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Mary Chauvin & Sophie Harris
Mary Chauvin and Sophie Harris are retired college athletes living in Nashville. We are wanting to create a platform to open the conversation on college athletics and life after being an athlete. Join us every Monday!
Join us as we explore topics like the USA gymnastics trials, along with the NHL's historic decision to appoint its first female assistant coach, breaking barriers and paving the way for future generations in professional hockey. The WNBA all-star team includes Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark as teammates - do they hate each other? Tune in this week to hear us yap about sports in this episode of #cleatscommentary!
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On this week's episode, we sit down with Michael Agnello to explore his journey to landing his dream job and the dedication he poured into building the brand and reputation of Stevenson Ranch. We delve into how Michael, an athlete who grew up playing lacrosse, transitioned his talents into a successful career path for the well-known recording artist Mike, formerly recognized by his fan base as Mike Stud. Michael Agnello, more commonly known among his peers as Stags, shares how he built Stevenson Ranch from the ground up. Stags emphasizes the importance of teamwork and the relentless pursuit of dreams.
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Abby O'Donoghue, inspired by her mother's legacy as an LSU high jumper, carved her own path by surpassing her mother's record set during her time at the university. Abby reflects on the mental hurdles she faced during her LSU career, citing the team's abrupt dismissal from the national championship amid the COVID-19 pandemic as a particularly challenging moment. She also highlights her significant achievements, including setting a new school record and earning a place in the Olympic trials. Join us as Abby shares her journey marked by resilience, personal milestones, and the pursuit of excellence in athletics.
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On this week’s segment of #cleatscommentary Mary and Sophie discuss a wide variety of topics including the tragic break up of Tianna Robillard and Cody Ford, Tom Brady’s hall of fame induction speech, the chiefs staff getting their Super Bowl rings, Lia Thomas losing discrimination suit against World Aquatics, and even embedding the enemy at the Olympics. And yep you guessed it, they talk all things Celtics and who was spotted court side… Sophie also may or may not have brought up Taylor Swift again.
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Welcome back to #cleatscommentary where Mary and Sophie talk about popular sports stories. This episode we cover the Harrison Butker speech, WNBA attendance in Crypto arena, coaches getting fired, soccer player Korbin Albert controversy, and Scottie Scheffler's arrest.
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Stephanie is a sports reporter, television host, and content creator with a background in sales and consulting. She talks about her walk off the unbeaten path and the grind it took to get into the sports industry. Steph emphasizes the importance of networking and mentorship. She's worked with various networks including Fox Sports, ESPN, and Big 10 Football.
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A 6 foot 5 man joins the pod to talk football recruiting, walking on and earning a scholarship, and how to make an impact off the field. Tanner went to an all boys high school in new orleans and knew he would have to pay his way through college - his plan on doing that? Football scholarship.
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On this week's episode Sophie and Mary sit down and talk about job searching. Sophie recently graduated from college and Mary is helping give her all the advice and tools she needs to succeed and find the job she desires. They discuss topics ranging from how competitive the job market is, how to find the best suited jobs for yourself, and Mary's tips and tricks she's used to gain her professional success. Finding the best job that fits your wants and needs isn't easy, but well worth it with hard work and discipline.
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Carachele sits down and talks about her early soccer career and how she ultimately decided to hang up her cleats for a new venture in the beauty industry. She also speaks on her marriage and tells the story of her former husband being diagnosed with schizophrenia. Through her experience, Carachele has grown even stronger in her faith and is having more and more success now with her son in her life.
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Wanna know the secret? It's to not care that they're an athlete! Grace went to South Carolina before accepting a job in Nashville as a nurse. Her friend told her to download hinge and the first guy she talked to went from situationship to serious boyfriend pretty quickly. Her boyfriend RJ was drafted and now plays for a high A baseball team in Washington. Grace talks a lot about staying secure and how to always have your own thing going for you when in a relationship.
