The Sunbirds Sports Show with Paul Meadors

It’s a special summer episode of the Sunbirds Sports Show that was recorded live earlier this week from Belmont Country Club at the 30th Annual Sunbird Golf Classic!  Host Paul Meadors was joined by Director of Athletics Kyle Ferguson, and new FPU head men’s basketball coach Daniel Dyck. Kyle gets things started with a state of the program and recap of what could only be considered as the Sunbirds...

With Finals and Commencement coming up next week, this will be the final episode of season 2 of the Sunbirds Sports Show! Joining host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios will be former Sunbird pitcher and local entrepreneur Aaron Lynn along with frequent contributor, FPU Men’s Basketball Head Coach and Assistant Athletic Director C.J. Haydock. Donors can be the lifeblood of small universities like F...

It’s a special episode of the Sunbirds Sports Show live on location at the Raising Cane’s on Kings Canyon near campus to recap Tuesday’s Flight Night – FPU’s annual awards celebrating the year that was for the Sunbirds. Host Paul Meadors – last night’s co-emcee with Scott Bemis - relives this amazing night for the FPU student athletes. With Jackson Paramo alongside and dozens of student-athletes i...

You’ve heard them both here as co-hosts of the Sunbirds Sports Show and as co-commentators on the PacWest Network. Joining host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios as guests this time are FPU Men’s Track & Field student-athletes and broadcasters Jackson Paramo and Zach Sims, along with The Voice of the Sunbirds, FPU’s own Eric Bentley. It’s been a fun year for Eric , who’s been sharing a booth wi...

After taking a week off due to programming conflicts, the Sunbirds Sports Show on 790 ESPN returns with another episode highlighting a respected alumnus and community member.  Host Paul Meadors is joined in the ESPN Studios by former Sunbirds women’s soccer player and current local non profit director Erin Obwald. Erin and her family’s story started long before FPU but it was her time as a Sunbird...

After taking last week off, host Paul Meadors is back in the ESPN Studios for another episode of the Sunbirds Sports Show.  This week he is joined by members of the Men’s Tennis team: senior Angel España, junior Cedric Kaufman, sophomore Joaquin Salinas and freshman Ezra Betancourt. On a team that’s largely comprised of international student-athletes, Angel (from Valencia, Spain), Joaquin (Quito,...

Both basketball programs join host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios for a pair of season recaps and overall reflection on the year as well as their final stand as members of the PacWest Conference before departing for the CCAA.  Women’s head coach Tim Beauregard kicks things off with his local freshmen duo Sienna Evans and Alexa Perryman, followed Men’s head coach C.J. Haydock bringing us home wit...

Get ready for that Sunbird Spirit!  The latest episode of the Sunbirds Sports Show is all about the FPU Cheer team. Joining host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios is former Cheer coach Rayna Harris, junior Jaslin Saephanh, sophomore Jahayra Romero, and new Director of FPU Cheer & Dance Devin Balbach. Paul kicks things off with Rayna – who led the program since 2020 – and FPU Cheer vets Jaslin a...

Tennis season is now in full swing for the Sunbirds, and host Paul Meadors is joined in the ESPN Studios by members of the women’s tennis team: senior Malia Mitchell, juniors Yume Ueoku and Halle Faherty, and freshman Fabiana Gonzalez. Coming off a challenging season with a small squad, the Lady Birds have reloaded in 2026 with six new additions to the roster and a strong 3-1 start. For a program...

For the 50th Sunbirds Sports Show, host Paul Meadors welcomes in to the ESPN Studios a true volleyball legend of FPU, Alyssa “Bissie” DenHartog. A four-year starter from 2013-2016, Bissie is one of the greatest setters to ever wear the navy and orange, with her name all over the FPU volleyball record books.  The high school mathematics teacher is also the varsity girls’ volleyball coach at Immanue...

Host and big-time gamer Paul Meadors has one of his favorite FPU teams in the ESPN Studios this week: Sunbirds Esports.  He’s joined by program director Chris Carlson, freshman Jose “Jason4239” Alvarez, sophomore Chris “Mr. Sentinel” Taylor, and junior Alyssa “Mclovinn” Zuniga. If you missed last season’s Esports episode – or you enjoyed it so much that you couldn’t wait for them to return – you’r...

We’re back in the pool this week as host Paul Meadors is joined in the ESPN Studios by members of the women’s water polo team – head coach Bryan Suhovy, senior Emma Cook, junior Maggie Cook, and freshmen Kennedy Green and Sofia DeRollo. It’s a new era for Sunbird polo, as program-founding head coach Suhovy now leads just the women for the first time ever.  Along with the Cook sisters, he talks abo...

It’s the start of baseball season, so host Paul Meadors is joined in the ESPN Studios with head coach Oscar Hirschkorn and members of the Sunbird baseball team: grad student TJ Smith (2B) and seniors Chris Clement (INF/OF), Darryl Dilworth (OF), and Aaron Martinez Jr (3B). Before heading south for the first series of the year, Coach Hirschkorn and team swing by to discuss how their preparation for...

