Recorded mid-July, I had the opportunity to virtually sit down with former-Pepperdine Men's Coach/current Texas Longhorn Associate Head Coach, David Hunt, and his wife, 3x Olympic Medalist (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and Longhorn Volunteer Coach, Jordan Larson.

They had a huge year with a lot of transition as a first-year married couple, so we delve on career changes, life and coaching. In Part 2, they mainly discuss coaching, influences and player-training dynamics. 

Recorded mid-July, I wanted to virtually sit down with former-Pepperdine Men's Coach/current Texas Longhorn Associate Head Coach, David Hunt, and his wife, 3x Olympic Medalist (Bronze, Silver, Gold) and Longhorn Volunteer Coach, Jordan Larson.

They had a huge year with a lot of transition as a first-year married couple, so we delve on career changes, life and coaching. I still have some content to sift through in our interview so there will most likely be a Part 2.

SECOND of two episodes this week! Check out Episode 152 where Mads talks about her personal journey this last 2 seasons. It's a good one!

It took a couple of months but we were able to get together for the 2022 NCAA Collegiate Beach Season and Gulf Shores recap!

Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford, Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St., and Alana Rennie of Arizona jump on to the CVW Collegiate Beach Finale to talk about news, teams and athletes during the 2022 season.

Closing out the finale the players chat about the the NCAA Collegiate Beach Championships in Gulf Shores and some of their "Players' Choice" awards! 

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In the "Mega Mads" episode of College Volleyball Weekly, Rob has a familiar face on: CVW Beach Top-20's Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St.

Mads talks about coming back from COVID to compete in 2021 only to have a shortened season due to injury. Mads was on a mission to "make things right" as she entered the 2022 season with one of the hottest winning streaks in the nation! 

Mads then shares about her 2022 NCAA Collegiate Beach Volleyball experience in Gulf Shores. From almost being eliminated in the 1st Round, to the grinding battle with UCLA to advance into the Championships match. 

Mads then shares her thoughts on winning her final match vs. USC in the National Championship match. 

In this mega-episode finale, the CVW Crew takes on the PTI (CRS) format to discuss the happenings of the last 2 weeks in Conference Tournaments and the NCAA D1-2 Championships. Additionally the guys talk about a recurring phenomenon: Top quality Coaches and Assistants leaving the Men's game to pursue more beneficial circumstances of highly touted Women's programs.

It's time. The best in the nation square off after completion of the Conference Tournaments and the NCAA Selection Show. Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford Beach and Mads Fitzpatrick of Florida St. jump on to our 2nd-to-the-last episode of the season to break down what happened in Week 10 and what COULD happen as teams "Brawl in 'Bama" for the National Championship! Will USC repeat? Will a Cinderella team rise from anonymity?

One thing is for certain-- IT'S GOING TO BE GOOOOOOD!

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In this Special Episode of College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Top-20, Russell Brock, Head Coach of perennial powerhouse LSU jumps on the show to talk about the start of the 2022 season, the development and transformation of his team and how the Sandy Tigers finished-- all while having multiple, talented pieces to work with-- some who which have very  limited beach volleyball experience.

Also, with the CCSA Beach Championships and goal of competing at the NCAA Collegiate Beach Championships in Gulf Shores, AL, we discuss the state of his team, their readiness for it and the mission of the Sandy Tigers!

Conference tourneys are in sight and teams are dialing up a level to compete! This week Charlie Ekstrom of Stanford and Rob Espero discuss the results in week 8 and peek at what could happen in week 9.

With the regular season coming to a close, based upon results to date Charlie and Rob project what the NCAA Tournament field COULD look like.

NOTE: Apologies to you all who were looking forward to a regular episode. Some times you have to work with what you have. We do have a special guest next week, and it's an individual whose info and data graphics are mindblowing in NCAA Men's Volleyball. The tournament teams willed be revealed and VolleyVenue will be churning out even more infographics!

The CVW Coaches are heading to their respective conference tournaments so we had to record asynchronously and combine them all into one episode. In addition, Rob-on-the-Mic has been working multiple conference finalies, Collegiate Beach Tournaments and fulfilling other USA Volleyball needs.

Given our circumstances above the guys talk about eye-catching results in Week 15 then take a sneak-peek at the upcoming conference tournament matchups!

In light of our crazy travel and work schedules this week, along with the final 10 days of HUGE regular season play Charlie, Mads and Rob throw down the top-11 results from last week while Mads, shares a little bit about her upcoming weekend at the Center of Effort Challenge at Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo, CA). 

It's going to be a crazy ending to the 2022 Collegiate Beach Season here on College Volleyball Weekly!