Hatter Chatter ... The Podcast

Since grade school, the only thing Nick Rickles had ever cared about was baseball. Now in his 30s, his priorities have changed, but he will live out one final baseball dream this week in Tokyo as a member of the national team from Israel at the Olympic games. In the newest episode of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Rickles reflected on his years at Stetson, his teammates who are life-long friends, and the journey he has taken since being drafted by the...

Since grade school, the only thing Nick Rickles had ever cared about was baseball. Now in his 30s, his priorities have changed, but he will live out one final baseball dream this week in Tokyo as a member of the national team from Israel at the Olympic games. In the newest episode of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Rickles reflected on his years at Stetson, his teammates who are life-long friends, and the journey he has taken since being drafted by the...

Stetson Athletics’ medical support team - Dr. Mark Hollmann, Dr. Ben Thomasson and Dr. John Hill - work with Stetson as team physicians to help serve the student-athletes’ physical needs so they can compete at the highest levels. AdventHealth provides innumerable medical services, from Certified Athletic Trainers to physical therapy and rehab services while Stetson’s own Sports Medicine staff works diligently every day with coaches and students to make sure everyone remains healthy. Doctors...

Mark Michaud’s journey into athletics started early – really early. Cut from his high school basketball team as a sophomore, Michaud became as assistant coach for the freshman team. An opportunity to coach the team in a game, for just a half, was all it took for him to catch the coaching bug. From there, he tried his hand at almost anything. He coached a Little League Baseball team even though, at the time, he didn’t know anything about coaching. From there helped coach a high school...

Brandon Brewer always knew he wanted to create a life for himself in the game of baseball. The Hatters’ volunteer assistant coach, who guests on this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, has been in and around the game his entire life. In fact, even before he was born, he had a connection to Stetson because his father played for former Hatters head coach Pete Dunn at Apopka High School. Brewer was never the biggest or strongest player on any team he was...

Whenever Stetson Baseball is mentioned nationally, the first thought is normally about a pair of two-time Cy Young Award winners – Jacob deGrom and Corey Kluber. Pitching has been a hallmark for Hatters baseball for many years, and Associate Head Coach Dave Therneau has been in charge of Stetson’s hurlers for the last six seasons. During that time, the accomplishments have been plentiful as the Hatters have sent 10 pitchers and three catchers into professional baseball. The Stetson baseball...

Stetson coach Steve Trimper is the guest on this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union. During this episode he talks about the challenge of managing fall practice in an environment that has been drastically changed by the pandemic. He also talked about the challenge of managing a team with almost 50 players on the roster. Trimper also talked about the on-going challenge of putting a schedule together for the coming season, and how coaches across the...

Now entering his fourth year as a member of the Stetson Baseball coaching staff, Joe Mercadante works with the Hatters catchers and hitters in addition to serving as recruiting coordinator. It is in that role that he, along with Head Coach Steve Trimper and Associate Head Coach Dave Therneau, along with the rest of the baseball staff, was able to bring in a crop of 12 new players during the November signing period this year. In this edition of Hatter Chatter ... The Podcast, presented by...

Mike McKercher is in his fifth year as Associate AD for External Operations for Stetson Athletics and it seems as if his job has grown with each passing year. In addition to overseeing marketing and promotions operations, he also is the primary fundraiser for the Hatters, leading both major gifts and annual fund operations. He also oversees corporate sponsorships and fulfillment and, recently, added sport administrator duties for four Hatters teams. In this edition of Hatter Chatter ... The...

On every NCAA campus around the nation student-athletes have a tool at their disposal with which they can express their concerns on issues, organize community service projects, and have an impact on school, conference and NCAA rules and legislation. This tool is called the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Each SAAC includes student-athletes from every varsity team on campus. At Stetson University, the SAAC is led this year by seniors Arye Beck (Cross Country), Samuel Craig (Cross...

On every NCAA campus around the nation student-athletes have a tool at their disposal with which they can express their concerns on issues, organize community service projects, and have an impact on school, conference and NCAA rules and legislation. This tool is called the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Each SAAC includes student-athletes from every varsity team on campus. At Stetson University, the SAAC is led this year by seniors Arye Beck (Cross Country), Samuel Craig (Cross...

From her childhood, Katie DiGirolamo has always been very active. From sports to music to dance classes, she was always on the go – always busy. In this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, you’ll hear from the former Stetson volleyball and beach volleyball player that little has changed since she left college with a degree in Business Administration in the spring of 2014. While at Stetson, in addition to being an honor roll student, winner of the...

From her childhood, Katie DiGirolamo has always been very active. From sports to music to dance classes, she was always on the go – always busy. In this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, you’ll hear from the former Stetson volleyball and beach volleyball player that little has changed since she left college with a degree in Business Administration in the spring of 2014. While at Stetson, in addition to being an honor roll student, winner of the...

Little kids growing up with Major League dreams all have the same vision – the one about stepping onto a big league field for the first time with 50,000 people watching from the stands. For Logan Gilbert, the reality of his first time on a Major League Field was a little different. The former Stetson standout talks about that first time on the mound at Safeco Field in Seattle, under a completely different set of circumstances, during this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by...

Little kids growing up with Major League dreams all have the same vision – the one about stepping onto a big league field for the first time with 50,000 people watching from the stands. For Logan Gilbert, the reality of his first time on a Major League Field was a little different. The former Stetson standout talks about that first time on the mound at Safeco Field in Seattle, under a completely different set of circumstances, during this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by...

Like all golf fans around the world, for Stetson standout Sam Ryder will be watching the PGA Championship this weekend from his home in the Jacksonville area. It is certainly not where he had hoped to be this weekend but, like a lot of the players working to make a living on the PGA Tour, Ryder is focused on the things he can handle, and not the things that are out of his control. On this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Ryder talks about the...

Like all golf fans around the world, for Stetson standout Sam Ryder will be watching the PGA Championship this weekend from his home in the Jacksonville area. It is certainly not where he had hoped to be this weekend but, like a lot of the players working to make a living on the PGA Tour, Ryder is focused on the things he can handle, and not the things that are out of his control. On this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Ryder talks about the...

Smithers, West Virginia, is barely a dot on a map along the Kanawha River southeast of Charleston, but for Stetson women’s basketball coach Lynn Bria, that is the place where it all began. In this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Bria talks about how her world has always revolved around family and competition. As one of nine children, competition was all she ever knew, and there was always a game, event, or backyard challenge growing up in a large...

Smithers, West Virginia, is barely a dot on a map along the Kanawha River southeast of Charleston, but for Stetson women’s basketball coach Lynn Bria, that is the place where it all began. In this edition of Hatter Chatter … The Podcast, presented by Insight Credit Union, Bria talks about how her world has always revolved around family and competition. As one of nine children, competition was all she ever knew, and there was always a game, event, or backyard challenge growing up in a large...

The path from Lawrenceville, GA, to Stetson University has been filled with adversity for Jeremiah Nails. A captain for the Hatters' football team, and a second year graduate student who will leave Stetson with an MBA next spring, Nails has dealt with grief and loss and has kept his focus on the three things that matter most to him - family, football and academic achievement. Nails talks about growing up in a home filled with boys, and his relationship with teammate Nick Blakely that was...