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Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

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Seeds of Sunshine - A mother-daughter podcast

Never Too Old to Start with Carmen Micsa

June 17, 2026 • Carmen Micsa and Sophia Micsa

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Season Three, Episode 133

Join your hosts, Carmen Micsa, podcaster, Broker/CEO with Dynamic Real Estate, and published author of the tennis book Change Your Grip on Tennis Through Tennis to learn more about my competitive college tennis experience playing for American River College at 53, proving that I wasn't too old to start a new adventure and to keep growing as a person and tennis player while inspiring the younger generation to try new things and be fearless.

On this Seeds of Sunshine episode:

I discuss the event that led me to join the American River College team and return to school just to play tennis, improve my game, and inspire my teammates to reach for more.
I express my gratitude to coach Kevin Kurtz from Rio de Oro Racquet Club, who encouraged me to return to college tennis and play my second season with them 12 years later, as we are never too old to start or continue what we began.
After Coach Kevin planted the seed, I got in touch with Coach Steven Dunmore, who had led the ARC team to win three championships in Ojai, Southern California. I started training with the team and taking online classes for the fall semester in 2025 and the spring semester this year, 2026.
One of the highlights of my playing for ARC (American River College) was traveling with the team to the Ojai Tennis Tournament for the California Community College Athletic Association (3C2A), where Alex and Sophia, who study at UC Santa Barbara, came to cheer on me. They were proud that their mom was back in college, taking online classes such as Spanish and Poetry, and playing competitive tennis with teammates the same age as them.
This incredible opportunity taught me that it is never too late to teach an old dog new tricks and that, at 52, I still felt like 22 because I was a runner and did strength training.
I also learned so much from Matt Brunnquell, our assistant coach, who put his heart and soul into doing great drills with us and taking our games to the next level.

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