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Interview With Notre Dame Women's Basketball Forward Kate Koval

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Irish Breakdown

Sports, Football, Ncaa Team, Notre Dame, Nfl Draft, Big Ten

4.5828 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Irish Breakdown's Sean Stires (the radio play-by-play "voice" of Notre Dame women's basketball) talks with Fighting Irish freshman forward Kate Koval in this exclusive interview. Koval was a McDonald's All-American and the New York Gatorade Player of the Year at Long Island Lutheran before coming to Notre Dame. Among the things they discuss: * Koval's decision to leave her home in Kyiv, Ukraine to play in high school in New York. * Her first visit to Notre Dame and experiencing American football for the first time. * Irish head coach Niele Ivey and the Notre Dame staff. * Practicing and going to class on the ND campus for the first time this season. * Playing with Irish point guard Olivia Miles and her new Irish teammates. * Her favorite American food and more! Shop for Irish Breakdown gear at our online store: https://ibstore.irishbreakdown.com/  Join the Irish Breakdown premium message board: https://boards.irishbreakdown.com  Stay locked into Irish Breakdown for all the latest news and analysis about Notre Dame: https://www.irishbreakdown.com​ Subscribe to the Irish Breakdown podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/irish-breakdown/id1485286986 Like and follow Irish Breakdown on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishbreakdown Sign up for the FREE Irish Breakdown daily newsletter: https://www.subscribepage.com/irish-breakdown-newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

We are joined by Notre Dame women's basketball freshman Kate Koval. First of all, Kate,

0:16.4

thanks for coming on. How are you today? I'm good. I'm doing great. Thank you for having me.

0:22.3

Absolutely. It's great to have you here. For those who maybe don't know Kate's story just yet since she is a freshman and hasn't quite, you know, she's been on campus this summer and we'll talk about that.

0:35.0

But she's from Kiev, Ukraine, came to the United States

0:38.1

in 2021, played high school basketball in New York at Long Island Lutheran in New York,

0:46.0

where she became a McDonald's All-American and a New York and a New York gatorade state

0:51.5

player of the year. And, you know, Kate, before we talk basketball,

0:56.0

and we'll talk plenty of basketball,

0:57.3

but I've got to know, I mean,

0:58.3

you've been in the States for a few years now.

1:00.3

So what's, like, do you have a favorite American food?

1:03.4

What's at the top of your list right now?

1:07.4

I don't know.

1:08.3

I'm kind of fresh time.

1:09.2

I kind of like eating anything pretty much, but I love Chipotle.

1:13.5

Chipotle is one of my favorites.

1:16.5

Chipotle, that wasn't what I was expecting, especially like you're on Long Island.

1:20.7

I expected you to say like maybe New York pizza or something like that.

1:24.6

I mean, obviously I like it, but like if I had to choose one place, like anywhere

1:29.1

in America, it would probably be Chipotle. But New York is definitely like deli breakfast sandwiches,

1:35.8

like bacon, egg cheese, stuff like that. Very true. Very true. And I guess at least, I mean,

1:40.7

if it's Chipotle, once you're fully on campus and all that stuff,

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