Laila Blair - University of Houston Point Guard on keeping God first and invading sports with Christ
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
5 • 661 Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Laila Blair is a women's basketball player with the University of Houston. The Cougars point guard became the first player in school history to be named All-Conference First Team in 2022-23.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Laila Blair about GFIE (God first in everything), basketball as a platform, WNBA aspirations and why she wants to invade sports with Christ.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up, guys, coming up on Sports Spectrum today. |
| 0:02.4 | Layla Blair, University of Houston point guard. |
| 0:05.7 | She's in her senior year, has averaged double digits and points the last three years, |
| 0:11.5 | including her freshman year, sophomore year in this past season when she averaged 14.2 points a game, |
| 0:17.3 | 3.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists. |
| 0:20.2 | She was named to the American Athletic Conference |
| 0:22.7 | All-Conference first team, the first Houston Cougar ever to do that last year. And now she |
| 0:28.9 | gets to play in the Big 12 as the University of Houston makes their debut in the Big 12 this year. |
| 0:35.6 | She's getting ready for her senior season. She actually has two years |
| 0:39.2 | of eligibility left, but I think she's looking to finish strong this year and then see what |
| 0:43.9 | the Lord will bring, including a possible WNBA opportunity, and we'll have to wait and see about |
| 0:49.6 | that. But in talking to Layla Blair, I was thoroughly impressed with this young lady 20, 21, 22 years old, |
| 0:57.8 | who is all about Jesus and the gospel, in the kingdom, and sharing the gospel. |
| 1:04.0 | And I really enjoyed talking to her about this progression that she's made since really 2018 |
| 1:09.3 | in becoming more bold, more confident, |
| 1:12.4 | and more content in her walk with Christ on and off the court. |
| 1:17.3 | Layla Blair, she's coming up in just a moment. |
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