Machaela "Mac" Simmons, was a 3 year walk-on for the Duquesne University Women's Basketball team in the A10 from 2018-2020. 

After many hardships, constant struggle, unfair treatment and uncontrollable situations thrown at her, she decided to step away from the program. 

Mac & Noah discuss: 
- Coaching staff being weird from the start 
- The lack of respect given to her 
- Her mental health: wanting to cry all day everyday 
- Going from validation seeking to believing in herself 
- Coaches lying to her and leading her on 
- How she got through it / what she took away from it 

Mac is currently finishing up her degree in Physical Therapy & runs a newsletter & fitness account called 'GetMactive'. which focuses on connecting people to mindfulness through fitness; which she explains more about in the show. 

Link to GetMactive pages: https://linktr.ee/getmactive 

Machaela "Mac" Simmons, was a 3 year walk-on for the Duquesne University Women's Basketball team in the A10 from 2018-2020. After many hardships, constant struggle, unfair treatment and uncontrollable situations thrown at her, she decided to step away from the program. Mac &amp; Noah discuss: - Coaching staff being weird from the start - The lack of respect given to her - Her mental health: wanting to cry all day everyday - Going from validation seeking to believing in herself - Coaches lying to her and leading her on - How she got through it / what she took away from it Mac is currently finishing up her degree in Physical Therapy &amp; runs a newsletter &amp; fitness account called 'GetMactive'. which focuses on connecting people to mindfulness through fitness; which she explains more about in the show. Link to GetMactive pages: <a href="https://linktr.ee/getmactive">https://linktr.ee/getmactive</a>&nbsp;

THE STORIES OF THE WALK-ONS! With insight into the world of college sports and beyond, WTZ features current and former college walk-ons who reflect on their personal experiences and journeys in the role of a walk-on; expressing the role it played for them in their life. Talking about what they took away from those invaluable experiences that led them into their careers and just what the experience ultimately did for them to help shape their growth mindsets and perspectives on life and themselves. The show is hosted by former college basketball walk-on, Noah Buono.

THE STORIES OF THE WALK-ONS! With insight into the world of college sports and beyond, WTZ features current and former college walk-ons who reflect on their personal experiences and journeys in the role of a walk-on; expressing the role it played for them in their life. Talking about what they took away from those invaluable experiences that led them into their careers and just what the experience ultimately did for them to help shape their growth mindsets and perspectives on life and themselves. The show is hosted by former college basketball walk-on, Noah Buono.

WalkieTalkieZ Podcast

WTZ Pod is here to highlight the journeys of current and former college walk-ons and their experiences in that role. CEO’s who were walk-ons, business owners that were walk-ons, or the walk-on that broke through the barrier that wasn’t supposed to or wasn’t picked to. How being a walk-on and having to start from the complete bottom to find their success helped shape their mentalities and perspectives on life. The slept on, the overlooked, the hardest workers, the underdogs.

WTZ Pod is here to highlight the journeys of current and former college walk-ons and their experiences in that role. CEO&rsquo;s who were walk-ons, business owners that were walk-ons, or the walk-on that broke through the barrier that wasn&rsquo;t supposed to or wasn&rsquo;t picked to. How being a walk-on and having to start from the complete bottom to find their success helped shape their mentalities and perspectives on life. The slept on, the overlooked, the hardest workers, the underdogs.

EP #9 | Machaela Simmons: Duquesne University Women's Basketball Walk-on |

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/24b72697-ee85-46f9-a8a2-aeae001254ee/transcript