EXCLUSIVE Mimi Colyer REVEALS Winning Mindset

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Mimi Colyer: Yes, of course. Thank you for having me. I appreciate it.

MLM: Yes, so we are gonna do the outline a little bit different this week and we're gonna start immediately with our ask me anything portion. So you ready to roll?

Mimi Colyer: Absolutely, let's get to it.

MLM: Okay, so kind of ⁓ there was multiple questions like this, but everybody wants to know how was the transition from college to pro. And on top of that, I mean, you've been playing volleyball now since August, and yet you are still competing at like the highest level. So how is that transition and how are you managing this?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I think when I first got here, the biggest thing was just how fast it is. think when you go from club to college, that's a huge transition. I think it's a similar transition going from college to pro. These girls are, I'm playing with Natalia Valentina Anderson, who's, she's been playing for as long as I've been alive. So these girls are just, they're so experienced and we were literally talking about this yesterday. ⁓ They're so experienced and everyone was the best at whatever college they were at. Everyone's an All-American, everyone's some sort of champion. So think just being in the gym with girls that are so good and have been good for so long, just trying to play catch up. As a blocker, I that was probably my biggest thing, was just how fast those sets were coming at you. My blocking was horrendous when I first got here. It's still definitely a work in progress. ⁓ But it's a much faster game than college. So just trying to get my footing when I first got here was a big thing for me. ⁓ And yeah, like you said, I've been playing since August. My body's definitely feeling it. I'm excited to have some time to recover this summer. I don't know, just think just really prioritizing my recovery and my sleep and what I'm viewing my body with has been really important. But again, I'm surrounded by women who have been doing these pro seasons for forever. So kind of just talking to them and picking their brains about that has been big. But yeah, and just enjoying the off time that we do get and just making sure that I'm. I'm exploring, know, Dallas is such a fun place to live. And just making sure that I'm prioritizing, you know, just my life outside of volleyball as much as, you know, this is a job and, ⁓ you know, that's what I'm here to do. But I think just kind of just really living the life that I can here.

MLM: You mentioned that your blocking is horrendous, but I'm pretty sure you're top 10 in the MLV for blocks. I'm pretty sure you can fact check me. And then another thing that stuck out to me is you said when you become a pro, everyone was a big 10 player, or everyone was an All-American, or everyone was this and this and this. And yet, you're leading the charge on your team. have you ever like?

Mimi Colyer: It's the...

MLM: had a moment of like, wow, like I'm surrounded by greatness, but at the same time, like, does that even register to you or are you just like, I'm just here to compete?

Mimi Colyer: I'm literally, and I talk about this with some of my friends, I just think it's so, I just play volleyball, I'm just a girl who just plays volleyball. I happen to be pretty decent at it. But no, that's cool to think that, like I said, everyone is, that's another thing about the whole blocking thing. I feel like my blocking isn't as good as it was in college, but also again, I'm playing against all American right sides, and I'm playing against all American middles, and ⁓ these professionals that have been playing for however long, I'm playing against girls that are

MLM: Yeah.

Mimi Colyer: much better attackers than I was seeing in college. So I think maybe that's kind of like an ego thing of knowing like, oh, I don't feel like I'm blocking as much, but you know, the quality of the players that I'm blocking, like they're much more advanced than what I was blocking six months ago. So I think kind of coming to that realization, like I'm not always gonna, I'm not gonna block every ball. Hey, I can try, but like that's just, that's not realistic. So yeah, just getting here and kind of having to come to that conclusion was definitely kind of a shift in mindset that I needed to have, but. Yeah, I don't know. Just like you said, like the going and playing against all these amazing girls, like it's been so fun just to, you know, do that with them. But I think another thing with my success is, know, just who I'm surrounded by. I might be number one in all those things, but my other outset is number two. Like, you know, and we're right, like we're right there. There's not like our stats are we're literally neck and neck. Like we might be a couple kills off here and there. And I think we're both like successful because of each other and who we're surrounded by. You know, we have one of the best setters in the league. So I know, so just think, again, that's a lot of credit to my team too and kind of what we're doing this season.

MLM: your point. You just proved our point. That's why we call we've been referencing you and Sofia Maldonado Diaz as thunder and lightning. You can. I mean, the two pins, you know, the two outsides are the it's like a one two punch. But my next question or that the fan has is, what is the what's the biggest difference in how you trained at Oregon versus Wisconsin fan wants to know?

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ there you go. I like it. I like it. Yes. I don't know. think each program has just like each program individually in all programs all over the country. Like everyone just has like their way of doing things. ⁓ You know, our strength coach at Oregon, he was a track guy. Jimmy Radcliffe, he's like very, very well known in like the track world. He's written books and worked with Olympians. ⁓ And we trained a lot more, like just very classic like weight training, Olympic lifting. And at Wisconsin, we are a little more... ⁓ working on the plyometrics and more of the science behind it. So that was our actual lifting. was different vibes. We were successful at both and I really enjoyed both and I liked seeing both sides of it in different perspectives. And volleyball-wise, and everyone has how they do their things. The way Wisconsin teaches passing is a lot different than the way Oregon teaches it. So when I got there in, when did I get there? January. I was basically... relearning how to pass it yet, like just from point one, like it was a completely different way of passing. ⁓

MLM: Can you actually break that down for us? I'd be curious as far as like, you don't have to over explain, but like the difference of passing at Oregon and the difference of passing at Wisconsin.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, so at Oregon, like when we would do our summer camps and we would teach the girls, okay, like we've got three rules. ⁓ Like the first one was like your toes are always facing the server. Like you're always, right? You're not passing your midline, but you're me facing them. Where Oregon or where at Wisconsin, like the very first thing was, you know, your hips and pick a side. Like I want your back facing a sideline or I want your like your entire side, you're gonna be facing a sideline. ⁓ And you're gonna be like perpendicular with the net. There's always gonna be like a lead leg and just like. Oregon, it was very much like shoulders down when you pass, kind of expose your neck where Wisconsin, it was hide your neck and I want you to really like round those shoulders. So like, again, like I said, like literally different opposite ways of passing. And when I got to Wisconsin, Kelly was like, we're not gonna, I was also passing next to a freshman libero. Where Oregon, was my freshman and sophomore year, I was passing next to a fifth and sixth year libero.

MLM: Yeah.

Mimi Colyer: And my junior year, had Mackenzie Morris, who was a grad transfer. So I was passing next to a very experienced slip who was like, yeah, you want me to take 75 % of the court and you have this small sliver, like, cool, I'll let you do that. I got to Wisconsin, Kelly's like, we're not gonna like hide you. We're not gonna pull you out the back. You're gonna sit there and you're gonna pass the ball. And I was like, okay, I'll pass the ball. Like I'll learn how to pass the ball. So, you know, we were, me and Britt were in there every single day doing extra passing reps. And I was just all the reps that you can imagine. And like thank God she did because then I got to pro and then I like took a look around the first day I was here and I was like, oh, there's like no DS is back here I don't know why that didn't like redshirt to me that there was no DS is and like oh I passed in all six rotations I was like, okay cool cool cool So like thank God I learned how to pass it was constant. But yeah, like just completely different ways of teaching in different styles Not one right or wrong. I don't know whatever you

MLM: So yeah, that was my next question. So where did you end up landing in that? Yeah, now that you are passing consistently in the pro league, which strategy is more comfortable for you?

