Hardrocker Huddle: The Official Podcast of South Dakota Mines Athletics

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to track & field athlete Kathy Mathieu to discuss a variety of topics.

On this episode, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert speaks to Ethan Pitlick, discussing topics such as the transition from Aberdeen to Gettysburg, what brought Ethan to South Dakota Mines, and goals for his next two years as well as involvement around campus.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to women's golfer Jessalyn Shipp in a wide-ranging conversation, discussing her family life, golf career, academic career, and campus involvement.

This episode features track & field athlete Jade Cass. Recent RMAC Champion and host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert discuss Jade's life, growing up, the decision to attend South Dakota Mines, and his future.

The final episode of the coaches' show for 2022-23 features Coach Stephens and Indoor Conference Champion Jade Cass, as well as Kolten Mortensen and Coach Glenn from the men's basketball program and head women's basketball coach, Jeri Jacobson.

Hear from Hardrocker Track & Field and Men's Basketball on this edition of the coaches' show.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with Alejandro Rama to talk about his Oglala Lakota roots, his basketball career, growing up, and his future

Hear from Hardrocker women's basketball, men's basketball, and track & field athletes 

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with rapid city native Bailey Johnson of Hardrocker Women's Basketball to talk about her basketball career, future plans, and life outside of school and sports.

This episode features Jasper Reinalda, a member of the Hardrocker men's basketball team. On this episode they discussed Jasper's time growing up in Oregon, his Netherlands background, prep school year as well as his basketball experience and the team.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes dual-sport athlete, Megan Alexander, a member of Hardrocker Women's Golf and Hardrocker Women's Basketball to discuss life as a dual sport athlete, how she came to South Dakota Mines, and her life growing up. 

Hear from Hardrocker men's basketball coach Eric Glenn and athlete Kyle Harris as well as the women's basketball coach Jeri Jacobson and athlete Megan Alexander on the 1-3 edition of the coaches' lunch.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes South Dakota Mines track & field student-athlete, Kamryn Scully onto the show to discuss the track & field program, her role in the Women's Hardrocker Organization as well as during her time as well as his life growing up, the decision to come to South Dakota Mines and her journey to South Dakota Mines and future plans.

On this episode of the Coaches Show, hosts Tom Rudebusch, Richard Anderson, and Adam Thomsen talk to Eric Glenn, head coach of the men's basketball team as well as student-athlete, Kolten Mortensen. Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Joe Stephens also joins, with student-athlete Ethan Pitlick. 

Our monthly coaches luncheon brought to you by Pizza Ranch features Hardrocker Football, Volleyball, and Men's Basketball coaches and athletes.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with Hardrocker volleyball student-athlete Jacey Koethe about her life growing up - persevering through an ailment, and her time at South Dakota Mines.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes South Dakota Mines Football student-athlete Daunte Robbins onto the show to discuss his role in the Hardrocker Ally Association, SAAC as well as the growth of the Hardrocker Football program during her time as well as his life growing up, the decision to come to South Dakota Mines and her journey to South Dakota Mines and future plans.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes South Dakota Mines Volleyball student-athlete Anna Thomas onto the show to discuss her role in the Women's Hardrocker Organization, the growth of the Hardrocker Volleyball program during her time as well as her life growing up, the decision to come to South Dakota Mines and her journey to South Dakota Mines and future plans.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with dual-positional star football player, Casey Knutsen to talk about his life growing up, football career, and off-the-field interests.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes in head football coach Charlie Flohr to discuss the win over Missouri S&T and the home opener against Truman State.  

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Host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to head men's soccer coach Ryan Thompson about their opening weekend in St. Cloud. 

Host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with volleyball head coach Lauren Torvi Prochazka, Senior Kassie Luce, soccer head coach Ryan Thompson and senior Elias Burgfeld to talk about fall camp and their expectations going into the season.

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Host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with assistant football coach Austin Stephens to talk about his playing career, what got him into coaching, his journey to South Dakota Mines, and the state of the program and next steps.

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On the 29th edition of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to the new Rob Sales about his coaching career, the differences in the program from his first stint to his second, and the growth the program has made.

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On the 28th edition of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to the new Director of Track & Field and Cross Country Joe Stephens about his life growing up, coaching style, journey to South Dakota Mines, and goals for the future.

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Maria Cadwallader interviews with KOTA to talk about the Hardrock Club Jeep Raffle. 

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to offensive coordinator Ryan Gent about his journey into coaching, his early experience under coach Flohr, how that got him to South Dakota Mines, and his other experience along with expectations for the upcoming year.   

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On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, host Josh Van  Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Bo Montgomery about his life growing up in  Colorado, the transition to Hawaii, his playing career, and his coaching journey to South Dakota Mines.  Follow on Apple or Spotify.  

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On episode 25, host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down for a conversation with Nebraska alumn Austin Rose regarding his playing career, coaching career, and time thus far at South Dakota Mines.   

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Host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert sits down with Associate Athletic Director for Internal Operations Cassie Kosiba to talk about her journey, coaching background, and time at South Dakota Mines. 

On this episode, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to new assistant soccer coach Bill Schaefer about his life, coaching career, journey to South Dakota Mines, and the season ahead. 

Strap in as Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Seth Nichols about his youth, football career, professional career, and hobbies on this episode!