#46: Track & Field – Robert Foster, Gus Remlinger, Avril Mendoza and Brooklyn Epperley This week, members of the stacked FPU Track & Field team join host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios: head coach Robert Foster, sprinter Gus Remlinger, hurdler Avril Mendoza, and thrower Brooklyn Epperley. Coming off quite possibly the greatest season in program history, expectations for the ‘Birds are sk...

Class is back in session and so is the Sunbirds Sports Show!  In the first episode of 2026, host Paul Meadors chats with former FPU men’s basketball player AJ Kirby. It’s been one year since the devastating fires that ripped through Los Angeles began, so we thought it was fitting to catch up with AJ – a fulltime firefighter stationed in LA.  AJ shares memories from that time for the LAFD, his jour...

The final Sunbirds Sports Show of 2025 is throwing it back to the glory days of Fresno Pacific College men’s basketball!  Members from the 1994-1995 Sunbirds are in the house – host Paul Meadors is joined by legends Tim Amundsen, John Jones, and Tod Tompkins. Bullard High varsity boys head coach Tim, Clovis North varsity boys assistant coach John, and Caruthers Unified administrator Tod reunite wi...

It’s Finals Week on campus for the student-athletes of Fresno Pacific University, but one of the greatest Sunbirds in recent memory was able to find some time to join host Paul Meadors in the ESPN Studios.  Four-year volleyball standout Cambria Waites, along with head coach Kelsee Montagna, break down the incredible and historic season for Sunbird Volleyball. Just days after their season ended in...

The Sunbirds Sports Show is back after a nice Thanksgiving break.  Host Paul Meadors welcomes back the Men’s Water Polo team to the ESPN Studios – head coach Jon Miller, seniors Forrest Gray and Samuel Ramos, junior Chase Hammes, and sophomore Jordan Lambert. Fresh off his first season in charge, Coach Miller reflects on the season that was that included a victory over a D-I opponent, taking down...

It’s another special edition of the Sunbirds Sports Show, as host Paul Meadors is joined again by FPU legend and director of soccer Jaime Ramirez. Last time Jaime - aka Profé - was on the show, he shared stories of this childhood growing up in Mexico, his move to Fresno when he was 11 years old, and his time as a Sunbird player.  In this episode, Jaime picks right back up where he left off – from...

This week, the Sunbird swimmers are back in the ESPN Studios.  Host Paul Meadors is joined by head coach Ray Eggert and assistant coach Rebeca Bribiesca Spears, plus seniors Cara Moehle and Tony Montes, and freshmen Mia Manno and Santiago Schute. It’s a new era in the pool for FPU as coach Eggert takes over the program that he once starred for as a student-athlete.  The 2010 and 2011 NAIA national...

FPU’s newest sport is in the house – Women’s STUNT.  Host Paul Meadors welcomes head coach Alyssa Troutt, senior Jaime Galvez, and freshmen Bella Miranda, Allison Geiger and Alycia Escalante into the ESPN Studios. Don’t know much about STUNT?  You will after this episode!  Having now assembled her first roster, Coach Alyssa breaks down the fundamentals of the competition and details how the first...

With less than one week until the Sunbirds tip off basketball season against Fresno State, host Paul Meadors sits down in the ESPN Studios with head coach CJ Haydock, senior Isaac Peralta, junior Seth Brown, and local freshmen Loukas Jones and Logan Kilbert. Expectations for the ‘Birds are high heading into the season, with the PacWest coaches predicting them to make a lot of noise in the conferen...

With college hoops season so close to tipping off, host Paul Meadors is joined this week in the ESPN Studios by members of the Sunbirds Women’s Basketball team: Associate Head Coach Santino Reynolds, senior Aaliyah Seuell, and freshmen Alexa Perryman and Sienna Evans. The former San Joaquin Memorial duo of Alexa and Sienna dive into the details of acclimating to college life from studying and time...

After being preempted last week by the MLB Playoffs, the Sunbirds Sports Show on ESPN 790 returns this week with the FPU Women’s Soccer team.  Host Paul Meadors is joined by head coach Roberto Hernandez, sophomores Sophie Rosales and Ayana Kirisimasi, and freshmen Abby Cano Ledezma and Rosie Farina.  It’s been a challenging start to the year for the team, but their resilience, grit, and courage ha...

This week, host Paul Meadors is joined in the ESPN Studios by members of the FPU volleyball team: head coach Kelsee Montagna, grad student Mikayla Weiss, junior Rachel Plantinga, and freshman Madelyn Feramisco. FPU volleyball is off to a hot start, currently 10-0 on the season and just outside the national top 25 rankings.  With a grueling trio of matches against the PacWest’s best coming up this...