Mimi Colyer: Yes. So now I think I'm definitely more the Wisconsin side of it. Because I was like, again, I was forced to at Oregon. You know, it was very like, didn't have to, I didn't, I didn't have to pass, but like we, we would figure out some other way to make sure I'm like, oh, you're going to, Mimi, job is to score. We had a thing my freshman year was Mimi hit ball hard. Hey, that's my job. I'm going to hit the ball. I'm going to score. that's, I'm going everything else we'll kind of, we'll figure it out. We'll adjust around you. So like that just wasn't necessarily a huge priority in our.

MLM: Mm-hmm.

Mimi Colyer: and getting us to win, like me passing that was on it. Where at Wisconsin it was like, no, you need to learn how to, you're gonna pass, because we've got a freshman libero next year, you gotta figure it out. ⁓ So yeah, so now I've been more comfortable doing that. ⁓ I mean, it's been pretty successful so far. We're always still working on it. Service, always a work in progress though.

MLM: curious because I thought specifically this last weekend ⁓ in Omaha. Well, just in general. If college is not necessarily preparing the athletes correctly for professional. And this is an example of in college, you can have a team that is like, Mimi, you focus on hitting because you're our score and we have three DS's back here, like we'll take over. ⁓ But then she gets to pro and it's like, no, we don't have, we have less than half of the amount of subs that we did in college. We don't, we can't afford subbing DS's in, you have to pass. And so it's things like that. And the reason that sparked that thought this weekend is how many ⁓ miss serves we have in the league, like why, league wide. And I feel like I'm not trying to harp on anybody, but I feel like in particularly like middle blockers, like I feel like that's really hard for them to be consistent. And I think in, you know, in college, a lot of the times they get subbed. And so they don't get that experience of like, serving under pressure and and whatnot. And so do you have any thoughts on that?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I will say that's one thing that I think has been interesting is like seeing not like yes, the middles, but you know, also the right sides, like there's not, there's a couple right sides that I can think of that, you know, that play six rotations, but like here, like you play like Shannon, like there's right sides play all the way around, like the best right. And you know, you're hitting the D ball and it's like, you're really developing that back row attack that makes teams really lethal. ⁓ But yeah, just, I the idea of developing an all around volleyball player. I want to, I think it was Andy Jackson, like there was a Instagram post a while ago and was Jamie Morrison had said something about like, oh, like you're not a middle blocker, you're a volleyball player, like go dig that ball or something. And like that's a hundred percent like what it is. Like it's not, you know, if you're a middle, like if you want to play professionally, like you have to know how to serve, you know, a big thing, like if you can add a system set, I think that's like the most underrated skill in volleyball is add a system setting. You know, you're going to be the lib. Like, so sometimes we're like, Hey, like middle, you're back there serving, but can you also like, if you want to take the second ball, like if you know how to do that and we feel confident in you taking that, that's a huge plus that you're going to get if there's middle blockers that in the front row are kind of at the same playing field and are just kind of even in all aspects. If they can go back and make a serve and they can go back and like pass a free ball or add a system set, like they're gonna be the ones that get that spot because they don't like the coaches and the team doesn't feel like they're a liability back there and like, ooh, like, I don't know if she can do this or I don't know. Like, I think it's the idea of developing just an all around volleyball player. If you can get them to do some ball control reps, like, cool, like, let's do that.

MLM: Yeah. Yeah, I think that's spot on. It's like, cause then your teammates can trust you and not everybody's like holding their breath when like a middle has to like set that out of system ball. So yeah, no, I love that. the, quote by Jamie saying you're a volleyball player. You're not a middle blocker. You're not a libero or you're not whatever the case is. You're a volleyball player. So I remember at my time in college, ⁓ something that we really stressed was everybody's a setter.

Mimi Colyer: Right. She puts her hands up and like, ooh, yeah.

MLM: So to your point, like everyone had to be able to step in and take a second ball and set out a system. So I love that. ⁓ Continuing kind of on that Wisconsin ⁓ theme, someone said, have you watched back the F-bomb dropped by Carter Booth? And ⁓ because your reaction was hilarious in real time. And then they just said, go Badgers. So I guess the question only is, have you went back and rewatched that interview?

Mimi Colyer: Of I'm glad. I have watched that video so many times, like it was on a loop when it first happened. It's just, the funniest video. Well, cause obviously like we knew, like I'm like, I know we're on live television right now. I was like, Carter, uh, um, what are we, hey, you can't say that. Hey, you can't say that. Um, but no, it's hilarious. mean, I can, think there was just, there was so much emotion surrounding, you know, what had just happened. Um, I think it's hilarious. It'll forever be quotable. She'll forever get that said back to her. Um,

MLM: Mm-hmm.

Mimi Colyer: It's just, it's, you know, I absolutely loved it. That was such a fun experience. The fact that it was captured on camera is the best part. And, you know, we'll always be able to go back and rewatch that. But yeah, go Badgers.

MLM: Wasn't there like a positive consequence of that? Like didn't she... ⁓ Yeah, they're...

Mimi Colyer: They like made some shirts. Like in our age, we in the locker room after and was like, I loved it. I loved it. Like, yes, go Badgers. Like people were all for it.

MLM: And then like the proceeds that they made from those t-shirts, I think she was able to like donate to an organization that she supports. can't quite remember the details, but that's funny. I love like raw emotion like that. Like I, I, I'm really turning my opinion of like, so what's your opinion on like Mia ⁓ with Indie Ignite? Like I love seeing her dance. I love.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, it's like that, yeah. Okay.

MLM: Yeah, I know. like, I want to see more of that. just makes the sport. It's already entertaining. Maybe I'm biased, but I think it's the most entertaining female sport. But by far, it just like adds a whole nother level because people get to like, root for you and they like connect with you and they like love the authenticity of that. So maybe I'm not a huge like supporter of like cursing publicly that but it was a funny moment and I, I'm

Mimi Colyer: I her. Yeah, yeah, it'll always be there. It'll always be there. Never forget.

MLM: I'm glad it's a fan favorite for many people. not going away. So I did check the receipts on that. She is eighth in the league in blocks. see, I knew you were top 10. Let's go. Yes, I was like, I'm pretty sure I just checked that like yesterday. But okay, actually, this is a question that I have to ask. Wait, you got to stay on script. No, I really want to ask this. idea and okay, whose idea was it when you guys do the roster announcements when you guys do the little

Mimi Colyer: Really? It doesn't feel like.

