Redshirt senior right-hander discusses his first year as the Friday night starter and the highlights of the Gary Henderson’s inaugural season as head coach Utah baseball is in the hunt for a Pac-12 Conference Tournament berth and a top-eight finish in the league. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, redshirt senior pitcher Matthew Sox jo…

Alexia Burch, a super senior from Sparks, Nev., and two-time team captain, is wrapping up her stellar career for the Utah gymnastics team. The three-time All-Pac-12 selection joins this episode of Utes Insider with Mike Lageschulte to look back on her time with the program and preview the NCAA Championships. She also talks about what has helped mak…

A four-year starter, Dru Gylten has experienced a lot during her time with the Utah women’s basketball program. From playing on a team that was ranked in the Top 25 as a redshirt freshman, to experiencing the struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic, to leading the program to its first Pac-12 Tournament title game and an appearance in the NCAA Tournament…

The two RMISA champion Nordic skiers talk about their Olympic experience with Team USA in Beijing and look ahead to the NCAA Championships Utah is hosting the NCAA Skiing Championships at Park City Mountain Resort and Soldier Hollow March 9-12. Host Mike Lageschulte is joined by Ute Nordic skiers Novie McCabe and Luke Jager to preview the competiti…

Kelise Davis of track & field and women’s basketball player Dasia Young wrap up our Black History Month series with host Steven “Sly” Sylvester As we wrap up the Our Voices Podcast series for Black History Month, host Steven “Sly” Sylvester is joined by Kelise Davis of the track & field program and Dasia Young from women’s basketball. Both grew up …

Gymnast Cammy Hall and track & field athlete Maya LeBar visit with host Steven “Sly” Sylvester in a salute to Black History Month During this episode of the Our Voices Podcast, host Steven “Sly” Sylvester is joined by Cammy Hall from gymnastics and Maya LeBar of track & field. The two ladies vocalize the challenges they faced while growing up in pr…

Episode 2 Lacrosse players Bryce Cheek and Branden Wilson join O.V.P. host Steven “Sly” Sylvester, discussing moments important to them in Black History. Cheek, from North Carolina, and Wilson, from California, share personal stories of experiencing racism while growing up and explain how racism does not only impact the Black community. Sly leads a…

Episode 1 Former Utah linebacker and current sideline reporter Steven Sylvester debuts his new podcast, Our Voices: Celebrating Black History Month. The show is platform for student-athletes to voice their opinions. In this episode, he is joined by football players Micah Bernard and Clark Phillips. The guys talk about the importance of teaching Bla…

The Red Rocks are primed to make a national title run in 2022. Returning 23 of 24 routines from last year’s lineup that lifted them to a third-place finish, including two-time national champion Maile O’Keefe, Utah has also added three gymnasts who made the trip to Tokyo for the Summer Olympics. Head coach Tom Farden joins host Mike Lageschulte to b…

Seventh-year head coach breaks down a talented 2021-22 team and talks about why she entered the coaching profession Following six years of running the women’s basketball program at Utah, Lynne Roberts has made it clear that “it is time for us to pivot to being great.” With eight letter winners and five starters returning from a year ago and four ES…

Stef Jankiewicz was having a great college career at Illinois State, earning Missouri Valley Conference Setter of the Year honors twice. But she wanted something more. The super senior elected to transfer for her last year, looking initially for a place to play beach volleyball, but ended up taking over the setting duties for a nationally-ranked pr…

The fifth-year senior who earned All-Region honors last week looks ahead to seventh-ranked Utah’s appearance in the NCAA Championships on Saturday The Utah cross country team is off to the NCAA Championships this Saturday. One individual who has played a major role in the program’s success in recent years is fifth-year senior Bella Williams. The na…

Patience has paid off for Cameron Rising. After beginning his college career at Texas, transferring to Utah, suffering a season-ending injury in 2020, and winning the starting job back three games into the 2021 season, the redshirt sophomore has taken command of the Utah offense. On October 9, Rising threw for 306 yards and three touchdowns in a 42…

Dani Drews, a senior outside hitter from Brighton High School, is from a family full of accomplished Utes athletes. Her parents were two-sport standouts and two of her bothers played football for the Utes. But Dani might be the best of all of them. Drews is the first two-time First Team All-American in Utah volleyball history, the reigning Pac-12 C…

Time for a trip down memory lane with a couple of Utah football standouts from the mid-1980s who have gone on to some unique and impressive careers Former teammates Eddie Johnson, who held the school rushing record for over 30 years, and wide receiver Greg Holder reminisce about their playing days and give us some insight into their current endeavo…

The long-time Stanford assistant coach talks about his plan for the Utah program Hideki Nakada is his first season as the Utah soccer head coach. During the episode of Utes Insider, he joins host Mike Lageschulte to talk about what drew him to Utah, his coaching influences and philosophies, and his goals for the Utah program. Nakada comes to Utah a…

