The Yellow Jacket Experience: Recent Episodes
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Assistant athletic trainer Allison Butterfield joins The Yellow Jacket Experience as part of National Athletic Training Month to discuss her career, how she came to AIC, her favorite sports teams, and more!
As part of National Athletic Training Month, Christian Caban joined the Yellow Jacket Experience to chat about what led him to becoming an AT, his career, his love of music and basketball, and more!
2021 Atlantic Hockey All-Conference selection Chris Dodero joins The Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss his hockey career, Prodero Hockey, the culture of AIC's team, and more!
As part of National Athletic Training Month, athletic trainer Jessica Raniero joined the Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss her own collegiate athletic career, her athletic training career, coaching lacrosse, her competitive spirit, and more!
As part of National Athletic Training Month, senior assistant athletic trainer Jason LaFerriere joined The Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss his career in athletic training, his experiences at AIC, his work at the Boston Marathon, his infamous mustache, and more!
Junior Victoria Andrade of the AIC softball team joins The Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss learning third base at the collegiate level, the influence of her high school coaches, the impact of the COVID pandemic on the softball team, and more!
For this episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience, men's soccer senior Connor Hicks joins the podcast to discuss his soccer career, his educational goals, the evolution of soccer at AIC, and more!
On this episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience, women's soccer junior Trystin Burger discusses her academic career, learning the game of soccer, and the role sports has played in her life.
In a special edition of The Yellow Jacket Experience, we caught up with Judy Groff, the iconic coach who still stands as the all-time leader in wins at AIC in both softball and volleyball, programs she founded. She discusses how she built the programs and led them to success, how softball wasn't actually the first sport she tried to start at the College, and what it means to her to have had the impact she did over a remarkable career that lasted from 1969 to 2011.
For more on Coach Groff, check out the NE10's 40th Anniversary piece on her.
Women's golf junior Rocio Bausa joins The Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss her love of the game, her experiences traveling to England and the US, her career goals, and more.
In the latest episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience, golf senior Danny O'Toole discusses his career goals, his love of golf, and how his passion for other sports made him into a better athlete.
Sophomore wrestler Jacob Marselii joins The Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss wrestling in Connecticut, his academic career, and how his connections to AIC started well before he came to Springfield.
Field hockey junior Wynona Shaw discusses family ties at AIC, playing field hockey in California, and the evolution of her game as well as the team on this episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience!
Tennis senior Jordyn Isaac joins the Yellow Jacket Experience to discuss coming to AIC from South Africa, her development as a tennis player, her extracurricular activities, and more!
In the 10th Episode of Season 2 of the Yellow Jacket Experience, football captain Jaysen Thompson discusses his academic pursuits, what makes New Jersey such a football hotbed, his love of chess, and more.
In the ninth episode of the second season of The Yellow Jacket Experience, senior Kacie Allison of the softball and triathlon teams discusses being a two-sport athlete, her passion for fitness training, her career goals, and more.
In Episode 8 of the second season of The Yellow Jacket Experience, women's lacrosse redshirt freshman Kat Moody discusses how tennis and lacrosse intersect, her world travels, the impact her coaches have had on her, and much more!
In the seventh episode of the second season of The Yellow Jacket Experience, men's lacrosse senior Cam Menard discusses his lacrosse career, what inspired him to major in occupational therapy, and a big change in his life over the summer.
In the sixth episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience of the 2020-21 academic year, freshman women's track athlete Raven-Symone Jarrett discusses her love of all things sports, her career goals, and her desire to be an All-American.
In the fifth episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience of the 2020-21 academic year, men's track and field senior Carson Gedon discusses growing up in Oklahoma, being a thrower, his love of disc golf, and more.
In the fourth episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience of the 2020-21 academic year, volleyball sophomore Naomi Eckert-Rivera discusses her volleyball career, the people who have impacted her life, and her academic goals.