MLM: And I don't even know what it is. Backflip.

Mimi Colyer: Okay, so it's supposed to be backflips. Like, ⁓ we're about to throw a backflip. If I had to guess, it was honestly probably Layne Van Buskirk ⁓ that started, because that seems like something that she would do, but I don't know honestly where it came from. Like, I just, we started doing it and then... ⁓ everyone does it.

MLM: and all of you guys commit to it. That's the funniest part is everyone commits to it.

Mimi Colyer: And everyone's got their own way of doing it. now we've added, at the end of the gymnastics routine, when you do the thing to the judges, we've added that to it now. Like, look at my back flip, I just landed it. And then you're like, what's it called? Not a curtsy, it's like a salute? Whatever the thing is at the end of the gymnastics thing, when they their hands up. So now we've added that, another element to it. But I don't know, we think it's funny. Everyone's got their own little play on it.

MLM: You land it. Salute sounds good. No, I absolutely love to see it. So can't wait to keep, I'm excited to see it keep elevating and every week maybe there's something new.

Mimi Colyer: Maybe someone will do it one time, we'll see. Yeah, I think it'll go higher. We'll see.

MLM: All right, you can ask you can get us back on track. I just to touch back on the blocking thing. This has been a discussion week after week for us that blocking. I think we agree on this is the most difficult skill to master because why you can do everything exactly right and still not get the block. Yeah. To your point. Do you agree with that, Mimi?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah. between between that and serve receive yikes. Yeah, blocking is hard because blocking is hard because exactly what said you can be ⁓ that was a great block you're in the perfect position sometimes the hitter just it's you see it or sometimes they just like right like you can you can be the most perfect well disciplined block and like the hitter just beats you that one time but then also you could do it in the next way then you could get the block like it's not it's so like circumstantial and it's so like situational like it can it differs so much right and you got so much like depending on where the set is, then depending on where the block or the attackers coming from. Like there's so many other like outside influences that affect what you're blocking. It's not just one server versus one passer. Like there's just a lot of stuff that can like differ. So like, yeah, I know it's hard and it's, it's hard. is like, it's, it's rough. And especially when you get up to the pro league and now you're blocking against all Americans and you're blocking against these girls that have been playing for a song and they know how to play volleyball. They're not going to hit into the block. Yeah, no, it's difficult.

MLM: You mentioned pastings up there as well in terms of difficulty. Please explain to us from your point of view, Natalie Foster's filthy McNasty serve. What we got here. That thing's lethal.

Mimi Colyer: I literally don't even know. When it's, I'm telling you, when she's on the line and she misses, it's the biggest like breath of relief that she missed her serve. Cause I'm like, I don't want to even, I literally, couldn't even tell you what it is. And then like when, she was on my all-star team. So I'm like, I'm watching her do it too. And I'm like, I don't even know how she's like hitting it. And she's so, she's so high. She's so high. So like the trajectory of it, but then sometimes it's got some spin on it and sometimes it's got some float on it. And sometimes it's, and I'm like, I literally don't know.

MLM: See That's what we're saying.

Mimi Colyer: It was funny, actually, like maybe two weeks ago, we were talking about how many aces she had had. And I was like, I looked up like just whatever the stats. I obviously knew she was leading the league and she's like, right, leading the franchise and all the things and all the aces. But just the actual like the difference from her leading to the next person, it was like 20 aces. I was like, wait, what? Like I didn't realize it was like that big of a just drop off. But no, yeah, I don't even.

MLM: Yes. To second place.

Mimi Colyer: I know, I see it in my nightmares, absolutely not. Like that's the worst. I never know where it's going.

MLM: I bet those are the moments you would like to go back to your Oregon strategy of like, everyone else gets this pass, I'm going to hang out.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, hey. I'll pass the store ball. Hey, I'll be up there. Yeah. No, I want to see you that.

MLM: I thought you were going to ask her because Doc here is a big supporter of passing with your hands and I have tried to tell him multiple times how we don't like that. What do you prefer?

Mimi Colyer: So I will say, I think it's hard because I think some people are really for it, some people really aren't. I like using my hands if I can, just because I'm pretty like, I'm gonna say I'm pretty like good at it. Yeah, like I can hold that like I can get it. But like some people just aren't as good at it and like that's not their thing and they would rather, you know, or maybe like, right, I'm not as fast laterally or like my footwork isn't as good. So I'm like, okay, the idea of me having like move back, I'm like, eh.

MLM: on

Mimi Colyer: I could move back where I could literally stand here and put my hands up and take it and just chuck it to the sky and like, hey, it's straight up in middle. ⁓ So that one, it depends who it is. But I'm someone that I like using my hands if I can. Again, I try not to. When I was learning how to pass, they were like, we're gonna force you not to use your hands. But then game time, if it's coming at my face, I'll put my hands up and chuck it.

MLM: Mm-hmm. We don't really see that often. Now I'm trying to think, and I haven't really seen many times when athletes use their hands, and that's maybe a testament to the serving of like, maybe they don't, the serving is so ⁓ like line drive towards right above the tape. I don't know. Do you see that?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, mean, think also it's hard because it's one of those things where it's like, oh, sorry. I think it's one of those things where it's also like the speed of the serve. Like if it's coming too fast, like if it's a loopy serve, OK, yeah, I can stand there and I can take it with my hands. But if it's too fast, like I can't take it with my hands or it's going to go literally straight through. So I think it's also a testament to like just how fast the serve is coming. And it's, you know, it's faster than it's not some loopy serve. that's just like a free wall over. ⁓ Yeah, so maybe more serving to do with that one, yeah.

MLM: Mm-hmm. I got one fan wants to know who's the toughest player you've ever faced in your career? Toughest player in your career? What does toughest mean? Like, it's Okay. Okay. They're a closer. They're a gamer. They're a sniper. They're what you want me to keep going. I think we got it. Okay.

Mimi Colyer: I was going say, yeah. Thank you. don't know, I feel like I've gotten the opportunity now to play like all, like if you think like the biggest, like the biggest, best like volleyball schools and all that, like I've gotten to play against all of them. So like I've seen a lot of really good volleyball. I, I don't know. Can I think on that one? Let's go back. there's, there's just, there's, I've played against so many. So, so many.

MLM: Absolutely. That's a good question. Do ⁓ you have hopes and dreams to play for the USA team?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I think that's always a dream. ⁓ You know, if it's one of the most prestigious gyms to be in, and you know, it's in Anaheim, hey, California. ⁓ I don't know, I think that's always a dream, so if that opportunity comes up, then you know, can't really stand out of that.

MLM: Hey. Do you have plans to compete in the VLN or VNL? Sorry, this summer is specifically what someone asked.

