BHAW Radio

- Welcome to the show & CrossFit WOD

- Growing up in New York and introduction into wrestling

- 6 years of high school wrestling and progressive success

- Why West Point and the transition to college wrestling

- Lessons learned from college wrestling

- Engineer Dive and a developing Bromance w/ Logan Everett

- Wrestling in WCAP and the valuable experience helping elite athletes train for the Olympics

- Transition from the military and traveling the world for business 

- Welcome to the show, Ryan Mergen!

- Growing up and wrestling in Minnesota

- Recruiting and coaching at West Point

- Lessons learned from wrestling

- Reflections on military career as a Green Beret

- Transition from the military into very unique teaching enviroment

- MBA at UNC and transitioning careers to owning a business

- NCAA Recap

- Thoughts on the season

- Spring and Summer plans

- Discussion about RTCs

- TJ's son preparing to start USMAPS

- Introduction into the sport and growing up wrestling in New York

- Greco-Roman success in high school and love of the international styles

- Choosing Army over navy and TJ's visit to West Point

- West Point values and how the Special Forces path began

- USMAPS at Fort Monmouth and how the year at prep school prepared TJ for West Point

- Wrestling career at West Point

- Burning out and setting sites on next chapter

- Teaching in DPE back at West Point and what boxing taught TJ

- Transitioning to Acquisitions in the Army and defining some of the unknowns about the experience

- Retirement from the military and transition to starting his own business

- Lessons for junior officers and recruits interested in West Point

- Who TJ wants to have on the show and a unique vision for the show in the future

- EIWA Recap weight by weight

- Take on MFFs

- NCAAs Ahead

- Introduction and Welcoming Russ Parsons and Logan Everett (Guest Host) to the show

- Youth wrestling and early success

- Wrestling at Blair Academy and how Russ became interested in West Point

- Choosing West Point as a high level recruit

- Battling serious injuries Plebe year

- Recapping college career

- How Russ was able to post to Italy as a Graduate Assistant

- Making the most of his time in Europe

- Decision to go into Special Forces

- Who Russ wants to hear on the show in the future

- Lehigh recap weight by weight

- Army navy week prep and excitement for the dual

- Details of Army/navy Social

- Next Level initiative to raise $100K for the West Point Wrestling Club

- Tommy growing up in the Hudson Valley and aspirations of West Point

- Experience attending Blair Academy for post graduate year

- What wrestling at West Point taught Tommy about discomfort

- Attending SFAS as a cadet and non traditional path as an Army officer

- Transition from the military to Columbia Business School

- West Point networking and the affect it can have when you transition out

- Match by match rundown of the Bucknell dual

- Coach Ward highlights every senior on the team and what they each individually bring to the team

- Lehigh preview and overview of key matches

- Introduction to Doc Z's new book - The Confident Mind

- What wrestling taught Doc Z growing up

- Developing a passion for sports psychology

- Life before West Point

- Coming to West Point in 1992 and developing the Center for Enhanced Performance

- The beginnings of BHAW

- Interesting West Point stories