Jung Sports Podcast Chris Jung

After a standout football career at Christian County High School and a miraculous comeback from injury at Purdue University, Hopkinsville native Cory Trice Jr. is preparing to embark on a new journey: life in the National Football Like. Cory joined the Jung Sports Podcast to discuss his path to the NFL, the ways his parents have impacted him, and how a goals chart he made when beginning college has paid off. 

After scoring a school-record 178 goals during her career at University Heights Academy in Hopkinsville, Lilly Strader is already finding success at Murray State University, where the sophomore striker recently helped the Racers clinch the Ohio Valley Conference regular-season championship. Lilly joins the Jung Sports Podcast this week to discuss her contributions on the MSU squad, how her mom's fight with breast cancer has pushed her to work harder and how she became friends with her biggest rival. 

Four former Murray State Racers -- Chris Shumate, Tyler Holloway, Jimmie Holder and Tim Haworth, who all played for and coached under Mick Cronin at one time, join the Jung Sports Podcast this week to form the "Mick Cronin Panel." Give a listen as this foursome discusses UCLA's run to the Final Four, share some of their favorite MC stories/memories, and explain how they continue to emulate some of Coach Cronin's teachings within their respective coaching careers.

Donna Moir, the athletic director and head basketball coach of perennial powerhouse Louisville Sacred Heart Academy, joins the Jung Sports Podcast this week to share her disappointment over the inequality suffered by the NCAA Women's Tournament, reminisce about some of her high-profile Valkyrie alums and explain how the overall record of her 2002, 2003 and 2004 Kentucky state championship teams still helps dictate which horses she bets on in the Kentucky Derby.

Mere days before their appearance in the 2020-21 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Morehead State University Head Coach Preston Spradlin and MSU junior Jaylen Sebree -- a Christian County High School grad -- join the Jung Sports Podcast to discuss advice they've received from mentors like John Calipari, some unexpected phone calls following the Eagles' NCAA berth, their ideal postgame meal in Morehead, Kentucky, and much more.

Ninth-year Major League Baseball umpire Tripp Gibson -- a proud of alum of Graves County High School and Murray State University -- joins the Jung Sports Podcast to talk about his favorite ballparks and superstitions, how he got the news he was being called up to be a full-time MLB ump and how his journey began in western Kentucky.