The Nate Lull Podcast

Nate brings Jon Philby to the studio for this episode. Jon is the adaptive physical education teacher at The School at Springbrook. He is also the co-coordinator for their Special Olympics program. Jon has been with Springbrook for over 10 years and shares some of his favorite memories of working with his students and athletes.

On this special episode, Nate is joined by Josh Rawitch. He is the President of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. This interview was recorded in front of a live audience at the Cooperstown Student-Athlete Leadership Conference at The Clark Sports Center. 

Nate welcomes longtime local sports broadcaster, Greg Davie, to the show. Greg was the original Sports Director at WCDO and has worked for the station for over 35 years. They discuss how Greg found his love for radio and what it was like being at WCDO on the very first day it went on the air.

Nate hits the road to Jefferson to sit down with J-Hawks legend, Bobbi Schmitt. She was the 1997 NYS Class-D Girls Soccer Player of the Year, and was named the Class-D Tournament MVP after Jefferson won the state title over Harrisville. JCS went a perfect 24-0 that season to help secure their spot in local high school sports history.

Nate travels to Ithaca College to sit down with longtime IC Women’s Basketball Coach, Dan Raymond. He has local connections as a graduate of Deposit Central School. Dan is in his 23rd season at Ithaca and has over 450 career wins. His road to coaching is a very unique story that will inspire listeners to chase their dreams.

Nate heads to Norwich High School to chat with NHS Girls Varsity Basketball Coach, Dennis Eaton. Dennis also coaches with Twin Tier Elite, a college exposure based AAU club in the Southern Tier. He talks about his many memories with the Purple Tornado and why he loves working with the athletes at TTE.

Nate chats with Sidney grad, Nick Gravel. He is now a standout pitcher for the Keystone College Baseball team in Pennsylvania. Nick was named the 2021 CSAC Rookie of the Year after the Giants won their 17th straight conference championship. He is currently rehabbing from a major UCL injury and talks about his journey back to the mound.

Nate’s guest today is visiting from Western Australia! Sidney alumna, Kim Young stops by to talk about her time traveling the world playing field hockey. Kim had a very successful career at SCS and then played D1 at UMass-Amherst. After that she has followed her dream of playing professional field hockey with several stops all over the globe.

Nate welcomes Jeff Mlinar and Ryan Mahanna to the show to discuss local high school girls basketball. Once every six months, Nate gives updates on a variety of players that have the potential to move on and play in college. Jeff runs Empire State Takeover, which provides coverage of teams, clubs and players across New York State. Ryan is the assistant coach for the SUNY Morrisville Women's Basketball team and helps Nate with his Armadillos AAU program.

Players mentioned in this episode:

• Madalyn Barrows (Oxford): 6:20
• Celeste Baldwin (B-G): 12:10
• Emma Simmons (Sidney): 15:15
• Ava Cirigliano (Sidney): 20:00
• Kylie Mussaw (Unatego): 23:10
• Jacqlyn Gransbury (Walton): 30:00
• Grace Walley (Walton): 41:35
• Lizzie Craft (Unatego): 48:00
• Hannah Bonczkowski (G-MU): 51:25
• Joleen Lusk (CV-S): 58:00
• Maggie Warpus (Chenango Forks): 1:01:50
• Abbie Platt (Oneonta): 1:06:50
• Olivia Schiraldi (Norwich): 1:10:15
• Hailey Shalor (Worcester): 1:13:10
• Dani Seamon (Cooperstown): 1:16:10
• McKenna Hoyt (Stamford/Jefferson): 1:21:25
• Addy Eckert (South Kortright): 1:27:45
• Caitlyn Deysenroth (South Kortright): 1:28:25
• Carlee Dropp (South Kortright): 1:29:15

Players mentioned in Nate's Notes: 1:32:25

• Carissa Richards (Morris)
• Payton Yahner (Greene)
• Abby Yahner (Greene)
• Gabby Andrades (Laurens)
• Julia Baxter (Delhi)
• Alyssa Gioffe (Delhi)
• Natalie Vrendenburgh (Delhi)

Episode 200 continues! This is Part 2 of a behind the scenes interview with Nate. Several surprises catch Nate off guard as they look into the more personal part of his life, including topics he rarely discusses publicly. Listen in as Nate finishes his chat with guest host, Ed Curley for this special occasion. Enjoy!