 Hey Cal fans, you're watching Cal TV Sports Behind the Height. It's three o'clock right now so it's time for some afternoon tea with Brandon Lee. Today I'm going to be sitting down with Makayla Caling of the women's basketball team here at Hospitalian. We're going to be chatting over a nice cup of tea and some banana bread. So if you want to follow my recipe be sure to log on to Instagram and follow me at Brandon's Baked Bites. Pinkies up. Makayla, thank you so much for joining me today. Thank you for having me. So you just wrapped up the Pac-12 tournament and the NCAA tournament is going to start next week. Yep. How are you approaching it and are there any takeaways that you got from the Pac-12 experience that you can bring on to NCAA? Yeah for the NCAA tournament we're really excited you know you know last year we didn't know if we're going to be in the tournament when we're practicing and today we're able to practice and know we have a you know spot we just don't know where we're going yet but we know we're still gonna be playing. You know leaving the Pac-12 tournament we lost to UCLA it's a disappointing game but you know we played really hard and we had a lot of takeaways from that game so you know what's really excited we're happy to be here and we're ready to play. So Cal fans just a little plug for the women's basketball team they're going to have an NCAA selection show watch party this Monday March 12th at Cornerstone on Shadda. The Bears are going to arrive at 3.30 and the show begins at 4. Y'all better be there. So after graduation do you have any plans are you going to go to the WNBA get a Masters in Sociology etc? Yeah I definitely want to continue playing basketball and I've been playing for a really long time I don't want to stop now. Whether it be overseas or in the WNBA you know whatever happens I'll be down I'll really be blessed to have the opportunity to play anywhere. As far as school wise I think right now I'm kind of focused on basketball and I think after you know that kind of career kind of comes to an end I'll pursue you know coming back to school or whatever it may be so right now I'm kind of focused on basketball. Now I know you come from a family a very athletic family both of your parents went to Cal your dad Larry won the NCAA championship in the 110 meter hurdles back in 1981. Your oldest sister Stephanie followed your dad's footsteps and also ran hurdles here at Cal. Your second oldest sister Dominique had a stand-up volleyball career at D.C. Riverside and finally your third oldest sister Alex played basketball at Loyola-Mairmount whose 2,219 career points still ranks second in the West Coast Conference. Yeah yeah. How did your family affect your career and what's the best advice they got you know you know they they they paved the way for me I've been since I was little I've grown up you know going to all their games they tracked me it's the volleyball games basketball games I've been in a gym I've been on the field in the court like my whole life so I think I've just been become accustomed to you know being in that environment and just growing up you know I followed Alex mostly because she's uh she's above me so like when I when she played basketball she was 10 I was playing when I was four so I go to all her practices and I'd be around that a lot I think they inspired me to always play hard and always you know be a beast and be really competitive you know they're extremely competitive people and I wanted to follow them I wanted to be just like them you know so I think that they're just them being them I've just kind of naturally just following their footsteps now I know your family travels and attends almost every single game uh what does it mean to you to see them in the stands cheering you on it means it means a lot to me you know having having that support system everywhere I go whether it be like far far away or down the street um you know I just know that they're always gonna be there they're always on time you know they're always in the same spot so it's just nice to have that look like whether it be a bad game a good game looking over in the stands and seeing their faces always makes me happy and my teammates I love seeing them too the coaching staff love seeing them so now they've they've they've dedicated a lot to me and sacrificed a lot and I'm so grateful for them how many games have they missed overall in your entire career in my entire career four years here they've missed about three games three games that is dedication three games and a lot of gas there's a lot and a lot of airfare as well um finally uh I've seen on social media that before and after big games the team does uh dance uh how did this dance come about and I think you might need to do a demonstration or teach me as well for those watching that don't know what I'm talking about yeah yeah um it's called the stroll yeah so they they actually had it before I got here so I was a freshman I had to learn it and uh this has been like an ongoing thing for a couple years now I guess oh you know we've kind of you know made it a little better modified it a little bit but uh since then like since I got here it's always been a thing and all right Michaela thank you so much for joining me today on afternoon tea with Brandon Lee we wish you the best of luck with the NCAA tournament and your future endeavors thank you for having me and thank you for this good oh thank you be sure to follow me Brandon cake box once again you'll want thanks for tuning into this episode of behind the hype on county sports I'm Brandon Lee I'm Michaela Cowley go Bears