#2 Starting Over: Life as a Professional Athlete with Michelle Bartsch-Hackley

Apr 28

Michelle Bartsch-Hackley is a professional volleyball player and a member of the USA Volleyball National Team. Affectionately known by her family and teammates as “Bartschy,” she was recently inducted into the 2020 Illini Athletics Hall of Fame Class. Barstchy tells the BloomPod the anticlimactic way she found out about her induction, and talks about the night her husband proposed. Tayler and Bartschy discuss emotional whiplash and the vibe around the Olympics being delayed. They also talk about Bartschy’s home renovations and recent partnership with Mizuno Volleyball.