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ As of right now, I think I'm going to take some of the summer off just to recover because I have been playing since August. I don't know, maybe that's more of a next summer thing. just, again, it'll by the time this season ends, you know, it'll be, you know, eight, nine months of playing volleyball. And I just, I need a little bit of a break before I can get back into it.

MLM: Mm-hmm. Yeah, and then I know we of touched based on like the physical side of nine months, but what about the mental side? Because that honestly, that sometimes is almost even harder. And I know you mentioned like getting out and kind of exploring Dallas, but do you have any other ⁓ strategies that you do just to order to keep your mind right?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I mean, I think just the idea of kind of compartmentalizing, like when I'm in the gym, you know, I'm very much I'm locked in the gym. We're doing treatments. We're practicing. We're lifting. We're doing scout, whatever it is. ⁓ And, know, like when I come home, like, OK, I'll watch my extra film that need to and, you know, make sure I'm prepared for the game. ⁓ But also, like, I've been really liking going on like my Hawker walks in the morning or like I've been really getting back into reading and just, again, keeping myself occupied with things that aren't necessarily volleyball related. So it feels like I'm not playing volleyball every day. ⁓ And you know, our teammates are great.

MLM: Did you say hot girl walks?

Mimi Colyer: Yes, Hot Girl Walks. You guys have never heard of Hot Girl Walks? You just, you go out and also it's Dallas, so it's so nice.

MLM: Bless you. Haka Walkers.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I literally there's like a trail behind our apartments and we're like I'll go I can go on the trail or I can go into the neighborhoods like a cutie little neighborhood all the houses are very like cute and brick and nice and I put my headphones on I do listen to music I call my mom my best friend or I call my mom today was a mother talk so we talked for like literally an hour even though I talked to her four different times yesterday ⁓ or I'll you know I'll call a friend I'll update and I'll do some sort of we'll do a chit chat to catch up ⁓ but yeah no I've been loving my hawker walks

MLM: Huh. Never heard of them, but I like them. And I didn't realize I've been doing those for a while now. It counts. When I wake up, I take my dog for a walk right away. Hot girl walk. I call it hot dog, hot dog walk. Hot dog walk. Hey, can I ask this five point question Go for it. Straight out of one of the fans questions. Why did you have to do the Novus dirty like that ⁓ on Sunday? First question, why? ⁓

Mimi Colyer: A

MLM: And then he goes on to say, hold on. Don't you know we fired our coach and are hanging on for dear life for a playoff spot? With all due respect, great game, Mimi. It's fun watching the Talinens League, even if it's in a three set sweep of my home team in front of 13,000 people. That said, what's your favorite arena environment to have played in this season and why? Does it compare to any college venues? Wow, there's a lot there.

Mimi Colyer: 13,000 people. ⁓

MLM: Don't forget the first question was why did you do the Novus dirty?

Mimi Colyer: I'm sorry. It's because it's because the last time we played so went off and had like 30 something crazy number We like to go back and forth whose turn it is social have it next game ⁓

MLM: I love it. love the competition. I a question about that too.

Mimi Colyer: Do you wanna ask it?

MLM: No, I'll ask it next. You go ahead and finish this fan's questions. That's why she did the Nova's dirty. She was competing with Sophie's numbers.

Mimi Colyer: Um, yeah, no, I'm sorry. Yeah, sorry. Whoopsies. Um, what else? 13,000. That was cool.

MLM: ⁓ What was your favorite arena slash environment to have played in this season and does it compare to any college venues?

Mimi Colyer: I really- I really like the Omaha ⁓ venue. feels very like when I was at Wisconsin just now, we did ⁓ our basketball like Cole Center, just big arena, 11, 12,000 people, whatever it was. ⁓ And it feels very similar to that. don't know if it's, it's a basketball arena, right? CHI is a basketball arena, I'm assuming.

MLM: Creighton plays there. Creighton basketball does play there, but they host all kinds of things.

Mimi Colyer: Okay, so that's what it felt like. So yeah, Crayon basketball, Wisconsin basketball, kind of thing. It very much felt like that. I will say that Omaha is probably my favorite to play, just because it is so big and it does kind of give me like where the volleyball team's playing in like the basketball gym's big arena. But I don't know, I will forever hold a special place in my heart for the Wisconsin Fieldhouse. There is nothing quite like it. It was the most amazing place I've ever played in, both when I was... playing against Wisconsin, it was the coolest place I had played in, then playing for Wisconsin, it was the best place I had played in. So, I don't know, there's also that.

MLM: Quick story, I've played there before in my college time and we had to stop the match because there was bees on the court. Okay. Yeah, there was like, fun fact. Whether they were bees or hornets, I don't know the difference, but there was like legit a couple bees and we were all like swarming and yeah, it only happened once, but it was memorable for sure.

Mimi Colyer: What? What? Bees? Well I guess that place is old. think the top is like, there's wood like up there. That place is so old. Bees? Wow, that's not cool.

MLM: Well, it's like, why would the B's come down to the court of all places? I don't know. They're attracted to something. They're coming to get a B's eye view of the game. Good one, Got him. Sniper. ⁓ Well, you touched about you and Sophia going back and forth. And it reminds me of, so I used to work in a real estate office where our culture was like,

Mimi Colyer: That speed's pretty high. Hello. Funny one.

MLM: Yes, at the end of the day, they're technically competing against one another, but we always find a way to support one another and encourage each other's success. And that kind of is what I see with you and Sophia. How has that dynamic been? Do you guys actually joke about, hey, I got this game, you got the next one? I mean, how is that dynamic?

Mimi Colyer: Mm. No, literally like not even a little bit. I think it just has felt like, and her and I literally never talked about this, it's just something like everyone's not like, ⁓ like that was so scammed. This one's needy and this one's like, just one of us, like every time one of us decides to kind of like pop off and you're just like, okay, hey, nice job, Soph. But like it's one of those things where it's like, because like it is, they're two really successful outsides, like our job gets easier when the other one is, you know. being successful. Same goes with the rest of the team. Like right when our middle is on our right side and everyone else is successful, it makes our jobs easier. ⁓ But having two people that can hit a big really well and both people that can hit like outsides and out of system really well, like just having both of us on the court at the same time being able to be successful no matter where we are, like it just makes the other one's job so much easier. Because they can't just worry about one of us because there's another one that's, hey, we're coming right back up. ⁓ But no, it's been so fun. you know, just to be, I remember playing against her in college, hated playing against her in college. So I don't know, it's always a fun full circle moment when, you know, I'm like, hey, remember me? Like this is my friend like four years ago, hey, like good to see you. No, she's normal, she's so awesome. It's been so fun to, you know, play alongside her.

