Growing up with the Game

Returning to Illinois for College

Poulter the Self-taught Pianist

Intro to Team USA and pro volleyball

Winning Gold in Tokyo, Stolen Gold at Home

"Gnarly" Injury and Lonely Recovery

Leaving a legacy through LOVB

Olympic gold medalist and Best Setter at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Jordyn Poulter has been a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team since 2018. She played professionally in Italy for four years and twice earned All-American honors at the University of Illinois. After making her second Olympic appearance at Paris 2024, Jordyn will lead LOVB Salt Lake once the season starts this winter. She and Tiffany Oshinsky discuss Jordyn’s introduction to volleyball, experience winning gold with Team USA (and later losing it when someone stole the medal out of her car), and teaching herself to play piano while at Illinois. 

Chapters include:
Growing up with the game
Returning to Illinois for college
Poulter the self-taught pianist
Intro to the national team and pro volleyball
Winning the gold medal in Tokyo (and getting it stolen at home)
“Gnarly” injury and lonely recovery
Leaving a legacy through LOVB

Follow Jordyn on Instagram, X (formerly Twitter) and Facebook.

Become a LOVB Insider to stay up-to-date on when tickets will go on sale, team info, venue announcements and more!

Host: Tiffany Oshinsky
Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez is our Senior Producer
Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman
Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr
Sound Designer: Max Lorenzen

Serving Pancakes is an iHeart Women's Sports Production, in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Olympic gold medalist and Best Setter at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Jordyn Poulter has been a member of the U.S. Women’s National Team since 2018. She played professionally in Italy for four years and twice earned All-American honors at the University of Illinois. After making her second Olympic appearance at Paris 2024, Jordyn will lead LOVB Salt Lake once the season starts this winter. She and Tiffany Oshinsky discuss Jordyn’s introduction to volleyball, experience winning gold with Team USA (and later losing it when someone stole the medal out of her car), and teaching herself to play piano while at Illinois. 
Chapters include:
<ul>
<li>Growing up with the game</li>
<li>Returning to Illinois for college</li>
<li>Poulter the self-taught pianist</li>
<li>Intro to the national team and pro volleyball</li>
<li>Winning the gold medal in Tokyo (and getting it stolen at home)</li>
<li>“Gnarly” injury and lonely recovery</li>
<li>Leaving a legacy through LOVB</li>
</ul>
Follow Jordyn on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jordyn_poulter/?hl=en">Instagram</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/Jordyn_Poulter">X (formerly Twitter)</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jordyn.poulter">Facebook</a>.
<a href="https://lovb.com/auth/register">Become a LOVB Insider</a> to stay up-to-date on when tickets will go on sale, team info, venue announcements and more!
Host: Tiffany Oshinsky Senior Producer: Anya Alvarez is our Senior Producer Executive Producers: Carrie Stett, Tamara Deike, and Lindsay Hoffman Theme Music: Pancakes by Eric W. Mast, Jr Sound Designer: Max Lorenzen
Serving Pancakes is an iHeart Women's Sports Production, in partnership with Deep Blue Sports and Entertainment. You can find us on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

League One Volleyball's Serving Pancakes digs into the insights, opinions and behind-the-scenes stories from the people making the biggest impacts on global volleyball and women's sports, as well as unfiltered analysis and authentic conversations about the game itself.

League One Volleyball's Serving Pancakes digs into the insights, opinions and behind-the-scenes stories from the people making the biggest impacts on global volleyball and women's sports, as well as unfiltered analysis and authentic conversations about the game itself.

Serving Pancakes

Olympic gold medalist Jordyn Poulter discusses her drive to return to the Olympic Games after winning in Tokyo 2020, teaching herself piano while playing at the University of Illinois, and recovering from a "gnarly" knee injury.

Jordyn Poulter

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