Hi everyone! My name is Makenna Hadden. I am from Blairstown, New Jersey and I am apart of a family of 5. I am so excited to be starting this podcast! I am a current full time student and athlete at the University of Mary Washington. I am a sophomore and I play on the women’s lacrosse team here at UMW. I love playing lacrosse here and being a student athlete. I chose to create this podcast because sports is something I am incredibly passionate about.
I have play lacrosse since the 2nd grade and ever since I started I fell in love with the sport. I decide to continue my athletic career at UMW because of the team environment, academic balance, and coaching staff. I felt like I belonged here from the moment I spent on campus.
At Mary Washington being a full time student athlete can be difficult at times but I wouldn’t trade my experiences for the world. Mary Washington makes the balance between academics and sports very easy and flexible. The teachers are willing to work with you and your rigorous sports schedule. Thank you for joining in on my podcast!
During this episode I interview Anna Dube about her experience about Lacrosse at UMW. She talks about her favorite memories as an athlete and why sports at UMW are important.
Podcast- Episode 3
Transcript
 Today I’m here with one of my teammates. Her name is Anna Dube. Hi, I’m Anna and I’m from Maryland. I’m a sophomore on the lacrosse team and I’m one of Kenna’s teammates. So Anna, what do you think about sports at UMW? I feel like it really brings in the community and I feel like it’s a tough level of competition and everybody really comes together to enjoy it.
What’s it like being a part of the women’s lacrosse team? It’s a great sense of community and the bonds that we make are really important. And I’ve made some of my closest friends here. And just the structure of being like an athlete in school, like the balance is like really good for me. That’s awesome.
That’s awesome. Um, what’s one of your favorite memories being a part of the team? My favorite memory is probably winning, um, One of our games, it was like a really tough game and like we pulled together and like just the sideline was cheering so much and it was so much fun. That’s awesome. Well, thank you so much for joining me today.
On this episode my fellow teammate Maddie Stauder and I discuss the importance of sports at UMW. She walks us through some of the interests of being an athlete at UMW.
Podcast – Episode 2
Transcript
Hello, everyone. Today I’m here with Maddie Stauder. Hi, I’m Maddie Stauder. I’m a sophomore here at UMW. I play for the women’s lacrosse team, and I’m from Westminster, Maryland. Welcome to the podcast. So, Maddie, what do you think about sports at UMW? I think sports are really important because it allows the community to grow and it lets students connect with each other.
Um, can you speak on behalf of the student athlete balance between academics and athletics? Yeah, the balance is really easy. The professors here are super helpful and understanding. Nice. Um, what is your favorite memory on the women’s lacrosse team? My favorite memory has to be dancing in the locker room with my teammates before games.
Nice. Well, thank you so much for joining us today. Thank you.
During this episode I introduce myself. I discuss my life as a student athlete and what it really means to play a sport on a college campus. I go into detail about why I think sports are so important and crucial to college campuses.
Podcast-Episode 1
Transcript
Hello everyone. My name is Makenna Hadden. I am a full time student athlete at the University of Mary Washington. I am a sophomore and I’m from New Jersey. Welcome to my podcast. So on my podcast, we will be discussing sports at the University of Mary Washington and kind of why sports are important on a college campus.
What it means to be a student athlete to me is facing challenges day to day, balancing our academics. and sports while doing something that I completely love. I started playing lacrosse when I was in second grade and I’ve played ever since. I literally fell in love with the sport. I knew Mary Wash was the campus for me as soon as I came because it just felt so welcoming.
The girls on the team were so nice and especially the coach, my coach’s coach tag, she’s the best. Um, so I think that sports at college are very important. I think it gives a great sense of community and really brings out the support of other students. Whether you play a sport or not, I think going to support other students at their games and functions is really important and it gives a great sense of community to the school.
Um, at Mary Wash, we have a great sense of balance between academics and And, sports, which I completely love the professors are so flexible and willing to work with you all the time with your busy sports schedules. Um, which is so helpful as a student athlete. Um, so on this podcast, I will basically be giving a series of me introducing my fellow teammates and getting to know them better while you get to listen.
I’m going to be sharing their experiences. personal and while on the team and some of their favorite memories. So follow along and get to know them with me. Thank you so much for joining my podcast. Bye!
