Rocky LaRose - Look Beyond Your Dreams - NAA Ep2

Network For Advancing Athletes Podcast

"Don't let your dreams limit you." Role models and pioneers in women's sport aren't just players - they're also coaches, administrators, and all-around leaders at every level. In this episode, we talk with one such leader, the inspiring and much-beloved Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose. Rocky began her career in softball at age eight, competing in local summer leagues, and followed the sport to the University of Arizona, where she received one of the university's first full-ride scholarships under Title IX. After an incredibly successful four years as a player, she continued breaking barriers off the field - she became an associate athletic director at U of A, and eventually one of the first women in the country to manage day-to-day operations for major revenue sports like men's football and basketball. She shares laughs and lessons from all of these experiences and more - oh, and we also discover that she knows a thing or two about badminton and hiking the Grand Canyon. Apparently, there's nothing this woman can't do.