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While growing up around some pretty rough kids, Logan’s English teacher introduced him to a new sport that gave him more opportunities than he ever imagined. But winning championships wasn’t easy and would come at the price literally building from the ground up during Covid.  Logan opens up by sharing he didn't have a lot of money and had to have certain box checks for college, and his advice to “don’t do what I did” in your d...

He was just a kid with a ball at the park. He didn’t know much about college, what it was, how to get there, and what it took to get there. Coach Marc Polite had to be a self-starter and be his own engine. He speaks on the love fest of recruiting and then understands we operate in the sphere of production.  Coach Polite speaks the truth, shares stories to learn from and motivational moments to help you find your boost from within. ...

A cheerleader, active member of several clubs, and recent high school graduate ventures to find the college that will allow her to climb new mountains and reach global heights. Bella Lambert is a kind-hearted soul who aspires to one day own a product-based company and raise awareness and offer a solution to women’s health problems that still exist today across the globe, but before she can begin to “conquer the world,” she must fir...

It was her first love, her greatest joy, and seemingly the first word she spoke. But Rachel Galligan was devastated that the school she dreamed of and in her own backyard didn’t want her. But along he came, saw something in her, and believed in her. He sold her on the vision and opportunity to build something great. She ended up going to a school 100 miles from home, losing her mother the first week in college, and little did she k...

He worked a part-time job since he was fifteen making countless sacrifices to be able to attend and pay for college. Little did Ben Honza know, he would fall in love with Culinary Arts, the job, the creation, and the relationships he would build. He and his parents authentically share their journey of search, discovery, frustration, and patience, and eventually his being admitted to a school with a 10% acceptance rate. Dive in as t...

Small-town dual sport athlete revisits his “terrible thought process” on deciding where to go to college ending at a great fit in the big city. He goes unrecruited, turns Hall of Famer, and now achieves unprecedented success as a Division I Athletic Director.  While helping students and athletes sits at the forefront of his mission and purpose, Brady speaks on the ever-changing landscape of athletics, the transfer portal and its pu...

Hailing from New Jersey, this recent college graduate shares her experience of being a very shy and not that confident of a kid but leaned on doing as many things as she could and always wanting to succeed at all of them. Karate, piano, guitar, soccer and eventually joining track and field, Kayla Park speaks on how she learned to power through and keep believing she would succeed in the end. While she always loved and still enjoys ...

He authentically shares his personal experience as a troubled kid who happened to be good at football and for whatever reason needed a coach. He becomes a first-generation college graduate who speaks of a very pivotal moment in his life where someone helped him to take the first initial step and he hopes to do the same for other young men. Coach Tuke -  is a Division 1 Head Football coach with 25 years of coaching experience. He au...

With undergraduate enrollments on the decline for more than a decade, many colleges are taking another look at how they attract and support students.

In this episode, Your29’s Chief Strategy Officer, Kim Schuette, speaks with Mike Nietzel about many of the changes colleges have made since the start of the COVID pandemic, how some colleges are shaking up the status quo to make getting a degree more accessible, and what&apo...