MSUM Dragons Podcasts

We've got a long show for you today as we're joined by head football coach Steve Laqua who will not only break down this year's class of 2021 coming to the Dragon Family…but also give us some insight in how you determine needs without a season and recruit during COVID.  For a full list of recruits, highlights, and coach comments on each signee…go to MSUMDragons.com/NSD21 …Now, Let's get into signi...

Here's a special BONUS podcast episode not just because you're an amazing Dragons fan who has subscribed to the podcast and shared it with all your friends…but also because today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day.  Such an important moment to celebrate, reflect, and focus our efforts for equity in the games we play.  Who better to discuss the topic than head women's basketball coach AND no...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is More Than a Game…I'm your host Jon Webbie Wepking.  That's right, 2020 is almost over and that means it's time to celebrate.  Not because this horrible year with murder hornets and COVID is finally ending…but because that means we get to celebrate 17 student-athletes who will...

Sometimes sports creates unfathomable joy, and sometimes it can be downright despicable.  Sports are littered with story after story of overcoming adversities and proving people wrong…and we're going to add two today.  Both very different…one showing scars on over 30% of his body from a fire he experienced as a kid…the other, brought to tears today for how she was bullied after Anemia slowed her d...

Last week, as COVID cases in our region swelled to global comparisons…Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued a new executive order for all Minnesotans with new mandates to help lower the rising hospital occupancy rates, slow the spread, and fight this deadly pandemic.  How does that impact the plan for the Dragons to safely compete in 2021, what conversations are happening in the NSIC with 5 very diff...

How does a familiar face help create a new home? Coach Kopietz is gonna love this episode because two of her rock-star student-athletes from the Dragon Soccer team are our guests today.  They were connected before MSUM because they played on the same club team in Illinois, but BOTH followed coach up to MSUM to create their careers…and now their lives as they have become upperclassmen and team lead...

What does Dragon Volleyballer Amanda Carlson say helps her stay positive so far away from home and throughout this crazy COVID era? Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM dragons podcast where we believe the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game…I'm your host Jon Webbie Wepking. Now, mental health was a top concern before all the COVID stuff came in and multiplied it by…I dun...

Have you ever sat in the stands or watched a game from home and just didn't feel connected to what was happening? Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is More than a Game AND WORTH INVESTING IN!  I'm your host Jon Webbie Wepking.  Sorry for yelling but TODAY is MSUM Giving Day and for one day and one day ONLY…your...

How are spring sports feeling the pain of the fall shutdown and on the bright side…what lessons can you take from the loss of not one, but two seasons? We've paid a lot of attention lately, and understandably so, to the Fall season sports who most recently lost their entire seasons…but there's another loss we haven't discussed.  Spring season sports like Softball are losing valuable events this Fa...

When will we know if we're playing Winter sports at MSUM this season?  And how is all this impacting current athletes and even recruiting new athletes? If you remember the Fall…there was a lot of will we, won't we conversations…where are those same conversations at right now for getting started on a winter season?  What are we doing to prepare for any of the situations that could come out of that…...

What is the greatest play in Dragon Football history? Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast I'm your host Jon Webbie Wepking.  We've been working hard making a new TV show called THE DRAGON WAY…and you may not have seen it yet, but it's pretty interesting to hear Coach Laqua and his players and coaches discuss stories from some of their greatest games of the past decade.  Arguably...

WHY Can some DI school play sports, High School can play Sports…but DII and MSUM Can't?!  And what are we doing without games? Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast I'm your host Jon Webbie Wepking.  It's painful to watch others play and you can't…So we brought in AD Doug Peters to help us understand how some can play and others can't AND when you can't play…what is there to do? ...

How important are Athletic Trainers in the COVID era of sports and why do they have some of the deepest connections to student-athletes here at MSUM? Our guest today is the always super-fabulous MSUM Head Athletic Trainer Andy Scott talking about Shutdown to workouts, how it’s going now that all sports are able to workout, and why the relationships between our athletic training staff and student-a...

How do you balance an insane schedule and still perform at the highest level all while giving back and taking care of yourself?  Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons podcast where we believe that the student athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game…I’m your host Jon Webbie Wepking.  We’re going to talk to a Dragon today who balances being a split-season athlete, a job, volunte...

How do you balance the crazy schedule and high-stress job of being a college head coach while your all four of your kids are athletes as well?  Probably should’ve had Jenni on the show to give me the real deal of how it all works…but because of father’s day last weekend we have a father-daughter pair of DRAGONS for you today.  Head men’s basketball coach Chad Walthall, and his daughter Brooke Walt...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game.  I’m your host Jon Webbie Wepking…WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO STAY CONNECTED TO YOUR PROGRAM…and what are some tips to get re-connected if you’ve been working on you and your life for a while and want to re-connect?  What does connection look like from a coach pe...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game.  I’m your host Jon Webbie Wepking and today we’re still rolling our #FiredUp Lunchcast…where Doug and I discussed THE hot topic…THERE ARE DRAGONS IN NEMZEK AGAIN!!!  Find out what it takes for athletes to get back to voluntary workouts and how the first few days...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game…Today’s episode is full of hard conversations and great questions as we held another live podcast today called our #FiredUp Lunchcast…as you’ll hear today, we dive into some pretty hot topics like COVID and dropping sports, Doug shares re-entry plans and time...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience is more than a game…I’m your host Jon Webbie Wepking but serving as more of a guide for today’s episode…which was our first LIVE episode!!! Well, this is the recording from the live show…unedited in it’s entirety. Our goal was to invite student-athletes to ask Athletic Director Doug Peters Q...

HOW DO YOU REACP THE 2019-20 SEASON for Dragon Athletics…that’s what AD Doug Peters is going to try to do in under 15minutes during this, our final episode of the MSUM Dragon Podcast for the academic year. Please don’t cry…I’ll miss you too. BUT we’re not done!!! Today, the day before Spring Commencement day…we recap the season with our guest…AD Doug Peters!

Hello everyone and welcome to part TWO of a special MSUM Dragons Podcast double-feature of our 2019-20 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR which were announced yesterday afternoon. This episode features our FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR…Julia Geske and how she is making history by putting Tennis on the map of power programs for MSUM. This year, the team was undefeated until COVID ended her season…we’ll talk a littl...

Hello everyone and welcome to part one of a special MSUM Dragons Podcast double-feature of our 2019-20 ATHLETES OF THE YEAR which were announced yesterday…I don’t even need to tell you that we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game, you’ll be able to experience it right here in this series with our two award winners. First up, the MALE athlete of the year, Nad...

Tomorrow was supposed to be the second annual MSUM Giving Day to support scholarships…but when the world moves in a different direction…you have to move with it or get left behind. What we did last year is not just a bad practice…it’s not even possible. This is a hard time for all of us. Our MSUM Alumni Foundation is moving the day MSUM Giving Day, but the world is moving to another global campaig...

Hello everyone and welcome to the MSUM Dragons Podcast where we believe that the student-athlete experience here at MSUM is more than a game, I’m your GUEST Jon Webbie Wepking. Why would I jump to the other side of the interview…and who could possibly fill the massive void my incredible hosting skills would leave behind? Well…there’s a huge campaign happening right now on all of our Dragons Digita...

What’s it like to be a coach in the COVID era of college athletics? Well…our guest today is not only a coach, she’s a professor and a mom adjusting to a new way of doing all of it at once. Something I think we can all relate to right now. I’m FIREDUP to welcome our guest today, head soccer coach Christie Kopeitz.