MLM: You And with the Dallas Pulse this year, what is so incredibly cool about your guys' personnel is how you guys run. You, Sophia, Kaylee, you're all interchangeable with where you're playing on the outside or right side. I think that is so cool.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, no, I think our depth has been really interesting to watch you grow. Also, think it's been unfortunately it's been needed just because of injuries and all the things. ⁓ So unfortunately, we've had to kind of experience the depth and explore that a little bit. But with that, it's been so fun to see kind of people in positions that it's not really, Sophie's not an outside by trade. She's naturally a right side. ⁓ So hearing like watching her come in and just be, you a top outside in the league and you know, she's passing, you know, she's not usually passer. ⁓ Seeing her come in, Kayleigh, Kayleigh played a little bit of right side, I think, but you know, she's an outside by trade or even, know, we had Kelsey Payne come in and, you know, be the best middle you've ever seen for our game against Atlanta. Yeah, she played, I think she played middle of her like freshman year of college, maybe a little bit of her sophomore year, but you know, she came in and you know, she didn't, she didn't miss a beat. ⁓ But it's, yeah, it's been fun to just see the depth that we've had. have on this team. There's just, there's a lot of love for these girls here and everyone wants everyone to succeed and it's just, it's been really fun to be a part of.

MLM: In light of that, though, I think maybe you and Sophie have been playing every match, right? At least started and played every match. Yeah. Up to this point, do you see that being a disadvantage or an advantage for your team as you get down to this last half of the season in terms of we see some of the other teams, they're intentionally mixing up their lineups from week to week for whatever reason, whether it's injury. to, though. Who knows?

Mimi Colyer: I think so, yeah. I think yes. Right? ⁓ Yeah, there's, unfortunately, I feel like there's been a lot of injury this year. And that's kind of, that's been a league wide thing. I don't know really what the kind of source of that is. Maybe that's like load management. I think our staff does a really good job with load management and making sure that we're taken care of. We wear our Kinexons and they look at our jump count every practice and they're super strategic about when we're jumping and how much we're jumping. ⁓ But then I think another aspect of that is the idea that there's only, what is there only eight? Is there eight? teams in the league, seven teams in the league, whatever it is. Okay, so that's right. That's not like we play every team four times. Like at some point, like by the time we get to the end, like, you know, these girls like the back of your hand, ⁓ you know, by the time we're now getting into the third and fourth time playing everyone and you know, we have our scout and it's like, okay, well most of like, if this is their, you know, star player, this is who we're honing on honing in on. Okay, well, I know where she's going to serve. I know how we're going to defend against her, how we're going to block against her.

MLM: A

Mimi Colyer: So it is kind of hard because it makes the scouting... By the end of the season, people should know what me and Soph like to do. We get a lot of balls and we play a lot of games. So our heat maps are probably huge in the numbers that they have on us. They're probably very large. But I think it makes it fun for Soph and I because now we have to find other ways to score. If they're going to take away our plan A, like what's our plan B, what's our plan C? I think that goes along. That's not just a me and Soph thing. That's a... That's an every one thing, know, by the time you play the fourth, play a team for the fourth time, you know, you kind of, everyone knows what the other team is doing. It's kind of, you know, who can come up with different ideas to score, who's scout is better, who executes the scout better. So I think that's also, that's a big difference from college because you're not just playing a team. You might play a team twice. You might play them three times, but like you're not playing every team four times in one season.

MLM: ⁓ shout out to your athletic trainer. I don't know her name, but I talked to her for maybe 30 seconds on Sunday and she had me dying laughing. She was hilarious and just seems like such an up, like up and bright and like, ⁓ bubbly person. Like I had 30 seconds with her and I was like, ⁓ I want to be here. want to, yeah, I love you. I want to be around you all the time. And then I bring her up because

Mimi Colyer: Just like. No. That carries also.

MLM: I think I recently saw a post ⁓ where I think she was maybe leading. You guys were doing some type of like meditation where like you guys all connect with one another. Is that something that she was leading and she was like helping with you guys or am I, was that your, the team's idea? I just thought that was a really cool way to connect with one another because we're not in college. We're, it's professional volleyball. So sometimes you see a team

Mimi Colyer: Mm.

MLM: doesn't necessarily, they're not forced to connect, right? So sometimes if they're not forced, they don't necessarily engage. So I thought that was really cool as far as like team bonding and unity.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, so that's usually something that we'll do after we travel. when we practiced here and then flew to Omaha, and then when we landed, we did our mobility and stretching kind of recovery, let loose, then we'll end it with just the breath work. And it's a connect. If you're close enough to teammate, grab a hand, grab a foot, grab something that way, you're physically connecting, and we'll do our breath work through her. It's just a good way that we'll do some visualization in there too. And it's just, it's really nice. And I'm a big fan of the breath work. do it like when we do the national anthem for every game I've done this like I had one of our like sports psychologists did like came and talked to one of my organ teams. I think it would have been early on in my college career because I've been doing it for as long as I can remember. Just like this box breathing method and it helps calm. I don't calm something, just regulate your breathing before a game. So like when the national anthem is going, I'm doing box breaths. and I'm a big fan of them and she kind of me settle a lot of emotions going into a game. So I think it's been something that I've kind of implemented in my routine and I'm a big fan of it. So it's fun that she implements it into something that we're kind of forced to do, but yeah, I'm a big fan of it.

MLM: Do know what box breathing is? No, I don't think I know. I'm glad it's not just me. is it?

Mimi Colyer: It's like... So it's like, okay, so if you picture like a box, it's like you breathe in for five seconds, hold it for five seconds, exhale for five seconds, and then like hold out the exhale for five seconds. And it's just like.

MLM: Hold on, doing it right now. I was doing it too. I like...

Mimi Colyer: Yeah. Yeah. Inhale hold, exhale hold. And I'll do it a couple of times. always like, I'll find some, sometimes I'll do it like on the flag or like some, I'll find a square somewhere and do that as the Anthems playing. Just cause you know, like National Anthem, I think is a big thing. Like, oh, it's like, oh, game time. Oh, it's game time, the National Anthem, we gotta go. But yeah, so it's just something that helps me kind of calm down before we start going.

MLM: Okay, got it. Do think that helps at all with your play as well? Or do you think it's more of a mental thing? That it helps you calm?

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I mean... probably a little bit of both. Yeah, I'm not like a super anxious person like at all. ⁓ I think it's probably the idea of both like, okay, like we just got off a warm up, like I'm actually like breathing heavy because we've been warming up for, you know, last 45 minutes. So it's like a mix of actually catching my breath and also kind of forcing like my mind to like, okay, slow down. Like now we're going to relax before, you know, we get back into playing volleyball. ⁓ So yeah, probably a little bit of both.

MLM: Can I go what's something fans would be surprised to know about you kind of a broad question but something about you surprised that would surprise the fans personally yeah she might have to think about that one just like she's still thinking on the toughest players she's ever

Mimi Colyer: fans. ⁓ I actually don't even know if I'll be able to answer that. don't, I literally couldn't. I actually don't know. Olivia Babcock's not fun to play against. She's really not fun to play against. ⁓ And unfortunately, I've to do it a couple of times. Like, I don't want to know. ⁓ Maybe her.

