April Ross

Just Women's Sports

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 September 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Beach volleyball star April Ross joins Kelley to talk about the twists and turns of her Olympic career. April discusses her late introduction to the sport, her unexpected decision to attend USC, how the loss of her mother impacted her on and off the court, why early professional burnout in Puerto Rico led her to make the switch to beach, her early success on the AVP and FIVB circuits, making the gold medal match in her first Olympics, why breaking up with a partner is a lot like breaking up with a significant other, and how she’s preparing for the Tokyo Olympics as the favorite to take home gold. Together With: WISS, your full-service accounting & business growth advisory partner. Get a 30-minute advisory session Magic Spoon, healthy cereal that tastes too good to be true. Get 12% OFF with code: JWS Sports Save You Money.

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0:00.0	I do you enjoy being the underdog. I think it's motivating, it's more fun to try and
0:06.9	knock somebody off than to you know try to maintain your spot at the top and
0:11.5	keep everybody else down so I don't mind you know being at the top but if I am the
0:18.0	underdog it's a little bit more fun.
0:20.0	Welcome to the just Women's Sports Podcast, where we talked to the biggest
0:26.2	athletes in the world about the untold stories behind their success.
0:29.7	I'm Kelly O'Hara and my guest today is April Ross.
0:32.8	April started her prolific volleyball career indoors
0:35.8	as a four-time All-American at USC,
0:38.0	where she led the Trojans to back-to-back
0:39.9	indoor volleyball championships.
0:41.8	After switching to Beach Volleyball post-graduation, she won both. indoor volleyball
0:43.4	post-graduation she won both the AVP and the FIBB
0:46.8	Rookie of the Year awards and in 2009 won gold at the world championships.
0:51.4	She has since won two World Championship
0:53.7	Silver as well as an Olympic silver and bronze. April and her partner
0:57.6	Alex Kleinman are the favorites to take home gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
1:04.0	April, welcome to the show. Hi, thanks for having me.
1:06.0	Of course, thanks for getting on.
1:08.0	Where are we finding you today?
1:10.0	I am in Costa Mesa.
1:12.0	Nice. So I will. I am in Costa Mesa, nice.
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