Name: 從特拉維夫到坦帕：國際學生運動員 David Adler 的生活！ (From Tel Aviv to Tampa: Life as an International Student-Athlete with David Adler)
Uploaded: 2026-01-12T17:35:26.000Z
Duration: 21 min 20 s

Welcome back to another episode of Breaking Boundaries, the world's premier podcast for international students.

歡迎回到 Breaking Boundaries 的最新一集，這是給國際學生的世界頂級Podcast。

Or at least that's what I tell the guests.

I'm honored today to be joined by David Adler, the founder and CEO of ApplyWave.

今天很榮幸能邀請到 ApplyWave 的創辦人兼執行長 David Adler。

David, thank you so much for joining us today.

David，非常感謝你今天來參加我們的節目。

Now you have a unique perspective because you're an expert on global education and you're also a former international student athlete in the US And I'm really interested to dive into your own journey as a student athlete.

你擁有獨特的視角，因為你是全球教育的專家，同時也是一位前美國的國際運動員學生，我對深入瞭解你作為運動員學生的經歷非常感興趣。

But before we get there, do you mind sharing a little bit about your work at ApplyWave?

但在進入這個話題之前，你能不能稍微分享一下你在 ApplyWave 的工作內容？

Yeah, I mean, ApplyWave came after more than 25 years in, you know, after being an international student athlete.

嗯，ApplyWave 是在我當了二十五年的國際運動員學生之後才創立的。

And ApplyWave really helps international students to find what we call the best fit institution for them.

ApplyWave 真的能幫助國際學生找到我們所說的「最適合的學術機構」。

And by saying best fit is based on their.

What they want to, what kind of experience they want to, where they want to study, what they want to study.

他們想要什麼、想要什麼樣的體驗、想在哪裡讀書、想讀什麼科系。

But also look into budgets, how much it costs, what scholarship is available for them, what kind of experience they're going to have.

但也會考量預算，費用多少、有哪些獎學金可以申請、他們會有什麼樣的體驗。

You know, many international students like myself, you know, like the warm weather.

你知道，很多像我一樣的國際學生，喜歡溫暖的天氣。

So where are the schools with the warm weather under $15,000 that offers scholarship for international students?

所以，哪些學校的學費在 15,000 美元以下，又有提供國際學生的獎學金，而且天氣又溫暖呢？

So think about it as a booking.com for educations and schools or Airbnb for students who wants to study in the US or elsewhere?

所以你可以把它想像成教育和學校界的 booking.com，或是想去美國或其他地方讀書的學生的 Airbnb。

Airbnb with just a slightly longer duration than a typical time.

有點像 Airbnb，只是時間會長一點。

You also mentioned beaches, which might be a clue to my second question.

你還提到了海邊，這可能是我第二個問題的線索。

But you grew up in Israel Tel Aviv and traveled to University of South Florida for college.

但你在以色列臺拉維夫長大，然後去南佛羅裡達大學讀大學。

Am I correct in guessing that the proximity of a beach in warm weather were keys to your best fit as you ran the numbers?

我猜得對嗎？海邊的距離和溫暖的天氣，是你找尋最適合的學術機構時，考量的關鍵因素嗎？

So I played basketball here in Israel, was a national team player, played for one of the best club here in the country.

我在以色列打籃球，是國家隊隊員，也為國內頂尖的俱樂部之一效力。

And I was recruited by many universities and it really came down to three.

很多大學都招募了我，最後真的剩下三間。

Was invited to do what, what it's called, official visit, where they bring you on campus and show you around.

被邀請去做什麼，叫做，官方參訪，他們會帶你參觀校園。

So it came down to La Salle LaSalle in Philadelphia back in the days and, and

所以最後就剩下費城的 La Salle 大學，還有，還有

actually over there, it's an interesting story.

其實在那邊，有個有趣的故事。

I played against Kobe Bryant when he was 16 years old on a pickup gang because his dad was the.

我在 16 歲的時候，跟科比·布萊恩打過臨時組隊的比賽，因為他爸爸是。

Yeah, his dad was the assistant coach for La Salle University.

對，他爸爸是 La Salle 大學的助理教練。

So I met him and I asked his dad after the visit, is Kobe gonna play at La Salle.

所以我見到他，參訪結束後問他爸爸，科比會不會來 La Salle 打球。

And he said he hoped so, and he ended up in the NBA.

他說他希望如此，然後他最後去了 NBA。

He did play in Europe, so that's how we got connected.

他確實有在歐洲打球，所以我們就是這樣認識的。

So I ended up visiting La Salle in Philadelphia and then flew all the way to Gonzaga in Spokane, Washington.

所以我最後去了費城的 La Salle 大學參訪，然後又飛到華盛頓州的 Spokane，參觀 Gonzaga。

And the second assistant at Spokane, Washington is today, Mark Few is the head coach, and he.

而 Spokane, Washington 的第二位助理教練，也就是現在的總教練 Mark Few。

And he brought the team to, you know, national championship.