MLM: Mm. I'm ⁓

Mimi Colyer: Uh, maybe her. I'm gonna go with Olivia. I'm a fan of her. met her at the All-American Theatre last year. Yeah, I met her at the All-American Theatre last

MLM: I think that's a pretty fair answer. that's legit there. OK, so then. I'm sorry, go ahead.

Mimi Colyer: Oh, I was just gonna say I met her at the All American Language, now we're friends now.

MLM: ⁓ you're friends now. I love that. ⁓ Sorry, have you thought of something that fans would be surprised to know about you?

Mimi Colyer: Yes. I've been told I'm like goofier than people thought, which maybe the word goofy is kind of like, I don't know, weird, but like even like Kelly Sheffield, like when I like met him, like we got on the phone and he was like, yeah, you're like, you're more like, you're like more fun and like more upbeat than I thought you were going to be. And I was like, do I look like a dud? I was like, oh, I was like, I don't want to give off that. Like, I don't, that's not what I want to give off. So maybe you should look little more internally on that and try to figure that

MLM: Yeah. That's interesting. I've never felt that way about you. We only see her on the court where she's all business. And in her interviews. I think in interviews you get a chance to personality. would never think that you were stone cold serious.

Mimi Colyer: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah, I didn't and like I did another podcast a while ago and they're like, Yeah, you're different than I thought you were gonna be and I was like, am I? was like, dang it.

MLM: What in the world? I'm, I encourage you, you're doing just fine. I have never thought that you would be. Okay, good. You do you boo. ⁓ Okay, this is a simple question, but someone wants to know what your favorite post game meal is after a big win.

Mimi Colyer: Okay, that makes me feel better. Okay. Eww. Toast game? I love a sandwich. I mean I've sat out on everything ever. Those are my favorite. I love sandwiches. Sandwiches are always good. You get some protein there.

MLM: cooking ham and cheese, peanut butter and jelly. chicken, we talking hamburger with peanut butter on it.

Mimi Colyer: Like, so like, so my favorite is like an Italian sandwich, like some sort of like, like an Italian sub, like a Jersey Mike's or like, Firehouse subs is my favorite if I had to like go. But you know, we can get like a some sort of steak sandwich. I love a steak sandwich. I love a chicken sandwich. I there's like a bacon, egg and cheese on like a bagel. Like there's so many but like an Italian sub is like

MLM: Hey. So what that tells me is you're also a bread person. That's what I was going to say. It's all about that bread. Wait, I think someone said something about bread in here. What were you going to say? Yeah.

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ If I had more time and if I was not like... About bread? If I had more time, I would totally get into the whole sourdough making thing. I'm not, I haven't in Dallas for four months, but if I was more, maybe when I go home, I'll force my mom to get into that with me and make some sourdough. We'll see. Yeah.

MLM: ⁓ yeah. ⁓ speaking of your mom and something that would be surprising for me, what I found out is that your mom was an all American at Long Beach State and your dad was a water polo. Is he also an all American? He's all American water polo player. Dude, those water polo people are legit. Like not. I'm also saying your mom is legit. That's yes, she's legit too. But your dad, I wonder what he looks like. Is he like,

Mimi Colyer: Mm. I want to yes. Yeah, he is.

MLM: broad shoulders and like

Mimi Colyer: He's big guy. Yeah, like 6'6", big guy. Yeah, that's big.

MLM: Dude, how does a 6'6 dude like stay afloat? He was touching. He was touching the bottom the whole time. No, it's got to be deeper than that.

Mimi Colyer: I know they... No, they were water polo... Like, he'll tell me these stories every once in and it's like, yeah, and there's just the scratching and the grabbing that goes underwater. It's just also a super physical sport. And the idea of people touching me, that's why I love volleyball, is because I don't want to be touched. ⁓ But they're all up and drowning people under the water. And I'm like, ⁓ I want nothing to do with any of that. ⁓ But it's funny because me and either any of my siblings, none of us ever touched a water polo ball.

MLM: week.

Mimi Colyer: ever. But our cousins, his nieces and nephews, all three of them play water polo. So it's was very like, so it's silly that now. Right. But yeah, no. So sorry, go. She was a middle. I was a middle and I want to say her junior year she led the nation hitting percentage. ⁓ She was in the Misty era. So Misty was her setter for I want to say her last three years. I think Misty is a year younger than my mom.

MLM: That's interesting. What position was your mom in? ⁓ okay. talking Misty Mae? Yeah, that's the one and only Misty. Name any other Misties out there. Well, that ice cream shop in Council Bluss. What? No. Wow. Nevermind. ⁓ all right. Let's see. What question should I ask? Let me ask one. What are one or two habits you started early on that you believe contributed to your success in the sport of volleyball? One or two habits you've been doing for years.

Mimi Colyer: You say miss, yeah, you know who we're talking about. Eww.

MLM: that have really contributed to your success.

Mimi Colyer: Have a nice day.

MLM: You talked about the mental side of it.

Mimi Colyer: What are my habits? Yeah, I think one thing is I've always been a really big fan of like just lifting and like any sort of like lift or workout that we have to do. I'm a big fan of it. Sometimes it like, well, okay. Sometimes we're trying to like, ⁓ I have to lift today. But like, once we get it, like I'm a big fan of lifting. So it's one of those things where it's like, you're only doing it. And it only benefits you if you lift. Like if you go and you don't really lift anything, like no one's gonna say anything, but also like you're not gonna reap the benefits of it. ⁓ So I think especially when I got I think the whole time I was lifting, our summer conditioning, I was always super very intentional with that and kind of what I was lifting. I love lifting, I love getting stronger and just seeing the way my body transforms when I'm doing my heavy lifting during the off season, I absolutely love that. ⁓ Just getting stronger, obviously that helps physically with volleyball and staying safe and staying healthy and keeping my body healthy. ⁓ So I think being intentional with my lifting and kind of really getting into it and getting the most out of that was something that I see that not everyone does, so maybe that's something that could maybe set me apart there. What else? I've always been really big into film, watching film and talking and asking a lot of questions. You know, our coaches are there to help us. And if you know, you can ask them a question, like ask them a question. What else? I'm good about hydration. Keep your nutrition right. I don't know. Those are some good habits maybe. Yeah.

MLM: Those are all pretty good habits. If you enjoy lifting, so when I was in a few years of my retirement, few years ago, my first retirement, I'll call it, I got into powerlifting and I actually competed. It is the funnest community to be a part of. So like maybe someday when you put volleyball aside, highly recommend getting into it because it's so fun. And literally everyone is like screaming in your face when you're like,

Mimi Colyer: Okay. Okay.

