This is a celebration of a huge chapter in the life of Cartrecia "Chi" DiMaggio, told through the lens of four men who through the sport of volleyball, has affected our lives away from the sport (and in the sport) forever. (Patrick Dietz, Bern Norman, and Yullen Escoboza)
Cartrecia "Chi" DiMaggio was an American Chemical Engineer and former long-time Indoor, Beach Volleyball and Wallyball Player and coach. She was also the founder of "EcoAmen," a green movement that enlivens the human ecosystem, launching sustainable farming practices that grow healthier, higher nutrient-dense fresh food, raise free range animals and cooperatively promote our associates' organic green lifestyle- minded products that revitalize local and global economies. Her involvement in making the environment a better place has been well-documented and has been her life's work. Some know her as a coach, player and referee because her impact on the people she worked with are without a doubt, better players and certainly better human beings.
The guests in this podcast were at the right place, right time - participants in something we called the "perfect storm" in 1999 - the combination of coaches, recruits and others, launching an NCAA program from nothing into something (not even a club program) producing talent that has since accrued a heightened level of success on and off the court. Some are still in the sport; some are doing bigger things but the people who were part of this storm are winning at life.
And she had everything to do with that.
