Thanks for joining us for another episode of Where's That Tiger.

I'm your host, Liam Westfall.

Co-host Justin's back with us today and special guest, Kristen Ness, former beach volleyball player.

Welcome. Yeah, thanks for having me. It's awesome setup, sick studio. I'm happy to be here. Great. So 10 years of beach volleyball at LSU, every person that I've told that to is like, what? It's been a sport for 10 years. Yeah, I need an explanation. As soon as you said 10 years, I was like, it's been 10 years. Like, what? That's crazy. So it is, it's like mind blowing to me that it's been around this long. How does it feel like have you seen it evolve in front of you and now? Oh my goodness. The evolution has been insane. The level of play, just even across the country, not even just here in beach volleyball is been unreal. And it's awesome kind of like, we were, I feel like the like groundwork of that. Like we were here from the beginning. And even there was people before me who were actually legit made the framework. But yeah, definitely awesome to see the just growth of the sport. It's awesome. Right. So you're here for reunion. Yep, good old

alumni weekend. The first one, first alumni weekend. I'm excited. How does it feel to be back

with some of those teammates? Have you seen people in a while, or is this the first time? I've seen

a couple people because I'm actually currently doing some training in California, which is where a lot of

the beach volleyball players are. So I've seen a couple some training in California, which is where a lot of the beach

volleyball players are.

So I've seen a couple people here and there.

But for sure, there are some people that I'm excited to get to see because I haven't seen

a while or some say have had a baby.

So I'm excited to see the baby, which is a wild thought in itself.

But yeah, excited to see those old teammates. I love it. So take

us through where you are now, people that might not be familiar with your journey and where you are

in your career now. Yeah, so I became a professional beach volleyball player. I'm actually currently

trying to qualify for the Paris 2024 Olympics that Olympic qualification race

has already started we actually already had a tournament at the beginning or end of January

beginning of February so we have one tournament in the books already but yeah just doing

professional beach volleyball and really trying to win a gold medal in Paris.

Sweet.

How was the transition from LSU to now doing the training,

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