Cougar Sports Show

In this week's episode we get to hear from three student athletes; soccer player Kelsey Oswald, volleyball player Caitlin Kellner, and football player Cole Campbell. Kelsey and Caitlin are both seniors coming off their last collegiate season. They reflect on their time at USF and what they have gained from being a student athlete. Both of them also touch on their future plans, how USF has supporte...

This week we get to hear from both the men’s and women’s wrestling programs here at USF. Although both of these programs are in their inaugural season, they have already begun to establish a strong foundation of hard work and support. We get to hear all about what it was like starting from scratch with recruiting, team culture, and more. Coach Mueleners and Coach Bryant tell us how they were able...

This week we get to hear all about the USF swim team from head coach, Chris Hamstra, assistant coach, Anna Moore, and freshman swimmer, Alessia Moro. Alessia is an international student from Trieste, Italy. She talks about the team culture and how the girls support each other in and out of the pool. The coaches talk about swim strategies for things like training, tapering, and avoiding burn-out. T...

This short episode is regarding the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion campaign that is happening this week in the NCAA. Kenji Scales, Domenica Solano Ocampo, and Caroline Titze (USF student athletes) share their personal experience with inclusivity at USF. They touch on why it is important to be supportive of different communities (international students, LGBTQ, etc) and explain how diversity on ca...

This week we get to hear from both the men’s and women’s basketball programs here at USF. In the first half of the episode, Head Coach Chris Johnson, as well as senior guard Jack Thompson, share what it is like preparing for the upcoming season. They touch on how they will continue to build off of last year’s season, as well as the team culture they have created. In the second half of the episode,...

This week we are joined by Head Women’s Soccer Coach, Brittany Domino, along with Assistant Coach, Kyle Halfpop. Coach Domino has been working to build up the soccer program since she took over in 2015, and this year has shown promising improvement. Coming off a tough fall 2022 season the team and coaches gained knowledge on how to stick together through losses, overcome mental barriers, and figur...

This week we have a short episode featuring long time USF faculty member Ken Kortemeyer, better known as SID. We are also joined by Madie Brink who fills many roles in the USF athletic department. SID and Madie talk about the 2023 USF Hall of Fame Inductees, what they brought to the university and their teams, and what it means to be in the Hall of Fame. The episode is closed with announcements re...

In this week's episode we hear from USF’s Director of Track and Field/XC, Doug Petersen, along with two runners, Khot Juac and Micade Shumway. Both Juac and Shumway have been very successful in their running careers at USF. Both athletes talk about the kind of mentality that it takes to be a distance runner, what their strategies are, and how they continue to push themselves with the help of Doug...

In this week's episode we hear from USF Head Volleyball Coach, Dan Mathews along with senior captain Jordyn Hamm. In just two years with USF, Coach Mathews has already led the team to an appearance in the conference tournament. The Northern Sun is known for volleyball, with multiple perennial powerhouses that are consistently ranked in the national polls. USF has historically been an underdog in t...

Season two of the Cougar Sports Show kicks off with the return of Head Football Coach, Jim Glogowski (Coach Glo), along with all three captains (Adam Mullen, Cal Botsford, and Amaurii Grosskopf). They discuss the team culture that has been building since last spring, recap fall camp, and go over what concepts every player in this program does their best to embody everyday for sustained success. Af...

In this week's episode we get to hear from four student athletes. Each of them talk about their time at USF, how it prepared them for life after graduation, and their student athlete experience. First, we hear from David Ecker and Lizzy Spaans. David is fifth-year senior on the cross country and track team. He was awarded NSIC Standout Senior along with COSIDA Academic All American, NSIC First Tea...

In this week's episode we get to hear from Ken Kortemeyer, better known as SID. SID came to USF as a student in 1969, and has never left. Immediately after graduation, he took on the role of Sports Information Director, and over the following 50 years has performed many different roles within the USF Athletic Department. Throughout the episode SID explains how he was able to create “lifetime frien...

In this week's episode we get to hear from USF’s new Head Football Coach Jim Glowgoski (Coach Glo) along with new Assistant Head Coach Lucas Lueders. Coach Glo was hired in December of 2022, and since then has been working hard to establish strong values and practices within the team. We hear about why he chose Coach Lueders as his Assistant Head Coach, as well as how the two of them plan to go ab...

In this week's episode we get to hear from the USF Head Golf Coach, Wade Merry, and with two golfers, Gavin Metz and Ashley Tackett. They talk about why they love the USF community, and how the small school size allows them to create close relationships with their professors, making life as a student athlete easier. We get a rundown of the tournaments they have competed in so far, as well as their...

This week USF’s Head Tennis Coach, Kevin Grebin, gives us the rundown of the program he has been building for the past 23 years. As a former graduate of Sioux Falls College, we get to hear about the background of the school and why Grebin loves the USF community. With only a few conference games left in their 2023 season, Grebin has coached his team into a guaranteed spot in the conference tournam...

This week Piv, Head Softball Coach, and Kait, standout 5th year senior, give listeners a rundown of the softball program here at USF. Piv talks about how much she values relationships with her players, and why it is so important to care about them outside of the game. Piv and Kait discuss in depth how the team’s emphasis on mental health has positively impacted their players, both on and off the f...

This week USF’s head baseball coach, Grant Hieb, and pitching coach, Rob Hirrschoff, talk about their plans to secure more wins and keep building their program up. Both coaches touch on the value they place on hard work, and why they want to recruit guys that are “obsessed with baseball”. They highlight the impact that good pitching has, along with other things they are looking to improve on. In t...

This week USF’s Director of Track and Field/Cross Country, Doug Petersen, shares what makes the culture at USF so special and why he has stayed with the program here for 9 years. Doug talks about the accomplishments of the 2023 indoor season as well as the goals and expectations for the 2023 outdoor season. In this episode we hear about some of the standout events and athletes that the team has an...