On the 21st episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert has a conversation with new assistant volleyball coach Annika Stephens regarding her life growing up in Rapid City, her journey to South Dakota Mines and her volleyball background. 

On episode 20, host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert has conversations with head coaches of the football, soccer, and volleyball teams at South Dakota Mines about the spring session and their teams heading into summer. 

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Kaleb Roth from the South Dakota Mines football team about his journey to South Dakota Mines, his football career as well as the recently awarded Braun Inventor Award, and his role in the creation of a fundraiser. 

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to George Martinez from the South Dakota Mines soccer team about his journey to South Dakota Mines, the soccer program, and his plans for the future.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Travis Kleinsasser from the South Dakota Mines track & field team about his journey to South Dakota Mines, how he got involved in track & field, his goals, and his future. 

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to South Dakota Mines athletic trainer Alyssa Egan regarding National Athletic Training Month and director of golf Luke Wheeler on the season so far, the remainder of the season, and the future of the golf program. 

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes to bring their stories to the Rapid City community.  With that goal in the forefront, this episode of student-athlete spotlight focuses on a member of the women's golf team, Annika Schooler.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to South Dakota Mines Athletic Trainer Hannah Wendel regarding National Athletic Training Month and assistant track & field coach Gillian Uryicki on her life growing up, journey to South Dakota Mines, and her time at South Dakota Mines.

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes with a periodic video series. Under The Lights will focus on video interviews with current student-athletes with the goal of bringing their stories to the Rapid City community. With that goal in the forefront, the initial episode of Under The Lights focuses on co-founder and president of the Hardrocker Ally Association and defensive end for the South Dakota Mines football team, Kyante Christian.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to South Dakota Mines Athletic Trainer Bekah Rye regarding National Athletic Training Month and Head Men's Basketball Coach Eric Glenn on his life growing up, journey to South Dakota Mines, his time at South Dakota Mines, and current and future of the program.

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes to bring their stories to the Rapid City community. With that goal in the forefront, this episode of student-athlete spotlight focuses on men's football player and track and field athlete Jeremiah Bridges.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to South Dakota Mines Head Athletic Trainer Kaleb Birney regarding National Athletic Training Month and Interim Director of Track and Field Dan Haakenson on his life growing up, journey to South Dakota Mines, the transition as head coach, and and current and future of the program.

Former South Dakota Mines star quarterback Jakeb Sullivan joined Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert about his journey to South Dakota Mines and beyond as well as talking about his life growing up, what he is doing now, and his time at the school as well as his trials and tribulations. 

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Director of Golf Luke Wheeler, previewing the spring season for the golf team.  

Zack Chavez, Director of Strategic Communication at the RMAC interviews Kyante Christian on Black History Month and what it means to him.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to Bryce Howard from the South Dakota Mines golf team about his journey to South Dakota Mines, the golf program, and his plans for the future.

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes to bring their stories to the Rapid City community.  With that goal in the forefront, this episode of student-athlete spotlight focuses on men's track and field athlete Jade Cass.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to athletic director Joel Lueken about his journey to South Dakota  Mines, the current state of the athletic department, and areas of growth.

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes to bring their stories to the Rapid City community.  With that goal in the forefront, this episode of student-athlete spotlight focuses on men's basketball player Barrett Keith.

On this episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert  talks to Jessalyn Shipp, a member of the South Dakota Mines women's golf  team about her campus involvement, and the golf program.

Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert had a short conversation via zoom with current Penn State assistant football coach and former South Dakota Mines head football coach Stacy Collins on his journey to Penn State as well as his time at South Dakota Mines.

In the 9th episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert welcomes in the first student-athlete, senior volleyball player from South Dakota Mines, Shyann Bastian coming to talk about her background,  volleyball career, the future of the program, her future, and other topics.

South Dakota Mines Athletics looks to interact with the Hardrocker student-athletes to bring their stories to the Rapid City community.  With that goal in the forefront, the first student-athlete spotlight focuses on Senior Women’s Basketball player Melissa Johnstone.

Head football coach Charlie Flohr has a press conference to discuss his 2022 signing class.

Head football coach Charlie Flohr joins host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert to talk about national signing day.

Director of Cross Country and Track & Field Steve Johnson joins  host, Josh Van  Valkenburg-Gernert to talk about his athletic  background, journey to South Dakota Mines, how he got into coaching, his  tenure at South Dakota Mines, and other topics.

Cheerleading coach Ashley Von Eye joins host, Josh Van  Valkenburg-Gernert to talk about her athletic background, cheer career,  life outside of cheer, and other topics.

In today's episode, host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert talks to South  Dakota Mines director of golf Luke Wheeler about his journey to South  Dakota Mines, the current state of the program, and the steps forward  this season and beyond.

On the fourth episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, host Josh Van  Valkenburg-Gernert and Head Soccer Coach at South Dakota Mines Ryan  Thompson have an in-depth conversation about Thompson's youth, life,  background, and journey to South Dakota Mines.

On the third episode of the Hardrocker Huddle, host Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert and Head Women's Basketball Coach at South Dakota Mines Jeri Jacobson have an in-depth conversation about Jacobson's youth, life, background, and journey to South Dakota Mines.

On the pilot episode host, Josh Van Valkenburg-Gernert has an in-depth conversation with South Dakota Mines head football coach Charlie Flohr on his background, growing up, his journey to South Dakota Mines, and the state of the program.