Molly Lipton is the founder of Level Up Athlete Recruiting. She helps high school athletes get to college for sports and works with current college and professional athletes in the NIL space.

Molly talks about betting on herself, the biggest misconception families have about college recruiting, why even elite athletes need someone in their corner, why athletes need to plan for life after the game, and her message to the next generation.

Find Molly on Instagram at @levelup_athlete_recruiting or at levelupathleterecruiting.com.

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Michael Baysdell, Director of K-12 Relations at Macomb Community College, joins Beyond the Game to talk about dual enrollment: what it is, who it's for, and how families can get started. Baysdell was a dual enrollment student himself, and he shares how it changed his path.

In this episode:
• Why only about 7% of Michigan students use dual enrollment, compared with 45% in Indiana
• How one Macomb County student earned an associate degree before graduating high school
• Why dual enrollment is no longer just for top students
• What student athletes should know
• Why planning should start in middle school

Families can contact Macomb's Office of K-12 Relations at 586-349-8712, k12relations@macomb.edu, or www.Macomb.edu.

0:00 Welcome to Beyond the Game
1:00 Michael's own dual enrollment story
4:07 College classes as a high school student
5:22 Michigan at 7%, Indiana at 45%
6:38 An associate degree before high school graduation
9:42 Dual enrollment is for everyone
12:12 Student athletes and the Peyton Manning path
13:15 Where families should start
15:04 How navigators support students
17:29 How dual enrollment shaped his career
21:30 How to contact Macomb K-12 Relations
25:03 Words for the next generation

This is Beyond the Game: Education Pathways, presented by Tunnel Vision Network.
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At 10 years old, Ned told himself he would go learn about the world and come back to work on his community. He kept that promise. Ned talks about growing up on Detroit's northwest side, the "two years" in business that turned into ten in Chicago and London, and how a grad school email led him into economic development.

He also shares how TechTown raised and gave out $1.2 million to about 7,000 small businesses in Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park in the first weeks of the pandemic, why he believes Michigan needs to stop chasing jobs that aren't coming back, and his honest advice for young leaders: "I am wrong every day, and that makes me a better leader."

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