This Quick Set episode of SANDCAST features UCLA sophomore Devon Newberry, and a fundamental change she made in her mindset that has been huge for her success. Newberry used to set low expectations for herself, and she’d hit them, and she’d feel good about it…but those low expectations never resulted in anything great.
Now she’s striving for greatness, for raised expectations for herself. Newberry and the UCLA beach volleyball team begin their 2022 season on Friday at the University of Hawai’i!
For our full episode with Devon, here you go!
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Author, journalist, podcast host, and broadcaster, Travis Mewhirter has written 4 number-one bestsellers — including Kings of Summer: The Rise of Beach Volleyball, alongside Olympic gold medalist Kent Steffes. He has also written award-winning features, including a package at the Northwest Florida Daily News that earned him Sports Writer of the Year, and a heartfelt story on the late Eric Zaun in Volleyball Magazine, which was an honorable mention in the 2020 Best American Sportswriting.
Following the passing of Eric Zaun, Mewhirter, alongside Jon Mesko and Katie Spieler, founded the Eric Zaun Award, which has raised more than 25 thousand to fund beach volleyball players.
Mewhirter now devotes most of his time to playing and covering beach volleyball, via his podcast: SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter, as well as writing for Volleyball Magazine and commentating on Volleyball TV. Mewhirter and Bourne have written two books together: Volleyball for Milkshakes, and Playbook of Champions, both of which were number-one best-sellers.