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.