Team Canada Setter Brie Fransen on getting her first Team Canada jersey

Brie O’Reilly joins the show to share her incredible volleyball journey—from playing at Trinity Western University to becoming a setter for Canada Women's National Volleyball Team, competing professionally in Germany and Brazil, and now playing with LOVB Austin.

We talk about:
🏐 Making Team Canada in 2019
🥇 Competing in the VNL's
🌍 Playing professionally
🇨🇦 Olympic dreams and the road to 2028 Summer Olympics
🧠 Being coached by Erik Sullivan and Giovanni Guidetti
🔥 Life now with LOVB Austin

If you’re a volleyball player, coach, or fan, this conversation is packed with insight on elite setting, international volleyball, and chasing big goals.

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1:53 First season with LOVB *
2:41 Rooks and vets in the lovb locker room **
3:41 Where is B from
4:06 discovering volleyball *
4:54 The volleyball hook **
6:06 B's club team
6:51 Trinity Western path *
8:11 1st year U sport adjustments *
9:46 Highlights playing for TW *
12:21 After University was pro next? *
14:01 The pro volleyball experience *
15:31 challenging things first year playing pro *
17:11 Culture of other countries **
18:11 Pro highlights ** Roni Perry
19:51 Any other countries to play in
22:11 The pro athlete life - not easy **
23:36 the length of the volleyball season **
25:26 Team Canada Radar ** Hillary
27:21 comparing national team experiences
28:21 1st Quad vs the new quad *
30:41 Working with Gio *
32:01 The Gio contact **
32:51 Team Canada Jersey *
33:21 First call to Canada
33:51 Advice for first year Brie *
35:01 Social media and Monday morning quarterback *
37:16 Athletes Unlimited experience *
38:41 US Based Pro league *
40:31 Playing with many non-English speaking players **
41:51 Path to LOVB **
43:36 having family close enough to play **
44:11 LOVB level of play ***
46:16 Erik Sullivan *
48:26 first practice w Team Canada **
49:56 The LOVB Austin Joker tension breaker *
50:51 Volleyball mentors **
53:01 as a setter building trust w the hitters when you go to a new team ***
55:11 Setter’s job *
56:51 Favorite set
57:16 pre game rituals ***
58:11 Reset after a bad play - Carly **
59:21 3 rules ***
59:51 Little things that made Brie a better setter ***
1:02:21 Prolonging your athletic career **
1:04:21 Toughest position in volleyball **
1:05:24 Preparing to scout **
1:07:03 Away from volleyball *
1:08:36 Who is next **

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