Blue CWRU Connection

In this summer special mini 'cast, Alex is joined by women's soccer player, Laura Gorjanc! She discusses her journey to CWRU and experience finding success on the team as a walk-on

While we hope you enjoy this summer special, also be sure to stay tuned for a whole year of brand new content starting next school year!

This week, Alex follows-up on his last podcast regarding the return of spring sports via interviewing Sidney Brannam from the softball team and Jon Simon from the baseball team. Enjoy!

With spring sports having returned to CWRU, host Alex Gould interviews two athletes about their experiences in their newly resumed spring seasons: Maddie Paolucci, women's tennis (1:50) and Peter Dernelle, men's soccer (18:54)!

This week Alex is joined by two athletes with very different geographic background prior to coming to CWRU: Seldon Magruder, soccer player from Los Angeles (1:15) and Bailey Hagedorn, volleyball player from University Heights (28:22). Tune in to hear how choosing to stay close to home vs. go far are reflections of their personalities and affected each of their experiences as CWRU students!

This week, Alex speaks with two current Spartan Sophomores who quickly adjusted to their respective collegiate sports in their first years: Maria Pritchett, Women's Swimming & Diving (2:04) and Cole Frilling,  Men's Basketball (22:53)

In this week's podcast, Alex interviews Spartan athletes using an additional year of eligibility about their CWRU journeys and what made them decide to stay on their teams for a fifth year. The two athletes featured this week are Anthony Kanam, tennis (2:20) and Jonathan Haling, track & field (27:45)!

For the first podcast of CWRU's second semester, two athletes in the Arts (Sydney Wagner, Softball player and Theatre minor, and Hollen Fishel, Soccer player and Music major) join Alex to discuss their academic and athletic experiences at CWRU thus far!

In our first podcast of 2021, nine CWRU athletes join Alex to discuss their CWRU Athletics journeys, takeaways from the difficult year that 2020 was, and what they are looking forward to in 2021. The athletes and timestamps of each interview are as follows: 

• R.J. Christie (02:25)
• Krisha Keeran (16:06)
• Pallavi Goculdas (20:34)
• Abbey Lawrence (25:54)
• Sarah Miller (35:58)
• Abbey Dungan (44:12)
• Anna Zinsser (53:43)
• Abby DeCicco (58:27)
• Nidhi Jha (1:09:14)

This week, CWRU's Swimming and Diving Head Coach + Assistant Athletic Director, Doug Milliken (1:51), joins the show. Then, our Athlete Spotlight features Tre Armstrong, fourth-year Baseball Catcher (30:07). This week's show touches on many more themes beyond just sports as well, so we hope you enjoy!

This week, CWRU's James C. Wyant Director of Athletics, Amy Backus, joins Alex (3:00) to discuss her time at CWRU, what led her here, her motivators, and the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on athletics. Then, Softball player Liv Thomas comes on the show (25:20) for this week's Athlete Spotlight!