Lion Around: The TCNJ Athletics Podcast TCNJ Athletics

Matt Goldsmith gets us ready for football season with head coach Casey Goff and senior running back Mark Pacini on the eve of the season. The pair talks about missing football during the pandemic, the attitude heading into the 2021 season and some meaty choices for a favorite diner meal.

Matt Goldsmith opens the 2021-22 academic year with the newest member of the TCNJ Athletics staff, Associate AD Miles Smith, Jr. Miles will be responsible for managing the department's compliance and eligibility processes and ensuring the department's adherence to all NCAA, NJAC and TCNJ rules and regulations. He will also work to develop educational, leadership and support programming for student-athletes and as the advisor for the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and other development programs, such as Lions Leading Lions. Miles will also be the department's Diversity & Inclusion Designee.

Head men's basketball coach Matt Goldsmith welcomes freshman baseball catcher Ryan Goodall to the podcast. Ryan made conference history by becoming the first freshman baseball player to win both the NJAC Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year in the same season. Ryan also talks about his journey to TCNJ and goes a little off the board with his favorite Springsteen song. 

Liz Shatkus, TCNJ's senior associate director of athletics for facilities and operations & Senior Woman Administrator, joins the podcast this month to talk about the recent athletics facilities renovations, helping the campus through COVID supply distributions, and the high school state championship victory in her past.

A student-athlete roundtable! Coach Goldsmith is joined by the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) officers. Victoria Vricella (President), Annette Wanjiku (Vice President) and David Rodriguez (Secretary) talk about their favorite classes, what other sport they would like to try, and the benefits of SAAC on TCNJ's campus.

Legendary field hockey and lacrosse coach Sharon Pfluger joins the podcast and talks about how she became the head coach of two programs, the most important attribute she looks for in a recruit, and her favorite part of working and coaching at TCNJ.