Hello and welcome to Tommie Talks – the weekly podcast bringing you inside St Thomas athletics, where we’ll get to know those who wear the purple and grey. This week our guest is Junior Goalkeeper Tucker Mann from Men’s Soccer. We talk about whether or not goalkeepers are weird, he shares a fishing story, and there’s even some LOTR talk.

This week we talk with senior Luke Glenna, a Safety from the football team about growing up as a fan of the MIAC, what he has in common with Tommie basketball players, his favorite sports memory, and much more.

This week we talk with Senior Zach Haire from Men’s Cross Country about the mental side of running and moving up from DIII to DI, a faith based approach to investing, who is the king of the apples, and much more.

This week we talk with Senior Matthew Raab from Men’s Golf. He talks about why he wanted a DIII experience but has enjoyed DI, playing an individual sport on a team, some free financial advice, and much more.
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This week we talk with Sophomore Outside Hitter Lauren Galvin from the volleyball team. She talks about expectations for year two of D1, her fascination with the criminal mind, the best State Fair foods, and much more.

Season 2 continues with Alex Balfour, a Defender for Tommie Women’s Soccer. She talks about being on the team that got the first Division 1 win for the university, how coming to St Thomas was about more than sports, and maybe a hot take on her favorite Harry Potter movie.

We start season 2 by chatting with vice president and Director of Athletics, Dr. Phil Esten. He takes a look back at year one of the move to D1, a look ahead at year 2 and where they stand with trying to expand their athletic facilities, and we get to know him on a more personal level.
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It’s the final episode of Season 1! This week we are joined by Senior Distance Runner Olivia Moll. She talks about the D3 mindset versus the D1 mindset she had to have to succeed, the differences between running cross-country and track and field, and being involved with the Special Olympics Club at St Thomas.

This week we are joined by 5th year infielder Kyle Halverson from the baseball team. He talks about the run to the college world series in their final season as a D3 program, how he got convinced to play baseball instead of football at St Thomas, and how the idea that being a Tommie is like being part of a family isn’t a figure of speech for him.

Parker Feuerborn talks about how the transition from Division 3 to Division 1 inspired him to get better. The creative writing major also shares a poem with us and we talk about his favorite music, as well.