Conversations in the Coop

We kick off season 4 of Conversations in the Coop with new Head Swimming & Diving Head Coach, Hannah Hagy.  We chat with Hannah about her return to Hartford after a year away, the environment she hopes to build as a head coach, and some hikes on her bucket list to tackle now that she's back in the northeast.

In this episode, we chat with Women's Squash senior and one of our Ukrainian student athletes, Nadiia Usenko.  She was recently awarded the prestigious Susan E. Martin Award for being a top scholar athlete on a women's team, and has demonstrated incredible perseverance in the face of adversity this spring and throughout her entire Trinity career.

In today's conversation, we chat with Men's Ice Hockey senior captain and McCook Trophy winner Lucas Michaud about how valuable his time playing junior hockey was, his career at Trinity, and what's next for him after graduation.

In this week's conversation, we chat with Women's Lacrosse senior captain Anna Costello about tearing her ACL this past September and the work that she put in to come back in just six months to compete during her senior season.

In this episode, we chat with Bantams rower and swimmer Quin Woods about the physical demands of being a multi-sport athlete, what it was like to row for the first time ever in college, and his recent 24-hour, 52-mile journey through the Appalachian Trail during Quest-a-thon.

This week, we chat with Women's Golf sophomore Carter Nelson about her journey to the east coast from Alaska, what it's like to play golf in the land of the midnight sun, and the opportunity she and her teammates have being a part of Trinity's newest athletic program.

NOTES: Anchorage is actually the fourth largest city in the US by area.  The largest is Sitka, AK, and four of the top five are in Alaska.

On this week's conversation, we reflect with Women's Ice Hockey captains Cassidy McNeeley, Angelica Mushenko, and Camille von Steinbergs on their hockey careers, where they see the direction of growth in the women's game, and their unforgettable stay at the Middlebury Inn.

In this conversation, we chat with head Softball coach Molly Rathbun before her team heads down to Florida for their first games of the season.  We discuss the development of team culture on and off the field, the team's playing style, and how excited she is to coach her first game for the Bantams after Covid shutdowns in 2020 and the birth of her first child last spring.

On today's episode, we speak with head Women's Lacrosse coach Katy Dissinger about the chemistry her team has had to kick off the season, how fall practices and an extended preseason have helped shape the squad, and we preview a very special celebration to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the 2012 National Championship team later this spring.

In this week's conversation, we talk with our head Baseball coach Bryan Adamski about his outlook for the season and baseball in the NESCAC, the team's upcoming trip to Florida, and the benefit of having some fall ball and an earlier start this season.