Wahoo Central Podcast

UVA senior defensive tackle Jahmeer Carter joins Jeff White to discuss the Cavaliers upcoming training camp and 2023 football season and also shares some big personal news.

UVA head coaches Andres Pedroso (men’s tennis) and Shannon Wells (volleyball) join the podcast to reflect on their last seasons and look ahead to their upcoming campaigns. Wells will be in year three at UVA and Pedroso is coming off back-to-back NCAA Championships with the Hoos.

Ashley Anumba, a law school student and standout throws performer for the UVA Track & Field Team, recaps her All-American season and then former UVA pitcher Tyler Wilson talks about the Cavalier program and the experience of playing in the College World Series in Omaha.

As UVA prepares to host a 2023 NCAA Baseball Regional, Cavalier baseball Hall of Famer Joe Koshansky reflects on UVA’s first home regional in 2004 during Brian O’Connor’s first season leading Virginia. Then UVA women’s basketball head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton provides Jeff White an update on the Hoos after a successful few months building the next year’s roster.

UVA track and field stars Margot Appleton and Ethan Dabbs are coming off ACC Championship performances as the Hoos head towards the national meet. Dabbs won his fourth consecutive javelin title in Raleigh, the first ACC competitor to accomplish that, while Appleton picked up her first ACC crown in the 1,500 meters. Jeff White catches up on their performances.

NCAA Championship season is here for the spring sports and Hoo better to discuss postseason play with than UVA women’s lacrosse standout Rachel Clark and men’s tennis player Jeffrey von der Schulenberg. Podcast host Jeff White sets up the postseason for with two of UVA’s brightest stars.

Senior attackman Xander “The Slim Reaper” Dickson kicks off the show talking about the Hoos’ season to date and the upcoming ACC matches versus Syracuse and Notre Dame. Next up, Jeff White catches up with long-time UVA rowing coach Kevin Sauer. Now in his 28th season at UVA, his program hosts a showdown with top-ranked Texas and the UVA Invite to close out the regular season.

Spring sports are in their prime which also means the UVA Spring Football Game is just around the corner on April 15. Veteran tight end Grant Misch talks with Jeff White about this spring’s practices and his decisions to come back to the UVA program for an extra year … and he also plugs his own podcast. Then standout women’s golfer Amanda Sambach, fresh off of playing at the Augusta National Women’s Amateur, the site of this week’s Masters, talks all things UVA golf.

Multi-time national champion Kate Douglass joins the podcast to talk to Jeff White about the Hoos’ third consecutive NCAA team title and her collegiate career. Spring football is also underway at UVA and defensive end Paul Akere gives an update on practice and his decision to return for another year of college competition.

UVA swimming and diving head coach Todd DeSorbo has the Cavalier women’s team ready to make a run at their third consecutive NCAA title. He talks to Jeff White about the upcoming championships and the Hoos’ highly-successful season. The second half of the Pod catches up with ACC champion Justin McCoy, who won the 165-pound weight class and is headed to the NCAA Wrestling Championships for the fourth time in his career.