The five-time All-American recently placed sixth in the 3000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Distance runner Grayson Murphy, a five-time All-American in two years at Utah, recently competed in the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the U.S. Olympic Trials. During this episode of Utes Insider, Murphy talks about her chase to make the Olympic…

After recording the highest individual finish by a Ute golfer at Regionals, the junior is off to the national tournament Ute junior golfer Tristan Mandur is on his way to the NCAA Championships, playing May 28-June 2 at the Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz. He joins the show to preview the championships, reflect on the season, and talk about …

Former U.S. National Team member talks about her time with the Red Rocks as well as her International Elite career Gymnast Maile O’Keefe, who was the 2021 Pac-12 Conference all-around champion and claimed national titles on bars and floor, joins host Mike Lageschulte for this edition of Utes Insider. O’Keefe looks back at her sophomore year, when s…

Third-year Director of Skiing discusses the key performances from Utah’s 2021 National Title run. It has been a great start to the Utah coaching career for Director of skiing Fredrik Landstedt, who has led Utes to two NCAA titles in two opportunities. This episode features his conversation with host Mike Lageschulte from the Athletics-Alumni Associ…

The 17th year head coach discusses this year’s team, the south end zone stadium project and the Ty Jordan Memorial Scholarship Fund Kyle Whittingham’s football team recently concluded spring drills. The Ute head coach dropped by the Virtual Huddle co-hosted by Utah Athletics and the U Alumni Association on April 16, and we wanted to give you anothe…

The Utah volleyball team earned the No. 14 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament with a 13-4 record. Junior setter Saige Ka’aha’aina-Torres joins host Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider to look back on the season and look ahead to the tournament in Omaha, Neb. The Hawaii native also talks about why she felt Utah was the perfect place to…

Freshman from Park City looks back on winning two titles at the 2021 NCAA Championships Becoming just the 12th skier in school history to win two races at nationals, freshman Nordic skier Sydney Palmer-Leger joins host Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider to look back on her amazing performance at the 2021 NCAA Championships. After winn…

Brian Holman is in his fifth season overall as Utah’s lacrosse head coach and third at the Division I level. He dropped by the March Virtual Huddle that Ute Athletics co-hosted with the U Alumni Association on March 5, and we wanted to share this interview with you. Holman talks about the growth of the program, Utah’s new conference affiliation wit…

Rich Manning has built the Ute soccer program into a consistent winner, leading the team to eight NCAA Tournament appearances and 188 wins in 18 seasons. During this edition of Utes Insider, Manning joins Mike Lageschulte to look ahead to the spring season and talk about the challenges he and the players in the Ute program have faced over the past …

Utah Athletics is celebrating Black History Month in February. During this edition of Utes Insider, we turn the show over to four Ute student-athletes who are part of U.T.A.H. group, which stands for United Together Against Hate. They have participated in a reading of “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. The book is written as a letter t…

Tom Farden is in his sixth year as a head coach with the Red Rocks, who are ranked No. 4 in the nation and favored to win the Pac-12 Conference Championship. Farden joins Mike Lageschulte for a lengthy conversation about this year’s team and plans to expand the Dumke Gymnastics Center in the coming years. He also tells the story of how Greg and Meg…

As she enters her 31st season as the head coach of the Utah volleyball program, Beth Launiere has also become an author. During COVID-19 pandemic, Launiere and Leo Hopf wrote “Stop Competing and Start Winning: The Business of Coaching.” Launiere drops by the show to discuss her new book and preview the upcoming season. The Utes are ranked No. 10 in…

As an All-Mountain West Conference safety from 2005-07, Steve Tate was Utah’s top tackler his last two seasons and led the Utes to three bowl victories. Today, he and his wife, Savanna, are making a difference in the Salt Lake community by running the Hayes Tough Foundation, named after their infant son who died from cancer in 2016. Steve joins hos…

As we gear up for the start of the Pac-12 football season, Mike Lageschulte catches up with former Utah and NFL wide receiver Kevin Dyson on this edition of Utes Insider. Dyson, who was a two-time first-team All-WAC selection for the Utes from 1994-97, remains Utah’s all-time leader in receptions and was a first-round draft pick by the Tennessee Ti…

An All-Mountain West Conference safety on Utah’s 2008 Sugar Bowl team, Robert Johnson is now helping other former student-athletes as a professional development mentor. Johnson joins Mike Lageschulte on this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi to look back at how he joined the Ute program as an under-recruited athlete from the junior college…

