Ep 75 - Inspiring The Next Generation of Athletes with Deja McClendon & Jordan Larson

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

To celebrate International Woman's Day, Eric welcomes two female star athletes to the show. Deja McClendon and Jordan Larson are players in the new Athletes Unlimited Professional Volleyball league, the first indoor professional Volleyball league in the United States. Deja is from Louisville, Kentucky, she was Miss KY Volleyball in 2009 and has been playing oversees since 2013. Jordan played her college Volleyball at the University of Nebraska, she has won multiple Olympic Medals and is currently ranked the #1 player in the AAU Volleyball League.

Deja and Jordan are leading by example and inspiring the next generation of athletes. Today on the show, they talk about:

Their transition from collège Volleyball to playing overseas (2:42)

Details about the new Volleyball League (5:30)

How they use mental motivation to their advantage (8:33)

The impact a Professional Volleyball League in the U.S. can have (9:11)

Standing out and fitting in as a female in sports (11:00)

Overcoming obstacles such as sexism and racism in sports today (14:00)

Their most fulfilling athletic accomplishment (17:45)

How Covid has impacted their career (20:21)

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0:00.0	There's that whole dream aspect, like come to fruition, and then at the same time, a real time visual of the people that were impacting.
0:14.0	Like, I can't tell you how many of these girls that are playing here have gotten messages and images of little girls sitting in front of the TV
0:22.4	watching us play.
0:26.0	Welcome to the next episode of What's Next with Eric Wood.
0:29.2	Our next guests today are two of the stars of the new Athletes Unlimited Professional
0:34.7	Indoor Volleyball League, the first professional indoor volleyball
0:38.0	league in the United States, and that's Deja McClendon and Jordan Larson.
0:43.6	Dacia is from Louisville, Kentucky and was Miss Kentucky volleyball in 2009.
0:47.8	She went to Penn State, where she is one of only a handful of players to ever win the
0:51.9	national title and MVP in their freshman season.
0:56.0	Since graduating, she has been playing professionally overseas since 2013.
1:01.0	She is on the Diversity Council for the AAU Volleyball League and has made an incredible impact
1:06.0	raising awareness of racism worldwide.
1:09.7	Jordan is also a national champion and played her college volleyball
1:12.9	at the University of Nebraska. She has won multiple Olympic medals of volleyball world championship
1:19.0	and is currently ranked the number one player in the AU Volleyball League. Both of these girls'
1:25.5	stories are remarkable. You will learn a ton from their
1:28.6	transitions from college to playing professionally outside the U.S. and how they both use their
1:34.0	platforms in such a powerful way. As always, please take time to rate review and especially
1:39.4	subscribe to this podcast so that every new episode will get pushed directly to your phone each week.
1:45.7	Also, please share this podcast with a friend, maybe a parent with daughters out there that
1:51.4	wants to empower their little girls.
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