MLM: When you're trying when you're going for your last attempt and they're like everybody just wants you to succeed and it's just like I'm getting goosebumps Just thinking about it. It was the funnest community that I've ever been a part of so just note to self Mark from mark that down. So are you guys saying sorry? I'm confused is powerlifting not a part of the day-to-day schedule for a MLV athlete like Mimi ⁓ I think maybe there would be like some power lifts involved maybe like squat ⁓

Mimi Colyer: Yeah. ⁓ I love that. Okay, power. Go. power lift it. Right?

MLM: maybe some occasional deadlifts, but you don't really need to like, bench. and then it's maybe lifting for volleyball. Say again.

Mimi Colyer: So like we're not like maxing ever either. sometimes like every once in a while we'll get to get in like a heavier lift just because we're further out. Like the closer you get to the game day, like you're not going to heavy lift and max out the day before a game. So if we have like this last week, you know, we had, we played Omaha Sunday, we had Monday off. So like on Tuesday we didn't have it. We only had one game. So we were like the furthest out from a game day. So we got to like heavy lift on Tuesday and it was so fun and we had music playing and we're, you know, we're doing arms, we're doing deadlifts, we're doing squats and all the things. Like it just, it's always fun to, you know, heavy lift.

MLM: Yeah. Okay.

Mimi Colyer: but we just don't really get the opportunity to do that as much, just to keep us safe in season. So I'm excited to do that off season. I want to mix in some of that and maybe some Pilates. I love yoga. I love Pilates. So I'm also excited to do that. Yeah.

MLM: That's a good combo. Because sometimes when you power lift, you can get pretty stiff if you're not, yeah, if you're not doing. elastic. Yeah. Okay. This person says, huge, huge pulse fan because of you and of course the entire team. ⁓ What's been your favorite thing about your inaugural pro season so far?

Mimi Colyer: My favorite thing, think ⁓ one that's really fun about MLB is just the amount of girls that I know slash know of slash played with, played against. You know, I've got a lot of old teammates on a bunch of different teams. So every time, you know, we go to San Diego, we go to Orlando, there's always people that we know on the other team. So, you know, we get to go get dinner after and kind of catch up. So it's like, it's a reunion every weekend. ⁓ You know, and I'm getting to see. So, know, again, my freshman, sophomore year, it was me and a bunch of fifth and sixth year seniors. So now, you they all graduated, they started playing pro, but like now I get to see them more. I've seen them four times this year, which is four more times than I've seen them in the last three years. Just, you know, because we're, you know, we're forced to see each other, ⁓ you know, on the court, but you know, we get to have dinner, we get to hang out. So it's really fun to, you know, have those little reunions. ⁓ And then, you know, seeing people and playing with people that I've played against for forever, like Sophia. I remember her at U of A, so getting to be on her team, that's so fun. We went to the All-Star game. I've played against Mia for years, and now I get to be on her team, ⁓ which is, much more fun being on her team than not on her team. ⁓ But yeah, so just seeing that, again, Morgan Hentz was on my All-Star team, and she, I was the biggest Stanford fan growing up. I grew up three hours from Palo Alto. I was gonna be the next Catherine Plummer in my head. I needed to do that. ⁓

MLM: He said it.

Mimi Colyer: So I have a picture of me and Morgan from like eight years ago. I think I was in seventh grade maybe. It was like her sophomore year of college at like the Stanford camp. it's like a picture of us at camp and I like, she signed my ball and she signed my poster. So then I was passing next to her at an all-star game. Like that's just, it's a crazy full circle moment. And just giving to have those experiences and creating those memories with people that I've known of for so long, it's been so special this year. And it's just been really excited to be a part of.

MLM: Mimi is low-key good at aging people. Oh yeah, that's for real, for real.

Mimi Colyer: I know, well it is unfortunate too, because I'm like the young, like I'm really young for my like my class and my age, like I turned 21 in August, like I'm not even 22 yet. So it's like, I'm like especially young. Yeah. No.

MLM: Whoa, I didn't realize that. Which is, it's kind of unique now because with people with their fifth years and, you know, even we're seeing some sixth years, they're like graduating at 24 years old. So it's like, you don't really see a young 21 year old senior anymore,

Mimi Colyer: Yeah.

MLM: I love listening to your coach. Whenever she talks and speaks at the post games or whenever I can listen to her. I love her. Just give us your perspective on her, her impact that she's made for the organization, you personally and the team.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, mean, Shannon's been awesome. I think she's really, really smart and it's been really fun to kind of pick her brain about that and see how she goes about, you know, volleyball as a sport and kind of the scout and just kind of talk about, you know, professional volleyball as a whole. It's been really fun to have those conversations with her. She's just so, she's so knowledgeable about all of that. ⁓ I think she's done a really great job. You know, she crafted, I think, a really great team this year and kind of the standards that were set into place for being the first franchise team and kind of, you know, what the expectations were. you know, like this is... This is how Dallas Pulse is gonna be run. I think it's been really fun to kind of see that come to fruition, especially having the success that we've had. I think it's just, know, first of the labor, like she's done a really good job behind the scenes, just with us and with the staff. I think this franchise has really just done a great job. So it's been really fun to be a part of and be coached by her. And just, she's really made this season just the best.

MLM: In light of that, you guys have already clinched the playoff spot, correct? Yes. Congratulations on that. How that impact or change the last two weeks of the season? Is it like all gas and no breaks? Is it like, let's dial it down a little bit? That's a good question, What are we doing in this next two, the next, what is it, four matches or so? Yeah, three weeks maybe.

Mimi Colyer: Yes. Thank you. Yeah. I'm going be so honest, yeah, I don't know what their plan is. I'm assuming it's going to be all gas, no breaks. I think it's interesting just because, you know, it's not, I feel like you think of like, the tournament and the championship at the end, like, ooh, like, you know, in college, it's a two, three week kind of leading up thing. You've got this time in between. You know, here it's two games. Like that's not, it's one extra week. only two extra games. It's not super, there's not a lot of time there.

MLM: Mm-hmm.

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ So that's what I don't know if there's time to kind of slow down and reset, know, they might be watching our bodies a little more, making sure, you know, we're well rested for it. ⁓ But I think it's still just the idea of going to every game preparing for, you know, championship point. ⁓ You know, we as a team, we obviously this is our first year playing together. So by the time we get to the championships, you know, it's gonna be our first championship tournament or first tournament run. ⁓ So I think it's just, you know, kind of preparing, trying to prepare us mentally how we can get into that headspace. ⁓ and treat every point like it's the championship point. ⁓ But yeah, so we'll see how that goes. But yeah, I'm sure they're gonna be resting our bodies a little bit there.

MLM: Yeah. So you mentioned Katherine Plummer. And then but someone specifically,

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ Yes.

