Ep. 26 - Finding the Light: Leadership, Resilience, and the Bagpipe Story with Chris D’Angelo
About this episode
Chris D’Angelo shares his inspiring journey of leadership and resilience following a sports injury.
In this powerful episode of The Playbase Podcast , Frances sits down with Chris D’Angelo, a student leader, athlete, musician, and deeply inspiring young man whose story is a reminder that purpose can be found even in life’s hardest moments. Chris shares the story of tearing his ACL and meniscus during football season, an injury that took him off the lacrosse field and away from a major part of his identity. Instead of stepping back from his team, Chris found a new way to lead. Inspired by Notre Dame’s lacrosse bagpipe tradition, he committed to learning the bagpipes in just three and a half months so he could walk his St. Andrews lacrosse team onto the field. What began as a devastating injury became a story of grit, leadership, identity, and purpose. Frances and Chris also talk about what it means to be a true leader, the lessons team sports teach beyond the game, and how Chris’s older brother, Nick, who is autistic, has shaped the way Chris sees the world, understands compassion, and leads with heart. This episode is a beautiful reminder that leadership is not always about being the loudest, strongest, or most visible person on the field. Sometimes leadership is showing up in…
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