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
43 episodes
Buzz Anthony - D3 Player of the Year Goes Pro in Germany
Buzz Anthony is a former D3 student-athlete (Randolph-Macon College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Germany.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Buzz shares his recruiting process and why he picked D3 ove...
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Rei Halloran - From D3 to the Winter Olympics
Rei Halloran is a former D3 student-athlete (Wesleyan University Women's Hockey) who is currently playing professionally for Järnbrotts HK in Sweden - and will soon take the ice for Team Japan in the 2026 Winter Olympics.In this episode ...
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Sidney Conner - D3 National Champion Player & Coach
Sidney Conner is a former D3 student-athlete (WashU Women's Soccer) who is currently an assistant coach for her alma mater while she completes her MBA at WashU's Olin School of Business.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Si...
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Jim Conlon - WashU Women's Soccer Head Coach
Jim Conlon is a former D3 student-athlete (Loras College Men's Soccer) who is the head coach of the Washington University of St. Louis (WashU) Women's Soccer team.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Coach Conlon reflects on ...
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Duane Goodman - From D3 to Pro Basketball in Europe
Duane Goodman is a former D3 student-athlete (Knox College) who is currently playing professional basketball in Malta.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Duane shares how he overcame a tough recruiting process, navigated a D...
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Adam Miller - VP for Admission and Financial Aid at Whitman College
Adam Miller is a former D3 student-athlete (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Baseball) who is currently the Vice President for Admission and Financial Aid at Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Adam ...
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Sophie Suechting - D3 Crew Walk-on Becomes 2x All-American
Sophie Suechting is a former D3 student-athlete (Colby College) who is currently the Head of Partner Experience at WinWon.In this episode of the Student-Athlete Sessions, Sophie shares how she was recruited to row Crew after never playin...
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Madison Quan - From SCIAC Player of the Year 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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