Episode 89: LaChina Robinson | Women’s Basketball Analyst
Episode 89: LaChina Robinson | Women’s Basketball Analyst
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Rich Take On Sports
Show Notes:
- Rich Spotlight: LaChina Robinson
- Stories and storytelling have always intrigued her and it’s one of the reasons that she was led to media
- Hard to believe that it’s been 1o years she started in sportscasting
- Mentors in her career even if they didn’t know that they were mentors include: Carolyn Peck, Bernadette (Bernie) McGlade and Robin Roberts has always been an inspiration
- Has always loved watching sports and remembers as a kid watching all sports even figure skating and golf
- Her connection to sports was always the competitiveness as she’s always been a competitive person
- Growing up was tough at times because at the age of 14 she was 6’4″ and she never felt that she “fit in” which caused her to have low self-esteem
- After being pushed into basketball, she would play at Wake Forest University under head coach Charlene Curtis
- Worked within the Georgia Tech women’s basketball program before she started helping with being a color analyst and immediately fell in love with it
- Never really pursued coaching because there was always this feeling of being only responsible for herself and having some freedoms in a sense
- Lives2Inspire is her Instagram handle and her motto which reminds her every day of her purpose
- Words of Wisdom from LaChina Robinson:
- “Don’t be afraid to go out on a limb because there’s where the fruit is.”
- “Stand for something or fall for anything.”
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About the author, Richmond Weaver
Richmond, a graduate of Clemson University has been involved with sports for most of his life and developed a passion for basketball and sports at an early age. He currently lives in Greenville, SC with his wife Karen, founder of Upstate Esthetics and their three kids.