Whiskers: about the Northwestern Women’s Soccer Wildcats

Send us Fan Mail Here at Northwestern, there are many people who work to help us perform at our best.  We love how dedicated they are to their craft.  And they make our experience world-class.  We present another episode of Support Staff Speed Dating. Courtney Chramowicz , Sports Dietitian , helps us fuel for maximum performance. Courtney plans our team meals, organizes fueling on game day,  on ro...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we explore the fine art of creating and scoring goals with 3 tremendous attacking players who have all had an impact at the college level. And they all bring something different to the table.  So join us for a fun discussion about the most exciting and entertaining part of the Beautiful Game.  We have Senior Megan Norkett from Naperville, Illinois, who is a demon dribbler a...

Send us Fan Mail Hi everyone! Whiskers is back!  After a short pause for Winter Final Exams and Spring Break, we are locked in and ready to fill your cup with wisdom, fun and ear candy from the 'Cats! Recruiting is the topic of the day.  And you will hear two perspectives.   Sophomore Ava Goodin shares her recruiting story - how she went about finding the right place for her and why it ended...

Send us Fan Mail We want you to meet Stef Zavala .  She is our Athletic Trainer , one of the most critical people within our team.   Her job encompasses so much.  Yes, she tapes ankles and prepares ice and drinks for training. But she also develops programs that both keep us healthy and get us back from injury and illness. She manages our players' return to play.  She coordinates appointments...

Send us Fan Mail Meet our Dynamic Duo of GK's. Junior CJ Roy is an East Coast native, coming from Washington D.C. First-year Nyamma Nelson is from the West Coast, growing up on Portland, Oregon They have forged a great relationship while helping the 'Cats build an excellent defense.  We had a great discussion about all things Goalkeeping , their relationship and being a part of a high-le...

Send us Fan Mail You may know Emma Phillips - Northwestern legend, all-Big10 Defender, scorer of incredible set-piece goals and so much more.  Well, after graduating in December of 2025, she spent the past year starting to realize her dream of playing PRO SOCCER.  She spent the season playing at Grindavik in Iceland and then had a training stint with AFC Toronto in Canada's Northern Super Lea...

Send us Fan Mail Well, 2026 is here and the 'Cats have a new assistant coach.  Her name is Christine McBeath.  Christine was a stalwart defender for St. John's University in New York.  She comes to Northwestern after coaching stints at Stanford, Utah and George Mason.  We are so excited to have her join the program. Join Ava Goodin and Rich Manning for a first conversation with Coach Chr...

Send us Fan Mail Senior Brooke Miller returns to Whiskers! Most of you know Brooke as a standout player AND the co-host of Whiskers. She just finished her senior season in November and what a season it was! Brooke was one of our 3 captains that led the 'Cats to a 6th-place finish in the BIG10 and the NCAA Tournament.  She was named 2nd team All-BIG10. The Journalism major in the world-famous...

Send us Fan Mail Our 3rd season of Whiskers starts now! We are off to talk more about life at Northwestern University and with the 'Cats Women's Soccer team.  Co-hosts Ava Goodin and Rich Manning will take you behind the curtain for the inside scoop. Today we are talking with Eileen O'Rourke, the Associate Athletic Director of Academic Services .  Eileen is a former Division 1 athle...

Send us Fan Mail 'Cats fans - join Co-hosts Brooke Miller and Rich Manning  as we re-live some of the high points and memorable moments from Northwestern's 2025 season.   Joining us are senior internationals Caterina Regazzoni (Switzerland) and Alisha Ware (England) - both good friends with Brooke too! We are going to talk about our just-concluded 2025 season, which included a 6th-place...

Send us Fan Mail Well, it's been a minute Whiskers family! We've been so busy with our fall season and the beginning of the school year.  We decided with the post-season and Halloween just around the corner, we just HAD to make some time to record.  And we've got a special treat.   Our two newest additions to the Northwestern Women's Soccer Staff are here to say hello!  Join yo...

Send us Fan Mail Well, the first month of the season has been a whirlwind! 2 exhibitions, 7 non-conference games, 7 road trips, lots of dorm moves, meals on the run...but 0 classes Whiskers is finally back to update you on the 2025 'Cats so far... Senior Brooke Miller and Assistant Coach Rich Manning welcome two of our Super Sophs - Ava Goodin and Mary Stroebel  to get you caught up. We start...