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Sawyer Hannay played briefly in the NHL after he was drafted at 17. He used his skills he learned as an athlete to start his brand, Country Liberty, founded to represent his home, Canada. He took a chance and pitched his business to a producer on Dragon's Den (the Canadian version of Shark Tank) and was offered a deal. Since then he has grown his clothing business to be sold in 100+ stores and is now looking to expand into Nashville.
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Jalen played football for Air Force Academy and had a lot of success bringing him to what he thought would be the biggest moment of his career... the NFL draft. But draft day didn't go how he expected due to a policy change regarding NFL athletes with military obligations. Jalen talks about how he got through the unexpected change in his career and how he bounced back.
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Mary turned 25 this month and has 5 tips she has learned before turning 25. This is the DEFINING DECADE and us gals in our 20s need to make the most of it!
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This week Mary and Sophie sit down with Cole Potter. Cole was an athlete in college and slowly transformed his career into something he wasn't expecting. Cole never thought he would be in the fashion industry but found his way into the space with some kickass designs that have a nature of exclusivity. Cole talks about the process of fighting his way through self-doubt and starting something from scratch to get to success.
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This week Mary and Sophie tell their own stories of living with roommates and read some stories that were written in from the audience. If you've ever lived with a roommate, you know the struggles of finding a rhythm and getting along. We have some crazy roommate tea in this one.
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Sophie and Mary talk about their experiences with therapy. Sophie is new to therapy and Mary is on her 6th therapist, so they talk about the importance of finding the "right" therapist. Mary is also on her journey of becoming a morning person so Sophie gives her tips on how to use a little app called google calendar. And on another note.... cut off your toxic friends.
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We're talking about dating athletes with our new WAG series. We kick it off in a trio and Mary talks to Sophie and Prestyn about their experience dating professional athletes and Mary tells a story about her days as a WAG.
WAG: Wives and Girlfriends of professional atheltes
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This episode Sophie and Mary talk about comparison, how to focus on wins, and feeling fulfilled. They also introduced a new segment into the podcast called “cleats commentary” where they will be getting into weekly sports new. This week - THE SUPER BOWL! Mary is team 49ers and Sophie is team Taylor Swift, sorry I meant Chiefs.
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Justin Slaten was drafted in 2019 to the Rangers Organization and was just recently traded to the Red Sox. Justin talks about the mental game involved in getting in and out of ruts, his experience getting recruited, as well as getting drafted. Mary asks a lot of questions in this episode because she knows nothing about the MLB, so if you would like to learn about trades from the minors to the majors, listen in!
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GG Carvacho was born in a very athletic family. With two athlete parents and brother, GG was lead to multiple sports before landing on volleyball. She was then recruited and committed to Ole Miss, but before her first year, there was a coaching change and her experience was no where near what she was expecting. She was met with manipulation and abuse from coaches. As a freshman she decided to stand up for not only herself, but for others after her which lead to the opening of a Title VI investigation.
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Welcome to season 2!!! We're starting off hot with Mary getting a new job. She talks about how she was looking for new jobs and found something she was passionate about and talked about how she quit her last job. Sophie and Mary also talked about a big goal of theirs is learning to set boundaries and how they are making a point to grow in therapy.
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Sophie gives a recap on season 1 talking about the growing pains faced through having a podcast, feeling like you've lost your credibility as an athlete, and lessons that she has learned this year. She touches on friendship, fitting in, and things she has taken from her prolonged college experience.
Sophie Harris closing out, can't wait for you guys to see what we have in store this upcoming season!
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Mary rounds out season 1 talking about mistakes in your 20s, how mistakes shape you, and lessons that have been learned. She also looks forward to what is to come in season 2!
Mary Chauvin - signing out! See you next year!
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As big fans of Alex Cooper, it was only right that we went to the Unwell tour in Nashville and podcasted our experience. The show was AMAZING and we got to interview some of the daddy gang as well as meet Alex and tell her about are podcast. To big Al, thanks for being such a huge inspiration!!!
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This week, Mary and Sophie answer some questions about opinions on different topics. They talk who they think the biggest college rivalry is, if you should play multiple sports, and picking where to live based on where it's easier to get recruited.
