Around The Hive Podcast (Presented by R.E.D. Team)

Jet Hayes '22 and Matt McIntosh '23 get to know freshman wrestler James Felix. James is an exercise science and pre-physical therapy major who will wrestle at 157 in the spring semester. 

Tune in to get a feel of what it was like to get recruited for and start a new program with Coach McGuire.

Scott and Sydney sit down with Skye Dillon of Skye Designs Studios, the creative mind behind Shenandoah Athletics official branding and identity package.

Skye has been involved with Shenandoah's collegiate identity since partnering with the department's 2015 rebranding process. In this interview, Scott and Skye dive into that process and the building blocks that were used to build out the department and university's logo collections, his work at the conference level and his passion for sports and design (0:45). Skye Design Studios

Shenandoah and the ODAC announce the 2021 Spring Football Schedule (40:48).

Hornet History: 2019 All-ECAC Honors (42:49).

Jet Hayes '22 and Matt McIntosh '23 chat with junior Olivia Weinel, a co-captain of the women's basketball team. 

Weinel is a triple (yep, you read that right) major and a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee Executive Board. 

Olivia talks about her leadership roles, winning the ODAC title in 2019 as a freshman and how she survives being a triple-major without coffee.

Jet Hayes '22 and Matt McIntosh '23 sit down with junior Taylor Morris of the women's soccer program. 

Taylor, an outside, is from Ashburn, Virginia where she attended Broad Run High School. At Shenandoah, Morris is studying exercise science. 

 Taylor and the guys discus her involvement with the Student Athlete Advisory Committee's voter registration push, Shenandoah's BLM March this past September, how the women's soccer team has been able to bond since the summer, big words like exercise physiology, and twinning.

Scott and Sydney host the women's basketball staff the week after Thanksgiving break. Head coach, Melissa Smeltzer-Kraft and assistant coach, Elsebeth Birman talk about what the program has been up to this fall. 

The women's basketball program has eight freshman on the roster and will look to them to step in an fill in significant playing time after losing three starters but building whole-team chemistry on the court has been a challenge with COVID-19 restrictions. However, with a shorter season and a complete ODAC round-robin schedule, anyhing is possible (0:40)

This week in Hornet History (32:18) Cory Gay '13 earned Shenandoah's first Touchdown Club of Richmond post-season award being named Special Teams Player of the Year in 2012. Since then Hayden Bauserman '18 and Casey Stewart '20 both have been honored by the Touchdown Club.

In 2019 Emily Yergin '20 and three field hockey student-athletes: Kelsey Jones, Isabella Morande and Taylor Hayes '20 earned all-region awards.

Department updates include the traditional winter sports are continuing to practice and look forward to competing after New Year's and captains for several sports being announced. 

SPECIAL THANKSGIVING WEEK & RETURN TO PLAY UPDATE 

In a special Tuesday edition of Shenandoah Sports Stories, Dr. Bridget Lyons, Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, joins Scott and Sydney to discus the recent ODAC and Shenandoah University's announcement of their intentions to play a loaded spring semester which will include all 22 programs and a competition schedule for each.

Four Fall Sport Schedules Announced 

Basketball ODAC Schedules Announced

Dr. Lyons gives insight on the behind-the-scenes decision making and steps the department and university administration took to get us to where we are currently including a special working-group for the university in all of the COVID-19 related decisions. 

We hear about what the department has done facility-wise during this down period such as creating a space for wrestling and the baseball/softball diamond project is officially underway with Phase I to be completed but the end of the year. 

Dr. Lyons announced the department's newest addition to the administrative team. 

Jet Hayes '22 and Matt McIntosh '23 interview Zack Mathis, a quarterback on Shenandoah's football team. 

Zack transferred to Shenandoah following his freshman year to pursue the small school atmosphere and all that Shenandoah has to offer in the Sports Management program. 

Zack served as a practice player for the women's basketball team last year as his sister, McKenzie Mathis '20, completed her senior season. 

The three talk Sports Management, the Sports Business Association, the Leadership and Mentoring Program, and his adjustment back into football after taking a year off while he was at a state school his first year.

Lastly, Zack and Jet talk about their similarities in what it is like going to the same college at the same time as their older sister. 

Jet Hayes '22 and Matt McIntosh '23 sit down with graduate student and women's golfer Katie Davis '20 '21. 

Katie Davis completed her sports management degree from Shenandoah's School of Business last year and is using her COVID-19 Spring participation waiver to compete a fifth year on the fairway. 

Davis talks about the difference between undergraduate and graduate school, how she manages her time and school work while traveling for golf, her greatest golf tips, secrets, and coffee!

Scott Musa and Sydney Anderson '13 talk to the men's basketball staff in today's episode of Shenandoah Sports Stories. 

We were able to get a live reaction from Head Coach Adam Walsh about the ODAC and Shenandoah's intent to return to play for the 2021 spring semester, what they have been able to accomplish skill and fundamental-wise with the time they have had without competitions and how the pandemic and social justice landscape of the summer helped strengthen the bond within their program (1:01). 

We meet new assistant coach, Travion Kirkendoll, and hear about his experience playing under Coach Walsh at Centenary, playing professional basketball in Saudi Arabia and his transition from player to coach (37:18)

If you would like to purchase the t-shirt Coach Walsh referred to, here is the site. The purchase of this shirt supports The Conscious Kid nonprofit organization.

Jet and Matt get to know Patrick Maneval, a sophomore on the Cross Country team and a distance runner for indoor and outdoor Track & Field. The Waynesboro, Virginia native is a is majoring in both Psychology and Exercise Science. 

Patrick is heavily involved with Shenandoah's chapter of The Hidden Opponent, a nonprofit organization centered around raising awareness for student-athletes, their mental health, and resources to overcome struggles unique to the student-athlete experience. Maneval serves as Shenandoah's Campus Captain (@THO_Shenandoah).

Patrick was recently announced as an inductee for the Omicron Delta Kappa National Leadership Honors Society for his leadership within the campus community.