Send us Fan Mail Training Camp continues! As we reach our 2nd week of training, Brooke and Rich sit down with two more of our New 'Cats!  Keira Kemmerley is a midfielder from Berwin, PA and Penn Fusion Club. Selma Sol Sigurjonsdottir is a wingback from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland and FH, IH and Haukar Clubs. NOTE:  Gabby Anderson from San Diego could not make the recording session due to a treatme...

Send us Fan Mail Summer is in full force.  And our 2025 season is just days away... Our players have been in town for a couple of weeks as they have captains' practices until training camp starts on July 28.  So we are going to meet 4 of our newest Wildcats... they've been dying to get on Whiskers and we've been so ready to introduce you to them...   Join Brooke Miller and Rich Mann...

Send us Fan Mail Co-host Brooke Miller has final exams this week.  So we used this opportunity to meet up with three of our "youngin's"...   Kennedy "Kenna" Roesch , Ava Goodin and Kate Hennen are just finishing up their first year with the 'Cats. They sit down with Rich Manning to share all of their adventures from this year.... in the classroom, on campus, being wit...

Send us Fan Mail We are back and we brought some of our best for a fun in the sun episode. Juniors Caterina ("Cate") Regazzoni (Swizterland) and Alisha Ware (England) have re-joined hosts Brooke Miller and Rich Manning for a little bit of everything. Intro - Rhymes and Whiskers Theme 1:00 - Welcome back and World Market favorites 4:15  - Spring round-up and some interesting advice 6:30 -...

Send us Fan Mail Our Little 'Cats are growing up right before your eyes. We wanted to check in with some of our most veteran players and see how life is changing for them as they enter their last year of school and last season of college soccer. We explore several topics: Living off campus.  Upper division courses and finding connections and career opportunities.  Becoming leaders on the team...

Send us Fan Mail We finally succeeded in getting Northwestern Assistant Coaches, Jennie Clark and Morgan Ruhl on the pod!   Get to know two of the best and brightest young coaches on the planet.  You will hear their Northwestern origin stories, what makes them tick, their favorite parts of coaching, pet peeves, advice for young players heading into college and so much more! Jennie is from Iowa, pl...

Send us Fan Mail 2025 is here and we are back! The fall season for Northwestern Soccer seems SO FAR away.  But we are busy at work.  What does the entail? We brought in Sophomore defender Maddie Finnerty and 1st Year forward Kennedy (Kenna) Roesch to talk about what their routines look like from January through June as they prepare for the Fall 2025 season. Co-host Brooke Miller will lead a discus...

Send us Fan Mail Whiskers is Back! Join Brooke Miller and Rich Manning as we continue our inside look into the Northwestern Women's Soccer team. Season 2 starts with a rousing round table focusing on our Big 'Cats Little 'Cats program.  We pair up our incoming players with a veteran before they arrive to help them get to know the team and to help them navigate...well, basically ever...

Send us Fan Mail Summer is "over" and the 'Cats have begun preseason training camp for the 2024 season.  We wanted to check in with some of our returning players to hear some of their fantastic summer adventures...summer soccer, big jobs, internships, travel, school and more! Co-hosts Rich Manning and Brooke Miller welcome Emma Phillips (SR) - NU Athletics Marketing and training wit...

Send us Fan Mail It's the last day of Spring practice...finals are upon us and summer is so close!  Join co-host Brooke Miller and Coach Rich Manning as they welcome first-year MF Sarah O'Donnell and sophomore GK Reiley Fitzpatrick. Sarah and Reiley are both coming back from long-term injuries and have a lot to share about the tribulations and triumphs of being away from soccer and the r...

Send us Fan Mail Co-Hosts Brooke Miller and Coach Rich Manning explore "Connections" and how Northwestern University and Athletics are preparing athletes to make those next steps in their sport, career and life while they are in school. We are joined by an award-winning group of 5th-year Danika (Dani) Austin, Senior Nicole Doucette and Junior GG Grust.  They discuss some of their incredi...

Send us Fan Mail Even in the middle of Winter time, it's always warm in the hearts and minds or our Wildcats Women's Soccer players.  And our California Contingent is a big source of sunshine.  In this episode you will meet GG Grust (San Diego), Charis Toney (Mountain View), Maddie Finnerty (San Clemente) and Presley Nevadomsky (Monrovia) - our very own California girls.  We will discuss...

Send us Fan Mail We all know how important the Goalkeepers are. And we are visiting with two of the best, Sophomore Reiley Fitzpatrick and Senior Gina Muzi. You will hear their GK Origin Stories. You will find out more about the GK personality, their GK role models and Fluffer Nutter sandwiches and SO MUCH MORE. Shoutout to GK CJ Roy who was sick on recording day. We will catch up with her another...