In the third episode of The Yellow Jacket Experience of the 2020-21 academic year, men's basketball senior Xion Golding joined the podcast and chatted about how he fell in love with basketball, the upcoming season, and several projects he's working on.
In the second episode of the Yellow Jacket Experience of the 2020-21 academic year, with senior women's basketball student-athlete Destine Perry who joined the podcast to discuss his playing at Butova with her AAU team, her relationship with coaches Kristen Hutchison and Alyssa Guyon, and the upcoming season.
In the first episode of the 2020-21 academic year, ice hockey captain Parker Revering joined the podcast to discuss his life, hockey career, and the upcoming season.
In a special three interview episode, we are joined by Rusty Stone of men's lacrosse, Kayla Riley of softball and John Culp of Athletic training.
Rich Hasenfus joins the podcast as he talks about the team's tournament at the NCAA Super Regional on Saturday, February 29.
Senior track and field start Dahsia Middlebrooks talks about this week's NE10 Championship as well as how important AIC is to her. First year women's lacrosse head coach Riley Brennan discusses the upcoming season as well as how she is starting to re-build the team's culture.
Head men's lacrosse coach Tim Robbins and head baseball coach Nick Callini kick off the 2020 spring podcast as each team starts their season this week.
Head equipment manager Bo Reardon joins the show this week to talk about his time playing football, how he found his way to Springfield, and his European travel.
Graduate student cross country and track and field star Benoit Campion stopped by to discuss the team's shot at this weekend's National Championship as well how he found himself at AIC. Head volleyball Matthew Cribbin visited as he discussed the team's slow start and how they bounced back. He also talks about his journey to AIC.
This week we have a basketball doubleheader. Joining us first in head women's basketball Kristen Hutchison. Rounding out the show is head men's basketball coach Andy Burkholder.
Ice hockey senior goalie Zackarias Skog discusses the current season as well as giving us an inside look at how he got his start playing hockey. Spoiler alert, it is not how you think. Then field hockey coach Rhonnie Peters joins the show as she talks about her time at AIC and how she got here twice.
Senior women's soccer student-athlete Jenn Hackett and head cross country and track and field coach Leo join the podcasts. Hackett talks about the current season as well as how she choose AIC. Mayo discusses the upcoming NE10 Championship. He also talks about how he has been able to build the program into the powerhouse that it is today.
This week, CJ Ibezim of football and the Luke Perry the head coach of men's soccer join the podcast.
Junior women's rugby Aohili Latu student-athlete and head ice hockey coach Eric Lang joins Thomas Pool on their week's show. Latu shares her insight on their year's team as well as how she got her start playing rugby. Lang discuses the upcoming season as well as his journey to AIC three times.
This week Jack Neves of men's golf and T. Fletcher head coach of men's rugby joined Thomas Pool. Neves talks about the current season as well as what motivates him. Fletcher talks about the team's lone game this season as well as her interesting past.
Women's tennis student-athlete Meritxell Jimeno-Vicente and triathlon coach Ryan Davis join Thomas Pool on this episode of the Yellow Jacket Experience.
This week, sophomore field hockey goalkeeper Jesica Stone and head women's soccer coach Kevon Isa
Coach Lang was a guest on the Bax & O’Brien show this morning, along with Jill Monson from the American Cancer Society, to promote the Real Men Wear Pink campaign.
AIC’s hockey and baseball teams are participating in this competition.
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Senior men's soccer student-athlete Jake Durham and women's rugby head coach Tara Roberts joiu us this week. We discuss the men's soccer season as well as Jake's time in England and how he got to AIC. Coach Roberts fills us in on the result from this past weekend as well as the life of a semi-professional rugby player.
On the first ever The Yellow Jacket Experience podcast, we talk with volleyball student-athlete Jana Potic about the upcoming season as well as her transition to the US. Head football coach Art Wilkins makes his podcast debut as we discuss the expectations of his team as well as his storied career.