So Gonzaga wasn't that good back in the days, and it was in Spokane, Washington, so far.

所以 Gonzaga 在以前沒那麼強，而且它在 Spokane, Washington，離我們很遠。

And then I ended up my last visit in University of South Florida in Tampa, where after visiting the street of Philadelphia, the White Mountains of Washington and Spokane, I end up in the beautiful green campus of University of South Florida, which had pools and, you know, golf carts, palm trees, sun.

然後我最後一站的參訪是到了 Tampa 的南佛羅裡達大學，在那裡，我參觀了費城的街道、華盛頓州的白山和 Spokane，最後來到了南佛羅裡達大學美麗的綠色校園，那裡有游泳池、高爾夫球車、棕櫚樹和陽光。

And I remember telling the coach, pretty much very quick in the visit, where do I sign, how I end up in South Florida.

我記得在參訪初期就跟教練說，我該在哪裡簽名，我怎麼能來南佛羅裡達。

That's really interesting that Gonzaga was already talking to you because before their rise to national prominence, that's how they built the program, was recruiting students from overseas, and

Gonzaga 早就跟你接觸，這點真的很有趣，因為在他們聲名鵲起之前，他們就是這樣建立起球隊的，從海外招募學生，而且

他們看到了一點人才上的差距。

So another question I have for you is, how did these recruiters spot you?

所以另一個我想問你的問題是，這些球探是怎麼發現你的？

Was it because of your time on the Israeli national team?

是因為你在以色列國家隊打球的關係嗎？

So first of all, I was very, very eager and keen to study in the US in college.

所以首先，我非常非常渴望並熱衷於到美國的大學唸書。

Back in the day, we sent letters, but that's before the Internet.

以前，我們會寄信，那是在網路出現之前。

And I would send those tapes, you know, VHR tapes to the coaches.

我會寄那些錄影帶，你知道，VHS 錄影帶給教練們。

More difficult than it is today, for sure.

Your tape, I mean, they call you back and they, you know, the negotiations start.

你的錄影帶，他們就會回電給你，你知道，協商就開始了。

所以我當時有三個以上的選擇。

And it's a process which today in our company, we do it more efficiently.

這是一個過程，在我們公司今天，我們做得更有效率。

So if student athletes who play sports, any sport at any level, I mean, that's part of what we do today.

所以如果運動員學生，無論任何運動、任何級別，你知道，這就是我們今天在做的一部分。

Because I know how difficult it is to be in front of those coaches, and

因為我知道在教練面前有多困難，而且

I know how difficult is it to get seen, especially if you're a good player and you want to.

我知道被看見有多難，尤其是如果你是個很棒的球員，而且你想讓別人看見。

Want to study in the US on one end is easier, but

一方面想去美國唸書比較容易，但

on the other end, there's a lot of competition as well, a lot of international students trying to get those basketball Scholarship, which can get to today, full ride scholarship.

另一方面，競爭也很激烈，很多國際學生都想爭取籃球獎學金，也就是今天所說的全額獎學金。

And even today, now with the new rules, I mean, if you're a good basketball player, you can make a lot of money.

而且即使是現在，有了新規定，如果你是個很棒的籃球員，你可以賺很多錢。

Yes, yes, the landscape has certainly changed.

是的，是的，情況確實改變了。

Back in the day, you had a scholarship, which was very meaningful, but

以前，你拿到獎學金，這很有意義，但

you weren't making money on top of the scholarship today back then.

當時你不能在獎學金之外再賺錢。

So now I was, I'm looking at the kind of money that those athletes, basketball players do today.

所以現在我看到現在那些運動員，籃球員賺的錢。

And I was like, well, I wish I was leaving Tina.

我心想，唉，我真希望我當時是提娜。

I wish I was younger today so I can get not only the Fulbright scholarship, which I was very fortunate about, but, but

我希望我現在還年輕，這樣我就可以不僅拿到傅爾布萊特獎學金（我很幸運能拿到），而且，而且

actually set for life because those kids get half a million dollars, 600,000 million dollars if they're good, they'll get.

真的可以說是衣食無憂了，因為那些小孩能拿到五十萬、六十萬美金，如果他們表現好的話。

Has certainly ratcheted up the stakes of the recruitment of international basketball players in the U.S.

這肯定提高了美國招募國際籃球員的門檻。

david, I shared with you earlier, I played basketball as well in college at a much lower level because I was not being recruited by schools of that caliber.

David，我之前跟你說過，我大學時也打籃球，但程度差很多，因為沒有那種等級的學校會招募我。

我們隊上最好的球員是德國人。

And you know, if he were playing today, I think he would certainly be making hundreds of thousands of dollars.

你知道嗎，如果他現在打球，我覺得他肯定能賺好幾十萬美金。

Back then, you know, scholarship and free cafeteria food.

那時候，你知道，就是獎學金和免費的餐廳食物。

不過那時候的餐廳食物還不錯。

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