Monroe MustHangs
By Monroe College Mustangs
Monroe MustHangsApr 01, 2021
Monroe Track and Field's Amon Twins
Monroe MustHangs gets back to its normal schedule and new normal format this week! We welcome Thulisile and Thobile Amon, the Amon Twins, from the Monroe Mustangs women's track and field/cross country team to the show! We discuss growing up together, competing with, and helping each other grow, getting to Monroe, winning a national championship last year, the events of the past year since then, and looking forward to the upcoming outdoor season!
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 15% off all orders of $70+ with promo code APRIL21
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You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Director of Sports Medicine Jessica Rayford Returns
The National Athletic Training Month series wraps up on Monroe MustHangs today with Monroe College Director of Sports Medicine Jessica Rayford returning to the show! We recap the month of interviews with our athletic trainers, talk about how we got to the point of our teams returning to the field, and more!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Monroe Express Asst. Athletic Trainer Amanda Vojta
We're in the final week of our National Athletic Training Month Series on Monroe MustHangs! This episode welcomes Monroe Express Assistant Athletic Trainer Amanda Vojta to the show. Amanda is the newest member of the Monroe College Sports Medicine team, having come on board last summer, right in the thick of the pandemic. Amanda shares her experience of joining the Express at such a strange time, her experiences in this field before coming to Monroe, and what she's looking forward to this season!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Monroe Express Head Athletic Trainer Morganne Lundin
We're back with another episode in our National Athletic Training Month Series, this time with Monroe Express Head Athletic Training Morganne Lundin! Morganne has been with the Express for a few years now, working their way up from assistant athletic trainer to head athletic trainer very quickly. Morganne has also been instrumental in Monroe's COVID-19 protocols and education. Learn more about Morganne in today's episode!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Assistant Athletic Trainer Bobby Keehn (National Athletic Training Month)
Our National Athletic Training Month series continues with Monroe Mustangs Assistant Athletic Trainer and Assistant Rugby Coach Bobby Keehn! Bobby has been working with the Mustangs for a number of years now, seeing his role become full-time and then some over the past couple years. His interest in Monroe grew from his involvement with the sport of rugby, and led to him not only coming on full-time at Monroe, but also serving as a coach for the rugby program as well. Learn more about Bobby in this week's episode!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Assistant Athletic Trainer Raeven Reivers (National Athletic Training Month)
Our National Athletic Training Month series continues with Monroe Mustangs Assistant Athletic Trainer Raeven Reivers! Much like Andrew Calo in our last episode, Raeven found his way to Monroe after taking classes taught by Director of Sports Medicine Jessica Rayford. Learn all about Raeven and how he got into athletic training the second episode of our NATM series!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and listen in podcast form on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you find podcasts!
Associate Head Athletic Trainer Andrew Calo (National Athletic Training Month)
It's National Athletic Training Month! And in honor of NATM, Monroe MustHangs is going to feature all of our athletic trainers from both the Monroe Mustangs and Monroe Express athletic departments!
First up is the Monroe Mustangs' Associate Head Athletic Trainer, Andrew Calo! Andrew is in his fourth year at Monroe College, having started as a student athletic trainer before quickly climbing the ladder to become the head athletic trainer for the Mustangs football team and eventually earning his role as associate head athletic trainer. We also discuss dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic from the perspective of the athletic training staff, and how we will be managing the pandemic during the spring season, which starts in just one week!
Follow the Monroe College Sports Medicine department on Instagram at @monroesportsmed
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe Baseball Pitching Coach Manny Roman and Pitcher Vladimir Ceverino
Baseball season is just around the corner, so brought on a couple members of the Monroe Mustangs baseball team to talk about it! Pitching coach Manny Roman and returning pitcher Vladimir Ceverino join host David Spiegel to discuss the challenges leading up to this season, the heartbreak of the shortened 2020 season, and the expectations and excitement for the 2021 campaign!
The Mustangs will open their season on the road at Mercer County Community College on March 16, and take on Mercer County in their home opener in New Rochelle with a 2 PM doubleheader on Tuesday, March 23!
As always, Monroe MustHangs is sponsored by the Monroe Mustangs Sideline Store! Get your own custom Mustangs apparel today, and take 20% off all orders of $80+ with promo code MARCH21
MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/shop
You can watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Softball Coach Samantha Santillo Returns
Head Softball Coach Samantha Santillo becomes the first returning guest on Monroe MustHangs for an exciting episode where we actually get to discuss an upcoming season! That's right, we're currently scheduled for a mid-March beginning to the spring season! In this episode, Coach Santillo and host David Spiegel discuss what's to come in the near future, how we got here, dealing with the stresses of the last year leading up to this, and more!
Monroe MustHangs is also available to watch on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Track and Field Head Coach Lesleigh Hogg
This week's episode of Monroe MustHangs features the head coach of the Monroe Mustangs Track and Field program, Lesleigh Hogg! Coach Hogg has an impressive and extensive history in coaching, and he discusses it with host David Spiegel during this interview. The two also talk about the immense success the Mustangs' track and field program has seen throughout its existence, the family environment is has created with coaches, current athletes, alumni and more, and how the program has become a nationally recognized academic juggernaut.