Ever wonder how certain traditions were created? During this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi, the stories of two recent Utah Athletics traditions, the MUSS and flashing the U, are told firsthand by men behind them. John Fackler worked for the U Alumni Association from 2000-18, but he might be best known as the Godfather of the MUSS. The …

Even without football games, there will be a lot of activity this fall at Rice-Eccles Stadium as work continues on the Ken Garff Performance Zone south end zone project. To give us an update on the construction time frame and seating options available, Sean Farrell, Director of the Crimson Club, and Austin McCormick, General Manager for Legends Glo…

Former two-time honorable mention all-conference linebacker Mike Wright joins this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi to look back at his career from 2006-09, which included Utah’s undefeated Sugar Bowl season in 2008. Wright, a native of Bountiful, Utah, led Utah in tackles in 2008 and was second on the team in 2009. During the podcast, Wr…

A lot has happened around the Pac-12 Conference in recent weeks, headlined by the postponement of athletics competition until January 1. To gain some perspective on what this means for Utah Athletics and the entire conference, Yogi Roth, football analyst for the Pac-12 Networks, joins host Mike Lageschulte for this edition of Utes Insider presented…

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It has been a challenging four and a half months for student-athletes since the Pac-12 Conference cancelled competition for the remainder of the spring due to the coronavirus. Within days of the league’s announcement on March 12, the Utah campus was closed to students. A sense of normalcy finally returned on June 15, when a portion of the Utes were…

Utah assistant lacrosse coach Will Manny joins Mike Lageschulte for this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi. Manny, as well as other Ute coaches Marcus Holman and Adam Ghitelman, will play in the Premier Lacrosse League Championship Series from July 25-August 9 at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. Manny, who plays for Archers LC, talks …

During our interview, Fife looks back at some of the early days of his life in baseball, which included a trip to the Little League World Series. After not receiving much interest from Division I teams coming out of high school, Fife started his collegiate career at Everett Community College north of Seattle. He joined the Utes for his sophomore se…

During this edition of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi, Holly Daugirda joins Mike Lageschulte to look back on leading the Ute women’s soccer team to a pair of NCAA Tournament berths during her career from 2016-19, including the first Sweet 16 appearance in school history. She also talks about playing for her current team, the Utah Royals FC of the …

Rev. France Davis has worked with the Utah football team since the early 2000s, is an emeritus adjunct professor at the University of Utah, and was the pastor for Calvary Baptist Church for 46 years before retiring last December. Since moving to Salt Lake City in the early 1970s, Davis has fought numerous battles on behalf of Utah’s black community…

As the point guard for the Runnin’ Utes from 2002-06, Tim Drisdom was a part of three Mountain West Conference championships and a run to the NCAA Sweet 16 in 2005. During this episode of Utes Insider, Drisdom shares his insights on what made those teams so great, as well as his memories of playing for head coach Rick Majerus and alongside Andrew B…

Emily Potter joins Mike Lageschulte to talk about her time with the Ute women’s basketball team, what drew her to Utah from Canada, her professional playing career and Europe, and new book she has produced to help adults maintain good mental health.Av University of Utah - Athletics

Our second month of Utes Insider presented by Pepsi begins with Hannah Flippen, a two-time Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year in softball who is vying for a spot on Team USA for the Tokyo Summer Olympics. The first three-time All-American in school history looks back on her career at Utah, which included three trips to the NCAA Tournament and bac…

For the second straight Friday, Utah football season ticket holders were treated to a live session with a member of the coaching staff on May 15. This time, offensive coordinator Andy Ludwig joined host Mike Lageschulte, and we are making the interview available in its entirety. Ludwig breaks down the offensive personnel, including a remaking of th…

With May being Mental Health Awareness Month and the challenges facing everyone during the coronavirus pandemic, we invited Jonathan Ravarino, the director of psychology and wellness for Utah Athletics, to join the program. Since Jonathan came on board in 2015, Utah has experienced tremendous growth in its mental health initiatives for student-athl…

Utah defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley joined Mike Lageschulte for a live session with football season ticket holders on Friday, May 8 and we have the interview available in its entirety. Morgan talks about how the Ute players and players and staff have been preparing for the upcoming season during the coronavirus shutdown. He breaks down the pe…

The second installment of “Utes Insider” presented by Pepsi features former Ute national champion gymnast and current stunt performer Kristina Baskett. Mike Lageschulte talks to Kristina about her gymnastics career, which started at the age of two and culminated with 12 All-America awards and an NCAA bars title with the Red Rocks. She also tells us…

In the debut episode of the “Utes Insider” podcast presented by Pepsi, Mike Lageschulte interviews Donny Daniels about Utah men’s basketball’s run to the 1998 NCAA Final Four. Daniels, who was an assistant coach under Rick Majerus from 1990-2000, shares some great stories about the players who made the 1997-98 team so special and relives the big mo…