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CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan - Episode 2
CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan
Published on 10/24/2022
CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan
Published on 10/24/2022
In this episode, Folan addresses mental health. She talks with CMU Athletics dedicated counselor from the CMU Counseling Center, Brooke Bechtel, and student-athletes Jamezz Kimbrough (football) and Faith Anderson (field hockey). Bechtold talks about the critical need for mental health services. Kimbrough and Anderson share inspirational stories that have fueled a passion for mental health and how they plan to make it their life work.
Connect with CMU Counseling Center at counsel.cmich.edu and find Jamezz's business, More Vibes, More Love, at https://morevibezmorelove.com/.
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Voice of the Chippewas Adam Jaksa chats with head coach Matt Drinkall about his first season in Mount Pleasant. Coach Drinkall gets into the overhaul of the roster, his favorite memories from the fall, designing the uniforms, addressing the EMU/CMU game moving to Ford Field and also shows us the unique items in his office.
Published on 1/23/2026
Chatting Chippewas returns with host Adam Jaksa. This episode he talks with third year women's basketball coach Kristin Haynie. They chat about her playing career, being a head coach, what she thinks about this year's team and play some basketball too.
Published on 1/20/2026
Director of Athletics, Amy Folan talks men's basketball memories and the brand new season with two prestigious Central Michigan hoops alums. Dan Majerle, the 14-year NBA veteran and 3x NBA All-Star stops by, along with one of his former coaches at Central Michigan, Denny Kuiper. Kuiper played at Central from 1967-1971 and then helped coach as an assistant for multiple years, along with being a head coach at Sacred Heart and Mount Pleasant High School.
Published on 11/26/2025
Director of Athletics Amy Folan welcomes a couple of guests going into the Marcy Weston CMU Athletics Hall of Fame. First, Stephanie Martin was inducted from women's soccer. Martin was a four-time MAC honoree and won MAC Freshman of the Year in 2006. She helped get the Chippewas their first MAC regular season and tourney titles and led Central Michigan to their first NCAA tournament berth. Second, Chippewa legend Dave Keilitz speaks on behalf of the 1977 Central Michigan baseball team going into the Hall of Fame. Dave was the head coach of that memorable squad, the first CMU baseball team to win a MAC title.
Published on 10/8/2025