You can watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) or on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Men's Basketball Assistant Coach James Barrett
This week's episode features Monroe Mustangs men's basketball assistant coach James Barrett! Coach Barrett joins host David Spiegel to discuss the past two years of Monroe Mustangs men's basketball, as well as his incredible work with Unsigned Hype Unlimited and the Unsigned Hype Senior Games! We also get to hear about Coach Barrett's relationship with Unsigned Hype alumni and 2020 New York Knicks first-round pick Obi Toppin!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Baseball Alumni Freddy Rojas Jr. and Anthony Rodriguez
Monroe MustHangs welcomes two guests on the same episode for the first time, as Monroe Mustangs baseball alumni Freddy Rojas Jr. and Anthony Rodriguez join the show together! Rojas and Rodriguez share a bond that goes back to playing together as teenagers, reuniting as transfers at Monroe, and then reuniting once more at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, where they are just two weeks away from the beginning of the 2021 baseball season.
You can watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Former Mustangs Quarterback Dominique Shoffner
The 20th episode of Monroe MustHangs features former Monroe Mustangs quarterback Dominique Shoffner! Dom transferred to Monroe from North Carolina Central prior to the 2019 season, and went on to set a ton of team records while leading the team to the 2019 Salt City Bowl. Dom talks to host David Spiegel about his JUCO journey, his historic 2019 season at Monroe and moving on to NCAA Division I Charlotte.
Monroe MustHangs is available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)! Catch new episodes every Thursday!
Esports Coordinator Govinda Raghubar
On this week's episode of Monroe MustHangs, we welcome one of the newest members of the Monroe College Athletics family, Esports Coordinator Govinda Raghubar. Govinda joins host David Spiegel to discuss the upcoming Monroe esports program, what it entails, what it offers, and where he envisions it going in the near and far future.
If you are interested in joining the esports program, whether you are a Monroe College student, or a potential future Monroe student, please register for the Monroe Esports Discord here: discord.gg/syP2Pmt
Learn more about the Monroe esports program at MonroeCollegeMustangs.com/esports
Monroe MustHangs is also available on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram), and in podcast form on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and wherever you choose to listen to podcasts!
Monroe Express AD Allaire Primiano (Part 2)
Monroe Express Director of Athletics Allaire Primiano is back for Part 2 of her Monroe MustHangs interview this week! We continue the story about the Monroe Express and where the Monroe College-Bronx athletic department is headed this year and in the future!
Monroe MustHangs is available to watch on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe Express AD Allaire Primiano (Part 1)
Happy New Year! Monroe MustHangs is back with its first guest of 2021, Monroe College Express Director of Athletics Allaire Primiano. Allaire speaks to host David Spiegel about the beginnings of the Monroe Express and how she first got involved with it, the progress of the Express over its first four years of existence, and more! So much was discussed that this interview was split into two parts, with part two coming out next week.
Monroe MustHangs is available to watch on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Head Volleyball Coach Nephtali Delgado Reyes
The final episode of Monroe MustHangs for 2020 is here. 10th year head women's volleyball coach Nephtali Delgado Reyes joins host David Spiegel this week! We discuss his start in volleyball, how he got to Monroe, and all of the successes he has led the program to since joining the Mustang family in 2011!
Happy Holidays!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Just the SID (2019-20 and More Recap)
We have a special edition of Monroe MustHangs this week! Host David Spiegel goes solo, recapping the 2019-20 season, everything that's happened since the COVID-19 pandemic halted college athletics in the spring, and more!
You can also watch this episode of Monroe MustHangs in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs)! All previous episodes are also available on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram).
Former Women's Soccer Star Marta Alemany Sanchez
A former star student-athlete for the Mustangs women's soccer team joins the show, as Marta Alemany Sanchez talks with host David Spiegel about her incredible tenure as a Mustang. Marta was the star goalkeeper for the Mustangs for the 2018 NJCAA National Championship and undefeated season, earning First-Team All-American, national tournament defensive MVP and CoSIDA Academic All-America® honors before continuing her career at NCAA Div. I Long Beach State University. Check out this episode to hear all about how Marta got to Monroe, continuing her playing career on the west coast, and what she's up to today!