MLM: had someone's brought up like Dana Redkey, Sarah Franklin, Carter Booth, Booth, all going overseas. And so they're wondering, are they having any influence on you as overseas something potentially you have on your your dream list of like, I would like to give Europe a chance.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I don't know if I'm going to be honest. think just the fact that there is so much opportunity here in the States, I think is a big draw for me. I think some people either really want to go overseas or maybe really don't want to. I don't really know where I stand in that. I think, you know, if an opportunity comes along that I can't say no to, you know, okay, cool. Like, let's go overseas. Let's play some volleyball. ⁓ But I just think there's so much opportunity here. And if I can play in the States, like that'd be so awesome. You know, like my

MLM: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. ⁓

Mimi Colyer: Parents are coming down when we go play San Diego next week and so they get to come watch me play professionally. Our games are super easily accessible, live streaming here and we get to watch it all the time, which is something that wasn't a thing a couple years ago. There's just so much opportunity here and I really like the idea of being around people that I know or have played against. I'm a big people person so having my people surrounding me is a big thing for me. ⁓ So no, it's a TBD. ⁓ If there's an opportunity, then maybe, but as of right now, we'll be here.

MLM: Yeah, having been overseas myself and then being able to play at home. Again, everybody's different, but I would never go back overseas. I would always choose to play here. So it's just interesting how there are still people who, which again, there's nothing wrong with that. But that they're like, yeah, I want to go overseas. Cause I'm also a people person. And I love the fact that like, I can see family and friends in every city that I go to and overseas that

Mimi Colyer: Yeah.

MLM: almost never happened.

Mimi Colyer: Right.

MLM: So we have time for just one more question. ⁓ And a lot of people kind of touched on but I think the easiest way to combine it into a single question is, ⁓ how do you as a professional athlete manage thinking and planning and signing for the next season? But you're currently in a season. How do you manage that? Because that's got to be ⁓ difficult and, also exciting. There's a lot of different things.

Mimi Colyer: Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of it has to do with the idea of compartmentalizing. Yes, again, I'm also a big, very big type A planner. I like to have my whole life planned out. ⁓ So I think in terms of, yes, planning it and making sure that I'm set for whatever I'm doing in the future, but also I am here. This is my job right now and my job is to play volleyball and that's what I'm here to do. ⁓ So as much as I want to be prepared for whatever I might be doing next season, that also is very much in the back of my mind. going to practice every day, I'm lifting every day, I'm scouting, I'm making sure I'm prepared for the game that we have every week here. ⁓ You know, that's my biggest priority right now is, you know, where my feet currently are. You know, I think this was, it was a similar situation when I was going from college to pro. You know, we had our, we had the draft day and we were trying to figure out logistics of me getting drafted and coming to Dallas when I was still in Madison, when we were still in the tournament. And it was very much, think we, I think the MLB did a good job at, you know. with just the college players, like as much as we need to get them kind of settled and kind of get them into pro volleyball, like we also need to give them as much space as possible to be able to compete in the tournament, because that's what they're doing, like that's what their priority is right now. You my priority was the NCAA tournament. My priority was enjoying my season, my senior season, and enjoying my time around the girls, ⁓ and you know, making that season last for as long as possible. And coming to Dallas was kind of on the back end of it. And like once my season was over, okay, then we can start talking logistics. We can start talking about kind of what the plan is. ⁓ I think that's a similar situation with this now, as much as the conversations are happening. Like it's also, you know, I'm focusing on what I'm doing right now.

MLM: This will be my last point. This is who you got. Who you got. Who on your team do you got would be a great doubles partner for you. Who would be the best doubles partner? ⁓ And Nati?

Mimi Colyer: Okay. Naughty. Yeah, she throws herself everywhere.

MLM: Yes, like literally, how does she not have broken bones like that girl literally lays out all the time. I love it. ⁓ man. There was there was a play on Sunday. She like one leg was straight and the other one was bent. She's completely on the ground like flat like laying back and then she got up without even using her hands. I'm like, how does your knee how does your knee do that? She's just she's made for this. Who won your

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ The way she lands sometimes, she's insane. She's insane. She's crazy.

MLM: Who on your team are you taking country dancing with you? Lipstick, lettercross, mirror this morning says goodbye.

Mimi Colyer: Eww. I don't know, we've got some good little Celia Cullen, I think would be a good line answer. think Kylie would be fun to do it with. think Tristan might be a little too tall for it. I don't know, we've got some good ones.

MLM: Who you taking shopping with you?

Mimi Colyer: Caitlin Hoard, I didn't know has like a shopping, like she's a huge shopper. She like gave up shopping for Lent and she was like, no, like I'm like bad. Like, and I was like, really? I didn't know that. So I would take Caitlin Hoard shopping. We'd probably spend way too much money, but I bet it would be entertaining.

MLM: How about Survivor? Who would you want on the island, Survivor Island with you?

Mimi Colyer: Ooh, so I know Kylie Murr watches Survivor, but I think she would get picked up by like a big bird and she would like she's too small to be out there. So probably Kayleigh Cox. Yeah, no, she's like the tiniest little thing. No, Kayleigh Cox for sure.

MLM: Big bird. Okay. How about a street fight? Who do you want in your corner in a street fight?

Mimi Colyer: ⁓ god. Nati might throw down.

MLM: I think she can. Yeah, that's a good thing She's looking for something.

Mimi Colyer: nothing not to throw down.

MLM: Lastly, sorry, thanks for entertaining these questions. Who would you sit down with coffee and talk philosophy, politics or religion on your team?

Mimi Colyer: Carson Bacon. Carson Bacon, she's, well, the problem is we're roommates, so we asked, like, we'll do this, like, unprovoked sometimes, like, just, she just, we start, like, the other day we were literally talking about taxes, because I was talking about it, she had, she had to give me this whole, like, thing about taxes, and I was like, um, and she's like, Mimi, and like, credit cards, and all the things, like, we have had so many of those conversations, so like, yeah, that one's a no-brainer. She's just so smart, just the smartest person.

MLM: Why? Yeah. That's awesome. Yeah. Go ahead. It was such a pleasure and an honor to have you on our podcast today. Thank you so much for your time. And ⁓ thank you for being who you are and scoring our points. Because on fantasy league this week, you were third in fantasy points. And so I think we both had you on our teams this week. So appreciate the help for us. ⁓

Mimi Colyer: of Thanks. ⁓ perfect. You're welcome. You're welcome.

MLM: We just, can't wait to see the next couple of weeks and the playoffs, of course. And we are big fans of you. So proud of you. So proud of you again. Doc has called you Thunder. She's Thunder, She's Thunder. Sophia's lightning because she's electric. And so it's just been so fun and ⁓ love what the Dallas Pulse is doing this year is in their first year in the MLB and ⁓

Mimi Colyer: Yeah. Thank you. Let's go.

MLM: So yeah, we're just big fans and again, we are so appreciative that you took the time to talk with us today.

Mimi Colyer: Thank you. Of course. you. Thank you. Thank you.

MLM: Thanks again for joining us on the Major League Minute podcast. If you enjoyed this, just hit the subscribe button. Thanks for joining us. Have a good day. Bye.