DRIVEN BY THE MISSION
Driven by the Mission highlights the hidden champions of the student-athlete experience. Hosts Raymond Harrison and Jean Boyd with nearly 60 years of experience in college athletics lead conversations with academic and student-athlete development professionals and other personnel central to the holistic development of student-athletes that provide insight rarely discussed related to empowering student-athletes. In a time of reinvention in college athletics, where the lead story publicly is revenue sharing, NIL, the transfer portal and the business of the college athletic industrial complex, we seem to be losing the truth. The truth that college athletics is the most ingenious system of comprehensive development for the young adults who participate therein. Driven by the Mission focuses on the core of what the student-athlete experience is about: creating leaders and champions in life, and the professionals who are blessed to be the custodians of this commitment to holistic development.
Episodes
13 episodes
Mission: Sustained Excellence
Episode 13- Mission: Sustained ExcellenceIn this episode, we sit down with Walt Holliday, Executive Director of the Cox Communication Center at LSU and a 32-year veteran of academic support and student athlete development. ...
Mission: Accountability
Episode 12- Mission: AccountabilityIn this episode of Driven By The Mission, we sit down with Katie Ethridge, a respected leader and lifelong champion of student-athlete success. Katie offers candid insight into ho...
Mission: Learning Style'Z
Episode 11- Mission: Learning Style'ZIn this episode of Driven By The Mission, Raymond Harrison and Jean Boyd welcome Yolanda Black, Learning Specialist at the University of Georgia, to spotlight the work happening...
Mission: Gratitude
Episode 10- Mission: GratitudeEpisode 10 is a milestone so we’re switching it up. Jean Boyd and Raymond Harrison sit down with DBTM team member Cecil Banks III to reflect on the first 10 episodes, the guests who helped build the f...
Mission: Intentional
Episode 9- Mission: IntentionalIn this episode of Driven By The Mission, Jean Boyd and Raymond Harrison are joined by Tori Niemann Lukens, Assistant AD and Director of Student-Athlete Development at Clemson University, for a powerful con...
Mission: Annoying Uncle
Episode 8 - Mission: Annoying UncleCourtney “Skip” Skipper has spent 19 years at Arizona State quietly changing lives—first as a GA who “just wanted to do development,” now as Assistant AD for Academic Services. In this episode, S...
Mission: Forever Fueling
Episode 7- Mission : Forever FuelingFormer Washington State tennis standout and UCF Director of Sports Nutrition Aneta Miksovska joins Driven By The Mission to pull back the curtain on what sports nutrition really is — and why it’...
Mission: Strength
Episode 6- Mission: StrengthOn this episode of Driven by the Mission, Jean Boyd and Raymond Harrison sit down with Karl Holmes Jr., Director of Player Engagement for Oregon Football. Karl opens up about a non-linear path—from arri...
Mission: Find Your Fuel
Episode 5 - Mission: Find Your FuelDr. Ron Moses, Deputy AD for Internal Operations at Old Dominion, cuts through the NIL/transfer noise and gets back to the backbone of college sports: academics, outcomes, and human development. ...
Mission: Value Add
Episode 4 - Mission: Value Add Saul Luna, Senior Associate Athletic Trainer for Texas A&M’s Track & Field & Cross Country programs, has dedicated his life to preventing injuries, restoring performance, and buildin...
Mission: Iron Will
Episode 3- Mission: Iron WillJoe Connolly, Arizona State Football’s Director of Sports Performance, has built a career around developing athletes who are powerful on the field and prepared for life beyond it. In this episode of Dr...