Conversations in the Coop

In today's conversation, we sit down with new women's squash head coach, Lauren Patrizio. We talk about her own journey through the sport, the introduction of squash at the LA28 Olympics, and the coaching style she will bring to the women's program at Trinity.

Conversations in the Coop is back for the 2024-25 school year!  Today, we sit down with new women's basketball head coach Maria Williamson to talk about returning to the conference where she competed as an athlete, what fans can expect from her program come November, and how coming to the Coop felt like fate for her family.

On today's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we sit down with senior cross country and track runner Toby L'Esperance about how he fell in love with running and his goals for the remainder of his college career.

In today's episode, we sit down with sophomore men's tennis player Rico Buoro about his path from Brazil to the United States at first for a high school exchange program, how he navigated his way back to the US amid Covid restrictions and complications, and the joy of tennis as a team sport.

In today's conversation, we sit down with women's lacrosse sophomore Caroline Lally to talk about how lacrosse is built into her family's DNA, how she took advantage of the Covid shutdown to work on her skills, and how she's found her passion for teaching.

On today's episode, we sit down with women's golf first-year Malisha Van to talk about how the sport of golf has brought her from her home country of Kazakhstan to Florida for high school, and now to Trinity.

On today's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we talk to women's tennis senior captain Josephine Kimball about growing up in New York City finding court time, the mindset in a sport like tennis, and how she has embraced all Trinity has to offer on and off the court.

In today's conversation, we chat with men's lacrosse senior captain Peter Cannon about his lacrosse journey from starting out in Houston, Texas where the sport is not as commonplace, to being cut his first year and staying on as a manager, to making the team his sophomore year and being a senior captain.

In today's conversation, we chat with men's golf senior captain Jack Godin about how special golfing with his family is, transitioning from a sport like hockey to golf and adjusting his approach, and the high expectations of the Trinity Men's Golf program.

In this week's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we check in with women's rowing senior, Zoë Tiffin. We talk about how she locked into the sport after starting in a Milwaukee winter entirely on the erg, the nature of team competition, and how impactful the Trinity women's rowing alumnae community has been.

In today's episode, we catch up with baseball senior captain Jack Mathews about how he fell in love with the sport, his outlook on the season, and his deep love of the New York Yankees.

In today's episode, we sit down with men's rowing junior, Felix Goldmann. We talk about his roots in Germany and his journey to college in the US by way of an international high school experience in Costa Rica, his introduction to rowing and how he got hooked on the sport, and a cross-country bike trip he took last summer from San Francisco to Washington DC.

Spring sports are here! Today, we sit down with softball senior Gianna Tito about her four years at Trinity, how exciting it is to get on the field at home early this season, and her experience participating in Trinity's Health Fellows program.

In today's conversation, we chat with junior swimmer Brooke Zurcher about her journey of patience and perseverance through college swimming. We talk about swimming at a prolific high school program, dealing with two different medical diagnoses and multiple procedures to continue her athletic career, and what it means to be part of the team after all she's been through.

In this week's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we chat with Bantam Wrestling brothers, Adam and Alex Schaeublin. We talk about growing up in a wrestling household, how having each other helped them both improve during Covid times, and their goals for the year.

On today's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we sit down with women's squash senior captain Nouran Youssef about coming to the United States first for high school, how she found her way to Trinity, and how last season's setbacks have shaped this season's mentality for the team.

On today's episode of Conversations in the Coop, we catch up with senior women's ice hockey captain Jenny Guider about the team's season so far, her time at Westminster and all the connections to Trinity from there, and her love for baking.

We open up a new year of Conversations in the Coop with a senior on the men's squash team, Abdelrahman Nassar. We talk about his roots with the sport back home in Egypt, how coming to the United States for college became a possibility, and how a program with so many different cultures and backgrounds comes together as one brotherhood.

On our last conversation of 2023, we catch up with senior defenseman on the men's ice hockey team, Ned Blanchard. We talk about his pathway to college hockey from prep school, the decision to attend college close to home, and the expectations the program puts on themselves to succeed at the highest level.

It's another sibling special as we sit down with women's basketball sisters, Hannah and Avery Marzo. We talk about the opportunity to play together for the first time since middle school, the culture and goals of the women's basketball program, and when people started connecting them as sisters on campus.

In today's conversation, we sit down with men's basketball senior captain, Ben Callahan-Gold. We talk about growing up in New York City, the various stops in his basketball journey, and uncover his secret talent off the court.

In today's conversation, we chat with two fifth-year members of the Bantam football team, Kevin Clark and Luke Folan. We talk about the full circle from their first year to winning the NESCAC title last season, the decision to stay on for a fifth year, and how team culture is built and maintained.

In today's episode, we chat with new head men's squash coach Moustafa Hamada about his own journey to Trinity as an undergrad coming from Egypt, taking over the program his former coach Paul Assaiante built, and how important it is for him to be back in Hartford.

In today's episode, we catch up with men's soccer junior Nick Bellak about growing up in a college town, the transformation of the men's soccer program over the last year, and the team's surprise visit from USMNT stars Christian Pulisic and Tim Ream.

In today's conversation, we chat with ice hockey student-athletes John Campomenosi and Betsy Winslow about each of their paths to Trinity and a new program they are both student leaders for called Radical Health. Radical Health is a peer-to-peer program where upperclass student-athletes meet weekly with groups of first-year student-athletes to discuss different pillars of mental health.

In today's conversation, we chat with field hockey senior captain Kylie Tierney about how growing up as the youngest of four shaped her into the person and athlete she is today, the experience of going from no fall season her first year to a final four at home the next, and the team's mentality heading into the rest of the season.

