Maurice Scott, Jr.: On Diversifying Rowing and Being a Kid from Philly Who Never Gave Up

05/07/20 • 65 min

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#010 - Maurice Scott, Jr. was born and raised in Philadelphia and grew up seeing boats on the Schuykill River. As someone whose path led him to rowing, he has worked to give back to the sport by coaching at Philadelphia City Rowing and Row New York. Additionally, he brings visibility to people of color within the sport through his story, his performance as an athlete, as well as his role as a JL ambassador.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

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Previous Episode

Trinity Billingslea: Recent Under 23 Selection Camp Invitee Shares Philosophy on Fear and Rowing

#008 - Trinity Billingslea is the strongest womens rower in the history of Santa Clara University Rowing and 2020 invitee to USRowing's Under 23 Selection Camp. We hope her confidence and her catchphrase (which you'll hear during the episode!) will inspire you and those who might also feel they don't "see" themselves in the sport.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

Lastly, if you can, please hit "follow" or "subscribe" wherever you listen to podcasts. If you can, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcast -- it would really mean a lot.

We hope you and yours are well. Stay safe and enjoy.

Next Episode

Amaris Hinton: Baltimore Community Rowing Alumna talks High School and Collegiate Rowing

#011 - Amaris Hinton is unlike many rowers, regardless of age or race. She talks about her 9-year rowing career starting as a 5’ 8” sixth grader at the Reach High program of Baltimore Community Rowing, which led to an elite rowing career on the 2015 U.S. Rowing Junior National Team, 2015-2016 Youth National Championships, and 2016 Henley Women’s Regatta. Now, she's a sophomore at Rutgers University rowing on the Women's Crew Team. What's unique about her experience is that she goes from a mostly black high school rowing team to a mostly white collegiate rowing team. Regardless, her experiences and accomplishments say that neither age nor race are an obstacle for achieving greatness in rowing.
We hope that the conversation in this podcast helps us all in the rowing world -- no matter your race -- to unify the rowing sport through diversity.

Lastly, if you can, please hit "follow" or "subscribe" wherever you listen to podcasts. If you can, please leave a rating and a review on Apple Podcast -- it would really mean a lot.

We hope you and yours are well. Stay safe and enjoy.

Rowing in Color - Maurice Scott, Jr.: On Diversifying Rowing and Being a Kid from Philly Who Never Gave Up

Transcript

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Hi listeners. Denise here, as mentioned in Episode nine, were dropping not one but two episodes for you today. These episodes feature two young men from Philly whose stories of coming into rowing could not be more American. I don't know