48. Get to Know: Alexis Tolefree

The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly

Sport & Story

Arkansas, Hogs, Sports, Razorbacks

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🗓️ 19 February 2020

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Alexis Tolefree was told she was too small to play in the SEC. Now, she’s one of the best shooters in the league. We get to know the senior standout, and talk about her love for collecting sneakers (3:15), as well as how she developed her work ethic and wouldn’t let her size define her (7:57). She tells us about her relationship with her mom and the sacrifices that went into having her basketball career (17:00). We hear the story of how she lost a ping-pong game to Mike Neighbors that helped seal her commitment to the Razorbacks (26:10), and the difficulties of transferring from a JUCO and adjusting to major college life (31:25). Finally, we get into what defines her and who she wants to be (35:17).

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0:00.0	I was told I was too little to play in the SEC.
0:02.4	Tolfrey, Open Three is Up and Down.
0:05.6	I was told I was too little to play D-1 college basketball.
0:08.6	Tolfrey is on fire.
0:11.0	Actually, the high school I was supposed to go to after my ninth grade year was Conway.
0:15.3	Some of the parents that were above me told my mom like she's too little she
0:19.2	won't play here. You might want to take her to like Mayflower or or something like that.
0:23.2	She won't play at Conway.
0:24.5	When we think back on Conway basketball years from now,
0:27.6	we're still going to remember Alexis Tlfrey and Haley Estes.
0:30.1	And I just think about it a lot, like,
0:32.4	you weren't supposed to be here, if you would have let everybody else tell your story. Welcome to the Hog Puyg, I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our
0:50.7	friends at Core Brewing Company, Rockin Protein, First Security Bank, and
0:55.6	Serra's in Resort.
0:57.6	None of us like being told we can't do something.
1:00.7	But what life really comes down to is what we do about it. And for Alexis
1:05.7	Tolfri, she used it as motivation. I put myself in the gym. I worked to the point
1:11.4	where like no one was going to outwork with me.
1:14.0	Told she was too small to play major college basketball.
1:17.4	She ended up blossoming into one of the best shooters in the SEC.
1:21.0	Tol three, down and go. in the SEC. Tull 3 for 3.
1:23.0	Down and go!
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