Toni Young was a prolific athlete who played for the Oklahoma State Cowboys in college, but how did she get there? She did not start playing basketball until she was a freshmen in high school, yet she got all the way to the WNBA and Overseas! She now owns her own business, and in the episode she gives you details from start to finish! Check it out now!
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\n1:35 Mike Young Tribute
\n2:45 How\u2019d you get started hooping
\n7:20 When did you fall in love with basketball
\n10:50 When did you start getting recruited
\n12:07 Explain why its okay to play with more than 1 AAU teams
\n14:00 When did you peak physically
\n15:20 Committing to play college basketball
\n18:35 When you first got to Oklahoma State University
\n20:20 How did you prepare after freshman year of college
\n21:20 Your favorite shot
\n21:50 When did you feel like you were a WNBA prospect
\n22:35 Breaking your arm
\n23:30 Being able to dunk
\n26:30 Junior year, coming off of injury
\n27:30 Winning the NIT
\n29:08 WNBA team are interested now
\n30:00 What did you study in college
\n32:45 senior year in college
\n33:30 Deciding to take your game to the next level
\n35:40 Getting drafted by the New York Liberty
\n36:16 WNBA is a business
\n38:00 Being unprepared/underdeveloped
\n40:00 You wish you went to San Antonio
\n40:40 I couldn\u2019t get traded
\n42:30 Going overseas
\n45:00 Players in the WNBA that don\u2019t belong
\n45:30 Pros and Cons of WNBA and Overseas
\n50:27 When did you walk away from basketball?
\n51:05 Relationship advice
\n53:00 Did you contemplate a comeback
\n53:45 Getting a job after basketball
\n54:35 Did you thinking of starting an AAU program
\n58:20 Owning your own business
\n59:30 Business advice
\n1:00:00 WNBA Champion Nikki Teasly basketball camp in Norman, OK
\n1:02:15 Did you gain confidence from playing basketball
\n1:03:20 Starting a basketball program for youth girls
\n1:04:20 Message for the aspiring hoopers
\n1:05 Ball signing
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