Ao Gao - Episode 026

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PoloCAST

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A look into the people of Water Polo, who they are, what they have done, and what they have learned along the way. This is a series highlighting some of water polo’s best minds and athletes over the past 50 years. Featuring CWPA Hall of Fame member, George Gross Jr., providing listeners with a conversation about what helped good players, coaches, and administrators reach the top of the game. New Episodes release on the first and third Tuesday of every month. Be sure to subscribe to get the latest episodes!

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Ao Gao - Episode 026

PoloCAST

57 minutes 13 seconds

4 years ago

Ao Gao - Episode 026

A three-time All-America selection (2013, 2015: Second Team; 2016: First Team), Ao Gao was a member of the women's national team for China which claimed a Silver Medal at the 2007 World Junior Championship, Ao Gao competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, and London, England, respectively. A native of Beijing and a graduate of Arizona State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Broadcast Journalism and a Master of Arts in Sports Journalism, she compiled 131 goals, 100 assists, and 131 steals during a four-year career that spanned 2012-14 and 2016. She is currently an Associate Editor with ESPN under the international production department with the ESPN China group. She has been working on various projects this past year, specializing in X Games features, tennis feature content, Special Olympics distribution as well as assisting on NBA on-court game coverage and features production. Named a 2013 Arthur Ashe Jr Sports Scholar, she attended the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after claiming a coveted spot in the ASU Cronkite School of Journalism Olympics program in 2016 to cover the Olympics as a graduate student. One of her feature stories was selected by the Society of Professional Journalists and won the National Television Sports Photography award in 2016. Past experience in sports journalism includes jobs with the Pac-12 Networks, ESPN, the Doug Ducey campaign for Governor of Arizona and with Will Ferrell's Funny or Die.