O'HARA Kelley

General
PODCAST
In 2020 she began hosting the 'Just Women's Sports' podcast in the United States of America. "I love hearing people's stories. I love hearing how people become successful because I know personally that it comes with a lot of highs and a lot of lows. I find all those things fascinating. And the ability to sit down peer to peer, athlete to athlete, I think is very unique and doesn't happen often. I think that's the best way you can tell your story because you create a space that's comfortable, and you can probably be a little more vulnerable than you would be speaking to a traditional media outlet. On top of it, I want sports coverage for females to be better. I've learned through my years as a professional that if you want to see something change, you have to be the one to do it. You can't look around and expect somebody else to do it for you. So here we are." (Instagram profile, 14 Aug 2020; insider.com, 21 Jul 2020)

OTHER ROLES
She works as vice president of brand engagement and product strategy for Tame the Beast, a grooming company in the United States of America. She was also elected as the vice president-secretary of the United States Women's National Team Players Association [USWNTPA] in March 2020. (insider.com, 21 Jul 2020; espn.co.uk, 04 Mar 2020)

SWITCHING POSITIONS
In 2012 she changed positions from a forward to a defender on the advice of US national team coach Pia Sundhage, who felt the switch would improve her chances of remaining on the national team. "I approached it like boot camp. Every practice I had a new objective of something I wanted to learn. Outside of practice, I watched a ton of film and got critiques from the defensive coach. It was definitely a mental switch. When you play forward, you can have one moment of brilliance and be the hero, whereas as a defender, if you have one mistake, you're the one who cost the game. It was about learning how to be locked in for 90 minutes straight, and that took some getting used to." (espn.com, 03 Sep 2019)

In 2009 she became the first student representing Stanford University to receive the Missouri Athletic Club [MAC] Hermann Trophy, which recognises the best collegiate football player of the year. (gostanford.com, 01 Jan 2009)