You can follow Marta on Instagram at @alemanymartaa
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Marching Band Director Gary Hollander
Monroe MustHangs is back after the Thanksgiving break! This week, host David Spiegel (with upgraded audio and video equipment!) welcomes Monroe College Marching Band Director Gary Hollander to the show to talk about Monroe's fantastic marching band, its uniqueness, directing a marching band during a pandemic, and how Dr. Hollander found his way to Monroe!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/monroemustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 12 - Terry Karg
One of the biggest traditions of Monroe College Homecoming Week is the annual Homecoming football game. While that can't happen in 2020, we are lucky enough to be joined by the only head football coach Monroe College has ever known, Terry Karg, for this week's episode of Monroe MustHangs! Coach Karg chats with host David Spiegel to discuss his football beginnings, reaching the collegiate and professional ranks as a player before getting into coaching, starting the Monroe football program from scratch in 2011 and everything he's experienced since then!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 11 - Tiffany Faaee
This week's episode of Monroe MustHangs features our first professional athletes/celebrity in the rugby world, Monroe College rugby head coach Tiffany Faaee! Coach Faaee joins host David Spiegel to discuss her long professional rugby career, spanning numerous countries and levels of competition, as well as how she got into coaching, her experiences so far at Monroe College, and more!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs) on Instagram!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 10 - Jeff Brustad
This week's episode of Monroe MustHangs features long-tenured head coach of the Monroe Mustangs men's basketball team, Jeff Brustad! Coach Brustad sits down (virtually) with host David Spiegel to discuss his start in coaching college basketball, quickly collecting his first of eight District Championships, some of the impressive players he has coached during his 18 years at Monroe, the experience of having his son by his side while coaching the Mustangs, and more!
Monroe MustHangs is also available in video form on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) and on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 9 - Jeremy Thompson
This week we switch things up a bit on Monroe MustHangs and welcome in Monroe Express Head Women's Basketball Coach Jeremy Thompson to the show. He and host David Spiegel discuss Coach Thompson's recent experience as part of the exclusive TopConnect NJCAA Symposium, as well as his thoughts on his first year with the Express and his coaching roots in the tri-state area.
You can also watch the video version of Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/monroemustangs) and IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 8 - Jessica Rayford
Episode 8 of Monroe MustHangs has a special guest, as Associate AD and Director of Sports Medicine Jessica Rayford joins the show. She speaks with host David Spiegel about her journey to Monroe, climbing the ladder with the Mustangs, how the athletic trainers at Monroe are dealing with COVID-19, and more!
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) or on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 7 - Shirvon Greene
Episode 7 of Monroe MustHangs welcomes long-time cross country and track and field coach Shirvon Greene onto the show. We discuss his time as a student-athlete at Monroe and the role he played in starting the track and field program, the consistent success of the Mustangs cross country and track and field programs, Coach Greene's recent charitable efforts for his home nation of Nevis, and more!
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs) or on IGTV (@monroemustangs on Instagram)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 6 - Juan Felix Rodriguez
We have our first student-athlete/alumni guest on Monroe MustHangs this week, as two-time NJCAA All-American and former Mustangs men's basketball star Juan Felix Rodriguez joins the show! He and host David Spiegel discuss Rodriguez's successful two seasons with the Mustangs, bouncing back to claim the 2020 East District Championship after a heartbreaking loss the year prior, his decision to continue his collegiate career at Stony Brook University, and more!
The video version of Monroe MustHangs is also available on YouTube (YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs), IGTV (@monroemustangs)!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 5 - Dana Warner
Welcome to Episode 5 of Monroe MustHangs, presented by the Monroe College Mustangs Department of Athletics! This week, third-year head coach of the women's basketball program Dana Warner joins host David Spiegel to discuss being a Monroe College alum, his 10 years working with the men's basketball program and his transition from being the top assistant coach for the men's team to becoming the head coach of the women's team.
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube at YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs and on the Monroe Mustangs Instagram (@monroemustangs) IGTV Channel.
Monroe MustHangs Episode 4 - Marcus DiBernardo
Welcome to Episode 4 of Monroe MustHangs, presented by the Monroe College Mustangs Department of Athletics! This week, longtime head men's soccer coach Marcus DiBernardo joins host David Spiegel to discuss his successful 12-year tenure at Monroe College, winning national titles with both the men's and women's programs in the past two years, what makes Monroe College a great fit for international student-athletes, and more!
You can also watch Monroe MustHangs on YouTube at YouTube.com/MonroeMustangs!
Monroe MustHangs Episode 3 - Ari Ross
For Monroe MustHangs Episode 3, host David Spiegel brings on an old friend, former Monroe Express Sports Information Director and the former play-by-play announcer for the Monroe Mustangs, Ari Ross. Ari and David discuss the beginnings of the Monroe Express and the roles they both played in building up the sports information component of the Express athletic department, as well as experiences as a Sports Information Director at Monroe, Ari's experiences since moving on to Hiram College in Ohio, and what a COVID-19-impacted 2020-21 season looks like for SIDs.
Monroe MustHangs Episode 2 - Francis Santos
Welcome to Episode 2 of the brand new Monroe MustHangs podcast! This week we welcome longtime baseball assistant coach, facilities and events manager, and athletic department staple Francis Santos onto the show. Santos talks to host David Spiegel about his experiences at Monroe, what he prides himself on, and reveals some of his hobbies outside of Monroe athletics.
Monroe MustHangs Episode 1 - Samantha Santillo
Welcome to Episode 1 of the brand new Monroe MustHangs interview and podcast series!
Our first guest is Monroe Mustangs head softball coach Samantha Santillo, who joins us to talk about college athletics during the COVID-19 pandemic, her experiences at Monroe so far, how being a student-athlete helped her become a coach, and what she's been doing over the past few months!