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Sophie and Mary are back with another solo episode. After a long trip home, Mary is back in Nashville and sits down with Sophie for some life updates and to talk about some lesson they have learned getting through some tough situations in life.
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Julia Johnson starting playing golf at the age of three and was recruited by many schools before landing at Ole Miss. The program was ranked 125th when she started and she left with an SEC championship title as well as a National Championship title. She talks earning the highest honers in golf including being invited to play at Augusta National. Following her career, she became an analyst on the golf channel and just started her professional golf career.
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In this week's episode Sophie and Mary talk about picking and choosing favorites.
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This week Katie Schiltz joins the show and talks about her role in helping athletes smash toxic eating habits and reach their goals through education and strengthening their relationship with food. Katie is a registered dietician who started her own business called Food Freedom Sports Nutrition where she works with athletes one on one to strengthen their nutritional needs.
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This week Mary and Sophie talk about finding a job after college athletics as well as certain things people don't tell you about. The job market has been really tough right now so Mary and Sophie give advice on finding something you love and going for it!
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If you don’t know the basics of football and want to learn, this episode is for you. Mary explains to Sophie the basics of scoring, positions and penalties in football so this season you can watch with your boyfriend and actually know what’s going on!
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Jeremy Holt was a competitive football player and had a short stint in the CFL before becoming a trainer. He now trains the top athletes in the NFL including George Kittle and Kevin Byard. Jeremy talks about the importance of having fun and "embracing the suck" while training. He also talks importance of recovery and mental toughness.
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Mary and Sophie have hit some milestones and talk about some life updates! They talk about how life takes turns you never think of.
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Mary and Sophie travel to Charlotte to sit down with Haley Bookholdt. Haley is known for the social media presence she has developed in the golf girl community. She played golf her whole life and earned a scholarship in college where she was then kicked off of her college golf team and brought back on. After ups and downs with golf, she started making golf content to better educate golf girls. Haley is also getting her masters in psychology and breaks down what leads to performance anxiety. Listen to hear her story!
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Keely Cartrett played soccer at three division one schools throughout her career and developed a social media following on the upswing of Tiktok. She was excited about the passing of NIL and was able to make content for brands while also playing competitive soccer. She then started to realize it wasn't all that it was hyped up to be because of hate comments online. Keely talks about her soccer journey, unplugging from social media, and life after college.
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Sophie and Mary interview former USA Wrestler, Nick Chavez. Nick grew up playing traditional sports before learning he had a true talent in wrestling. Nick when on to compete at the All-American level and had a short career in college before deciding to hang up the cleats. He then went into personal business ventures where he found a new identity. He took what he learned from being an athlete, and translated that to be successful in the business field.
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Sarah Fuller is the first woman to compete in a power 5 football game and made history with her first kick in the 2020 football season. She played on the Vanderbilt soccer team for four years and was asked to try out for the football team in a time of need. She soon after became the first woman to score points in a power 5 football game. Sarah talks about her amazing experience as well as some tough experiences along the way.
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This week on Hung Up Cleats Mary and Sophie go through a bunch of conspiracies and stereotypes around sports and give their opinions!
What's your favorite sports conspiracy?
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Sophie and Mary talk about their experiences with internal dialogue while playing sports and the affects of positive and negative self talk. Whether you are a student, an athlete, an artist or you work a 9-5, your internal dialogue could be your means for success. Stop talking shit about yourself!
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Sophie and Mary talk about leadership styles and the major impactful leaders in their lives. They each took a quiz to find their results and talked about their opinions on what makes a good leader. Whether you are on a team or working in the corporate world, learning your leadership style can help you level up in your role. If you want to find your leadership style, take the quiz below!
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Sophie and Mary celebrate their 20th episode by talking about confidence being the an important factor of success. They talk about how they used confidence as athletes and how it now carries them through life. Happy 20th episode!
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Mary and Sophie interview Baylee Horn on dating in Nashville and talk about long distance relationships, dating apps, and dating athletes.
