friday Mar 19, 2021
Ryanne, Attented Sacramento Charter High School of the Metropolitan Conference in the Sac-Joaquin Section under coach Michelle Massari ... Averaged 10.9 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 6.2 assists per game in final season ... Ranked no. 90 overall player in her class according to ESPN rankings ... Also ranked as no. 27 guard ... Spent time playing for Nike Girls Elite team Cal Sparks ... Was an All-Junior Second Team pick as well as a 2017 Division-II All-State Second Team honoree and All-League MVP
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Monday Mar 15, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Lauren Goodman, started off a dragon and finished up at 3500 a Titian. Then she received a full scholarship to Jackson State University where she competed as point guard in the Southwestern Athletic Conference [SWAC] for 4 seasons for the Tigers. Goodman was a consistent contributor collecting multiple double-figure scoring nights. Retiring to Sacramento, she was named girls varsity basketball coach at Monterey Trail. In just her second season, she was honored as Delta League coach-of-the-year. Shifting gears to pursue as sports broadcasting career, Goodman is her 4th year as a member of the Hometown Sports game-of-the-week announce team, serving as a field reporter during the football season and game analyst for basketball games. Goodman has used her experiences to motivate athletes and inform parents on her own Goody Givin’ Game platform.
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Saturday Mar 06, 2021
Kaleena Smith a super dope 12 year old amazing student athlete lets us in on how she has always played against the boys and works on her game daily. Also when she fell in love with the game of basketball at three years old. Special K is always one of the best on the floor no matter if she is playing on the boys side or girls, the proof is in her work.
God mom Jen talks being a parent of two boys growing up in the basketball community, having to learn the game from studying countless hours of hoop. She spent time reading, watching film, attending practices and even becoming an official. Jen shares how her and Kaleena linked up and been rocking ever since!
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
Tuesday Mar 02, 2021
WNBA & International Professional Career: 10 years (Sacramento Monarchs,
Israel, Italy & Turkey
2-Time All Big 12 Conference
University of Texas Career 3-Point Record Holder
8th all time leading scorer in Texas history (1,658 points) 15.8 avg. ppg
University of Texas single game record (48 points)
Danielle a God fearing and loving women, she is one of the greatest basketball players from the state of California let alone Sacramento. She is a fiery competitor and a legendary scorer. She was a player very unique in her approach, skill and determination. She is well known for her incredible high school career at Del Campo where she was a two-time state player of the year. She holds 10 California state scoring records and 5 national high school marks. Among her accomplishments were her 3,089 points in only three years of varsity play. She averaged 35 points per game with a career high of 60. She broke Cheryl Miller’s record of 1,300 points in one season and had a total 379 3-point field goals made during her high school days. A real life walking (BUCKET).
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Jalen takes time to really open up with me. We talk about growing up in south Sacramento without his dad. Also attending Burbank high school and the perfect timing of his pops return into his life before he started high school! Jalen really lets us know about his mental toughness and how it was developed. We talk Yuba, Montana Tech and Campbellsville University basketball. I got jay to even open is heart about the loss of his two dear closes friends and teammates ( Cliff & Mitch). We talk depression and mental health, along with his new passion and form of expression through his music! Much Love lil bro I always got you!
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Monday Feb 22, 2021
Coach McKenzie enters his seventh season as an Assistant Coach for the William Carey University Track & Field Teams with an emphasis in the horizontal and vertical jumps.
During his tenure, McKenzie’s athletes have had great success at the conference and national level including 15 Conference Champions, 37 All-Conference Athletes, 4 Southern States Field Athlete of the Year award winners, 26 National Championship Qualifiers, 20 All-Americans, and 5 National Champions. Almost all of McKenzie’s athletes have seen personal bests under his direction while setting every jump school record, as well as, numerous conference records.
Coach McKenzie has been named a 5 x USTFCCCA South Region Women’s Assistant Coach of the year and a 3 x nominee for USTFCCCA NAIA Women’s National Assistant Coach of the Year for both Indoor and Outdoor Track.
Prior to WCU, McKenzie coached multiple Mississippi High School State Final qualifiers at both Oak Grove High School and East Marion High School.
McKenzie is a 2005 graduate of Alcorn State University where he earned both a Bachelor of Recreation and Physical Education and then a Masters of Secondary Education in 2014. While at ASU, McKenzie was a 4 year varsity letter winner in Track & Field, as well as a multiple All-Conference Selection. McKenzie also competed at the 2003 and 2004 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Regional in both the 4x100m Relay, 4x400m Relay, and the Long Jump.
McKenzie is a USATF - Level 1 Certified Coach
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
From Richmond California, Wayne tells us how he go to attend and play basketball for the real COACH CARTER. He talks about their bond and how they showed up one day and the doors were locked. I asked him about the running suicides and the team study hall sessions. Wayne talks about the struggles of growing up in the Rich. He even lets us in on how he overcame some tough losses (Loss of his brother) and I do mean tough. Of course I had to talk about his daughter Amaya Oliver (sauceyy.mya) IG who currently is a freshman playing at USC! He talks about being a proud father to his kids but also the real life struggle and grind behind it! Also Wayne is a published author and has some of the dopest poems out right now.
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
On this episode I get a chance to let the world know more about the man that is Chris Haynes. We get a chance to take a trip down some old memories he and I got to share as teammates 20 years ago and now as life long friends. We talk about major advertises and huge decisions that have to be made as a young black male. Also what its like to go from Fresno to Sacramento. He shares how basketball was a tool that helped change his life. As he moved from state to state with his family pursuing his dream! C talks about his boy Dame Dolla, Labron James, Dreymond Green and KD! Yeah we talk about it all. We even hit on the bubble and a shirt he wore that our close friend Steav Jordan made ( All I Ever Did was Be Black) made national attention.