In today's episode, we chat with women's soccer senior captain Cassie Lee about the growth of the soccer program during her time at Trinity, the opportunity to study abroad, and her upcoming sister-sister battle later this season.

This week on Conversations in the Coop, we chat with new Softball head coach Lena Springer about her pathway through the sport, growing up in an incredibly competitive family and the values that shaped her, and what it means to be back home in Connecticut. Check it out on Spotify or at BantamSports on Youtube.

Conversations in the Coop is back for the 2023-24 school year with new stories and a new format! We kick off the year with new Men's Golf head coach, Jack Junge '19 to talk about his experience from Bantam student-athlete to head coach, and what makes working at his alma mater so special. Check it out on Spotify or at BantamSports on Youtube.

In today's conversation, we talk with women's rowing senior Anastasia Hanifin about how she found her way to the sport of rowing and how she stays connected to her family's Ukrainian culture through dance. Links from the episode Vogue Article about Anastasia's dance company: https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/the-ukrainian-dance-company-that-finds-strength-in-tradition/amp

On today's episode, we chat with women's tennis junior Angelina Shyltsyna about how traveling the world for tennis brought her to Trinity, and how her musical talents helped shape her as a tennis player.

Today we catch up with two members of the Trinity Track and Field throws team - Ethan Wilkie and Kamila Zygadlo. They each talk about how they arrived to Trinity from very different backgrounds and the mental strategy behind a sport like throwing.

On this episode, we talk to men's lacrosse senior Ryan Werner about the team's growth over the course of this year as a young squad and his family ties to medicine, including his own future plans.

In today's conversation, we chat with Trinity's new head field hockey coach Jess Bergen about her journey in the sport, growing up in rural Vermont, and why everyone should get excited about the sport of field hockey.

Today, we chat with senior men's rowing captain Chad Obrey about his introduction to the sport, his lifelong passion for the water, and how he's combined his passions for a capstone project and his next steps post graduation.

On this episode, we chat with identical twin sisters on the Trinity Women's Lacrosse team, Ali and Keelyn McNamara. We talk about their shared journey to college athletics, how they found Trinity as the right fit for both of them, and some pranks and twin shenanigans they've pulled off over the years.

On this conversation, we catch up with senior softball catcher Alyssa Gazivoda about her role as president of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC), spring break training trips, and the energy at games that is so unique to softball.

In this episode, we chat with baseball senior pitcher Cooper McGrath about his unique journey to the mound at DiBenedetto Stadium - one of perseverance, hardship, and many life lessons learned along the way.

Spring sports are here, and today we catch up with women's golf sophomore Catherine Wallace to talk about growing the culture of Trinity's newest team, her current experience participating in the college's Legislative Internship program, and how to take advantage of all Trinity has to offer.

Today, we sit down with legendary men's squash coach, Paul Assaiante, to talk about the rise of college squash, the mentality and perspective he takes with coaching, and how he prepares his team for Nationals on campus this weekend.

In advance of Squash Nationals, we catch up with long-time Trinity Women's Squash coach Wendy Bartlett about her path to Trinity College, how the sport's landscape has evolved through her career, and going into nationals as the #1 team in the nation.

Today we host a sibling special as we head to the hardwood to catch up with Trinity Basketball's sibling duo, Will and Lucy Dorion. With Will as a junior on the men's side and Lucy a first-year for the women, we talk about their family ties to the NESCAC, how they both found their way to Trinity, and what it's been like to have a sibling on campus.

On today's conversation, we head to the pool to talk with senior captain of the Women's Swimming & Diving team, Rachel Papalski. We cover everything from how she and her sister both found their way to collegiate swimming, the return of a team training trip this year for the first time since January 2020, and her role in and the importance of the Athletics DEI Committee.

In this conversation, we chat with Wrestling senior captain Anders Klass about the mental game that comes with wrestling, how the sport has shaped his life since getting involved, and his cross country road trip last summer.

In today's conversation, we chat with Men's Ice Hockey senior captain Andrew Troy about his three unique junior hockey stops, living with billet families at each one, and his post-grad plans.

Conversations in the Coop is back for 2023! In this episode, we chat with sophomore women's squash player Lulu Palacios about her introduction to squash in her home country of Paraguay, the decision to pursue education and sport in the United States, and her experience living with a host family in Indiana to improve her English.

On this conversation, we chat with Women's Ice Hockey captain Claudia Capone about her outlook on the season, her unique summer of working overnight shifts and having double ankle surgery, and the perspective that both have given her as she embarks on her senior season and considers what's next for her after college.

On this conversation, we talk to Women's Basketball senior Frankie Silva about her work with the Athletes of Color Coalition on campus and within the NESCAC, how her return from injury last year has shaped her perspective, and how the women's basketball program has developed during her four years. Finally, the podcast comes full circle as Frankie also confirms the consensus from last season's women's basketball episode that she would be the ultimate Survivor.

This week, we head up campus to catch up with Trinity's new Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, Matt Hyde. We talk with Matt about his longtime connection to the NESCAC prior to arriving at Trinity, from growing up in Williamstown, competing as a student-athlete at Bowdoin, and working at Tufts, and how he sees athletics and admissions working hand in hand.

On today's episode, we chat with new Head Softball coach Mackenzie Keyes about her path to coaching, her approach to offense and winning softball games, and what she's looking forward to as she gets underway in her new role.

In today's Conversation in the Coop, we chat with sophomore volleyball player Grace Sullivan about her summer study abroad program in Kenya, her passion for the intersection of climate change and public health, and the team's excitement heading into the final stretch of the volleyball regular season.