{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F0429c281-585d-4d4c-bc25-738847f68331","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 068: The Athletics Of Being Gay \u2013 Coach Julie Shaw","description":"Ready, set, let\u2019s play ball. But what if being an athlete, and there are hundreds of thousands of them out there, meant you couldn\u2019t be \u201cout there!\u201d In other words, you didn\u2019t feel like you could be \u201cout\u201d on the field, the court, the rink\u2026wherever your athletic passion takes you. You couldn\u2019t be you, your truest self, your gay self.\r\nIn schools, colleges, and professional sports across the globe, this fear of being outed as a gay athlete is ever present, even in what is becoming a forward thinking world. So how do you play the sport or make it a career and still be true to yourself? For starters you get advice from someone who\u2019s living their truth, in the world of Athletics.\r\nToday\u2019s guest, on The Coming Out Lounge, is Julie Shaw, Head Women\u2019s Basketball Coach for Laverne University, located in Laverne, California, a suburb in the greater Los Angeles area. Accomplished athlete and four time letter winner from UC Riverside, Shaw is not only an accomplished athlete in her own right, she\u2019s made her way in collegiate athletics from athlete to awe-inspiring coach who just happens to be a lesbian. Join us as we explore the fouls shots, and winning baskets of being an out, proud athlete and coach in a world trying to hold you back from being the most authentic you.\r\nShow Highlights\r\n\r\n* What does it take to do things the right way and be transparent in sports as a lesbian?\r\n* Discover how safe space climates can be created to make athletes feel comfortable in themselves\r\n* All most athletes need is someone who can talk to them with normalcy.\r\n* Tweetable: Find the strength to speak, even if your voice shakes\r\n* Own your story is 99% of the battle\r\n\r\nMore about Julie\r\nJulie Shaw, formerly an assistant coach at Gonzaga University,\u00a0enters her second season as the head coach of the women\u2019s basketball team at La Verne.\r\nIn her first year, Shaw guided the Leopards to a 13-12 overall record and 8-8 in SCIAC play. Under Shaw\u2019s guidance, Lindsey Foster earned a spot on First Team All-SCIAC while Emily Myers was selected to the Second Team.\r\nA Southern California native, Shaw arrives to La Verne from Gonzaga University, where she completed two seasons as an assistant coach. In both seasons, the Bulldogs won the West Coast Conference regular season title and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament.\u00a0 In 2012-13, Gonzaga captured its ninth consecutive WCC crown and finished with a 27-6 overall record.\u00a0 The Bulldogs reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen in 2011-12.\r\nPrior to Gonzaga, Shaw served as an assistant at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo where she was an assistant coach for six years. At Cal Poly SLO, she worked mainly with the post players and served as the travel coordinator, assisted in the organization of the program\u2019s community outreach endeavors and acted as a link between the Mustang players and the academic services department.\u00a0 Cal Poly SLO went 97-82 during Shaw\u2019s six years, including 58-34 in the Big West.\r\nShaw previously served as a graduate assistant coach with the University of Redlands during the 2004-05 campaigns. Prior to her time at Redlands, she was as an assistant coach at Vista del Lago High School in Moreno Valley.\r\nAn accomplished student-athlete, Shaw was a four-year letterwinner at UC Riverside after graduating from J.W. North High School.\u00a0 She departed UC Riverside ranked second all-time in appearances (110) and free throw attempts (366), third in rebounds (792), fourth in scoring (1,303) and sixth in field goals (469).\u00a0 During her tenure at UC Riverside (1998-2002), Shaw was a 2001-02 All-Big West Conference honorable mention selection and a member of the 2002 Big West All-Tournament Team. Shaw played professionally in Portugal the season following her graduation.\r\nAcademically, Shaw was recognized as a Big West Scholar-Athle...","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/4b9b6c41-474a-4fd0-a374-cbb2a7aa23a4/1400x1400_uncloseted_artwork-01-573.jpg"}