On this episode of Be Unexpected Jake and Wyatt interviewed women's college basketball Hall of Famer Jackie Stiles. Jackie dad was a high school basketball coach in Claflin Kansas Jackie would go to the gym with her dad at very young age, Before the WNBA even existed in 2nd grade Jackie told her teacher that she was going to play professional basketball when she grew up. Jackie shares story's form her high school basketball career. Jackie shares how having a sister pass away when she was 12 was the moment she deiced to dedicate all of her accomplishment's to her sister As one of the top college basketball recruits in the nation. Jackie shares what her reasons were to turn down schools like UConn Oklahoma and Kansas State to go play for mid major Missouri State. After having a very successful college basketball career. Jackie shares the adversity she faced with injury's when she was in the WNBA and the life lessons she learned from her pro experience. While being a college basketball coach Jackie shares the adversity she faced off the court in her personal life when dealing with eye cancer. How the people that helped her through it made a huge impact on her. Talks about how going through adversity you have to try real hard to look at positives in life. The biggest thing that helped Jackie through her cancer was she turned her attention to helping others!
Jackie is opening her own gym with next gen fitness in Springfield Missouri on December 1 https://www.jackiestiles.com/nexgenfitness
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