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Sophie and Mary recap their Cinco de Mayo weekend. Sophie is done with her first full year as a NARP, Taylor Swift is in town, and we went to an underground margarita bar. They also talk about how some guys need to let you know they're rich to impress you. What's up with that?
Mary and Sophie are back with another episode! This week they're talking about the ins and outs of the transfer portal. The transfer portal has two periods of the year where it is open and lately there are a lot of athletes transferring. Mary and Sophie talk about why this is the case and about Sophie's personal experience transferring schools.
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Back for a fun solo episode! Sophie and Mary drink wine and play the card game "We're Not Really Strangers," and get to know more about them!
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Riley Gaines Barker is a 22 year old that swam in college at the University of Kentucky. She was a two time Olympic Trials qualifier as well as one of the top ranked swimmers in the nation during her time at UK. She is recently known as a spokesperson for women's sports following her competition with Lia Thomas, a trans female she competed against in the NCAA Championship her senior year. Gaines has taken her stance on trans athletes in women's sports and has not backed down. She now uses her voice on all platforms which doesn't always give her the outcome she is looking for.
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We're back with another solo ep for you guys! We talk about connections we've made in college and while living in Nashville and touch on the tragedy in Nashville last week.
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Sophie goes to Fort Lauderdale with her friends and takes us through and entire week at the beach and at the clurb! Enjoy everyone :)
Chrissy Baird is a former UCLA basketball player from Illinois and talks about the importance of having a supportive team and a supportive coaching staff on a wild ride as a college athlete. Chrissy was a walk on and was offered a scholarship during her first year and had bumps in the road but persevered to have years she will always remember.
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Tim Barker is the 3rd largest player in the world on the Draft Kings app. In this episode he talks strategy and what he does to prepare for games he is betting for. With March Madness coming up he gives a few tips on how to bet.
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Mary and Sophie talk about getting out of a funk with mental toughness they learned through athletics. They hit all the bases and talk about therapy, routines and what they do when they are in a funk.
Sophie and Mary talk about their experiences with their teams and how their experiences have helped shaped their team dynamics in relationships, friendships, and the workplace.
Jack Leiter was drafted to the MLB right out of high school and decided to play at Vanderbilt in college instead. He was then drafted 2nd overall in the 2021 draft and now plays for the Texas Rangers Organization. Jack talks about growing up in a baseball household with his dad playing for the Yankees and then going on to play professionally himself.
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Mary and Sophie talk about working out as an athlete versus working out post grad and what they do to stay healthy. It's very common to gain weight after college, but losing weight can happen too. While some will stick to what they learned in college and stay in the gym, others will take a different approach and become a pilates girly!
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Cleveland Browns Kicker Cade York discusses the highs and lows of being a kicker in the NFL. Cade started his career as an athlete as a soccer player and later found out his true skill was kicking through goal posts and became a kicker for his high school football team. He progressed quickly and was soon a top prospect and earned a spot on the LSU football team in 2019 and went on to win a National Championship that very same year. In 2022, he was drafted in the 4th round to the Cleveland Browns and has just finished his rookie season.
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You have Qs, we have As. Happy Friday!
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In this episode, Sophie and Mary talk about their experiences dating athletes and they also read some other crazy stories sent in by listeners about dating athletes.
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BaIley Ferrer was an elite gymnast for most of her life and ended her career as an LSU Gymnast. She started her career off strong and fell to an eating disorder her sophomore year. Bailey dives into her time as a gymnast and talks about the realities of the sport.
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Mary and Sophie discuss their New Year's Eve night at a Gatsby themed party. They vlogged the night and take you along. They also discuss what it was like to go out in college and the drinking rules and restrictions as athletes.
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Mary Chauvin and Sophie Harris talk about their sports careers and their lives after college sports. Mary played golf at LSU and moved to Nashville after graduating. She started working at Lululemon where she met Sophie and they soon found out they had a lot in common with post college sports life. Sophie played D1 soccer and was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease which forced her to medically retire from the sport. The goal is the open the conversation about college sports, life after college sports, and the mental health of current athletes.
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