No. 3 Penn State picked up a big top-25 win at No. 16 USC over the weekend, and we thought it was the perfect excuse to chat with Penn State alum and LOVB Salt Lake middle Haleigh Washington. A two-time Olympic medalist with Team USA, Haleigh had barely considered playing professionally until legendary coach Russ Rose pulled her aside and encouraged her to put her all into a pro career. After two Olympic appearances and seven years in Italy, Haleigh is coming home and looking forward to changing how volleyball is watched in the U.S. She discusses what it’s like to play for not one but two legends and her deep love of books and reading, among many other topics, in the latest episode of Serving Pancakes.

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

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.

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While many of League One Volleyball’s coaches and athletes are familiar with one another already, LOVB Salt Lake takes that to another level. Head coach Tama Miyashiro as coached at least eight LOVB Salt Lake athletes through her other role as U.S. National Team assistant, including middle blocker Serena Gray. Sererena and Tama both caught up with host Tiffany Oshinsky to chat about how that established relationship could impact the season, how each is preparing for the inaugural campaign and more. From grass volleyball to role models, you’ll be much better prepared for the upcoming LOVB Salt Lake season after this conversation. Topics include: 

• Top-seeded Pitt vs. Stanford October 20
• Serena’s cats
• Preparing for the season
• Cultural Differences in Volleyball
• Built-in familiarity within LOVB Salt Lake
• How each was introduced to volleyball
• Tips for to choosing a college program
• Welcoming everyone to volleyball
• Off-court activities
• Showcasing LOVB

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Follow Tama on Instagram.
Follow LOVB Salt Lake on  Instagram and Facebook. 

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

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.

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After nearly 30 years of coaching collegiate volleyball, LOVB Omaha Volleyball head coach Suzie Fritz is taking on a new challenge: leading a professional team during its inaugural season. She and host Tiffany Oshinsky chat about Suzie’s excitement for her new role and LOVB Omaha in general, success as a college coach, and the challenges of being a mother working in athletics in the latest episode of Serving Pancakes. Also, Tiffany welcomes back broadcaster Emily Ehman to discuss the five-set thriller between Nebraska and Purdue on October 11. 

Topics include:

• Nebraska and Purdue go five
• Parity in college volleyball
• Defensive genius
• Challenges of a first-year team
• Preparing for preseason 
• Excitement for the Omaha fandom
• Focusing on the LOVB Omaha plane
• Lessons from a 30-year career
• Starting as a player-coach
• Motherhood and working in athletics
• Showcasing LOVB

and more!

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Follow Suzie on Instagram.
Follow LOVB Omaha on Instagram, TikTok and Facebook.

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

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.

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October 14 is Indigenous Peoples' Day, and we’re honoring the occasion by chatting with middle blocker Lauren Schad. From Rapid City, South Dakota, Lauren is a member of the Cheyenne River Lakota Tribe and celebrates her culture as much as possible, which can be difficult for long parts of the year as she has played professionally in France for six seasons. Despite the distance, Lauren has always felt support from the Indigenous community and gives back by hosting volleyball clinics or supporting organizations that raise awareness of the missing and murdered Indigenous women epidemic. From South Dakota to San Diego to continental Europe, Lauren has brought her culture to wherever she’s lived. We’re honored for her to share it with LOVB today.

Topics include:

• Honoring the Cheyenne River Lakota Tribal tradition
• Finding volleyball through a layup
• College on the west coast
• Realizing that going pro is an option
• Overcoming isolation in her rookie year
• Growing the game in Native communities 
• Induction into the Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame
• Giving those who cannot speak the opportunity to do so
• Retiring from volleyball and rediscovering joy in volleyball
• Rug-making and textile work

Follow Lauren on Instagram and Facebook. Her company, Wicahpi Rugs & Textiles, is also on Instagram and Facebook. 

Resources mentioned:

• IllimiNative | Instagram
• Indigenous Intentions
• MMIUSA
• MMIWhoismissing | Instagram
• Reclaim Your Power
• Red House Project
• Red Ribbon Skirt Society 
• Seeding Sovereignty
• Seeing Red
• Urban Indigenous Collective

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

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.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.