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CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan - Mentoring, Achievements and Making Memories
CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan
Published on 1/17/2024
CMU Athletics Connection with Amy Folan
Published on 1/17/2024
CMU Director of Athletics Amy Folan sat down with cross country and track & field student-athlete Emily Paupore and track & field head coach — and former CMU student-athlete — Jenny Swieton. Amy talks with Emily — an aspiring teacher and recent grand prize winner of the GO TEACH Dr. Pepper Giveaway — about winning in academics and athletics and making a difference along the way. Jenny shares with Amy her experience as a student-athlete turned coach and how she and her fellow coaches are changing lives every day.
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On this episode, Voice of the Chippewas Adam Jaksa sits down with Andy Bronkema to talk about the season, the upcoming toilet paper toss and his path of playing and coaching basketball. Don't miss their fierce pickleball battle as well!
Published on 1/30/2026
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