#OneValley Podcast
By Missouri Valley Conference
Members of The Valley family, former student-athletes, coaches and administrators, join the chat each episode.
For more information on The Valley's efforts, visit mvc-sports.com/OneValley
#OneValley PodcastOct 28, 2021
One Valley: Honoring Hispanic Heritage
Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month with gaining perspective from Evansville's distinguished head coach and outside hitter. They discuss with Kelly Burke what Hispanic heritage means to them and how they stay connected.
Guests include: Host Kelly Burke, Head Coach of Evansville Volleyball Fernando Morales, and Evansville Outside Hitter Alondra Vazquez
50 Years of Title IX - Honoring Our Past
On the 50th Anniversary of Title IX being signed into law, legendary women from the Missouri Valley Conference join host Kelly Burke to talk about their experience with discrimination, the way things have changed since their time in athletics and more.
Guests include Dr. Charlotte West, Dr. Linda Herman and Jill Hutchison.
Episode Twelve
For International Women's Day, we brought together generations of women who have been apart of The Valley to talk about their experiences. Hosted by Kelly Burke, we're joined by Illinois State University volleyball's Kendee Hilliard, MacKenzie McFeron from the University of Evansville softball team, Bobbi Petersen, the head coach of the University of Northern Iowa volleyball program and Diane Daugherty, formerly of Southern Illinois.
Episode Eleven
In this episode of the #OneValley Podcast, Kelly Burke sits down with Loyola's Sister Jean to talk about her life, her love of the Ramblers and more.
Episode Ten
In this episode of the #OneValley Podcast, host Kelly Burke talks with current student-athletes, Noah Malone (Indiana State) & Erin Kerkhoff (UNI), as well as recent grad Jessica Heims, about their experience at the 2020 Paralympics this summer, and learns more about their experience with disability.
Episode Nine
In this episode of the #OneValley Podcast, host Kelly Burke talks to former Indiana State Head Football Coach Trent Miles about his career as a coach, moving into a role with the Boys & Girls Club, being around for his kids and more.
Episode Eight
Jerry Harkness, a star of Loyola Chicago's 1963 National Champion basketball team, is joined by current player Lucas Williamson as they sit down to talk about race and social justice issues from the past, and those existing today.
You can read more about Jerry Harkness in his memoir, Connections, which is available for purchase here.
Visit the #OneValley landing page for more information about the initiative.
Episode Seven
In this episode, Kelly Burke talks with former Valley staff member, Derrick Docket, about his perspective on what's happening, how to have tough conversations with your friends and family and where we go from here.
Episode Six
On this episode of the #OneValley Podcast, our all-women panel talks about how they empower their teams, issues they've faced throughout their lives and more.
The panel is made up of host, Kelly Burke, Missouri State head women's basketball coach Amaka Agugua-Hamitlon, Illinois State head women's basketball coach Kristen Gillespie and Illinois State volunteer assistant volleyball coach Tiffane' Jackson.
To learn more about The Valley's #OneValley initiative, visit mvc-sports.com/OneValley
Episode Five
In this episode, Kelly Burke is joined by a group of Valley basketball legends, Dolph Pulliam of Drake, Carl Nicks of Indiana State and Chris Lowery of Southern Illinois. The group talks about the state of our country, how basketball helped them and the group shares some unique stories.
Episode Four
Kelly Burke is joined by Valparaiso associate head coach Luke Gore to talk about the importance of voting in the presidential election, as well as what's going on in the country.
Episode Three
In the third episode of the #OneValley podcast, Kelly Burke is joined by Indiana State assistant men's basketball coach Kareem Richardson, Shannon Ryan of the Chicago Tribune & former University of Northern Iowa football player Jamison Whiting.
Episode Two
In the second episode of our #OneValley podcast, we're joined by Missouri State head men's basketball coach Dana Ford, Southern Illinois women's basketball player Gabby Walker, former Evansville basketball standout Marcus Wilson & Harry Schroeder from ValleyHoopsInsider.com.
Episode One
In the first episode of the #OneValley Podcast, Kelly Burke sits down with Valley football analyst, Danan Hughes, Southern Illinois head football coach Nick Hill, Northern Iowa director of athletics David Harris, Indiana State director of athletics Sherard Clinkscales and Missouri State director of athletics Kyle Moats to talk about how the death of George Floyd sparked a movement and what that means to them and for the world.