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Camel Call - Sports Podcast
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Follow us for updates, interviews and highlights covering all 21 intercollegiate sports; including our special features telling the stories and moments that define our coaches and student-athletes at Campbell University.
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Tales from the Creek | Matt Moot - Men's Golf
Apr 1601:18:25Tap to summarizeMatt Moot arrived at Campbell in the fall of 2007 – the latest in a long line of golf standouts to make their way from Western Pennsylvania to Buies Creek. Since graduating in 2011, Matt's path has led him back to his alma mater twice. A four-year standout, two-time NCAA regional participant, and later a professional on various tours, Matt eventually turned his attention to coaching and has mentored some of the best golfers ever to pass through Buies Creek. Along the way, he was coached by and coached under Hall of Famer John Crooks. He was named head coach of the Campbell men's program last summer, and now two of Matt's former players are competing on the PGA Tour. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Matt Moot chats with Stan Cole about his path to Campbell, his playing and coaching career, all things Pittsburgh sports and more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Camel Call | Zach Berly, Evan Budrovich, Chris Hemeyer, Lendl Suggs
Mar 500:40:00Tap to summarizeWe got the guys back together again to talk Campbell Athletics! Our Winter sports are winding down, and Spring sports are in full swing. Chris, Evan, Lendl, and Zach discuss a wild winter as Men's Basketball starts the CAA Tournament, and our Women's team tries to wrap up a top-three finish in the regular season. Women's Lacrosse is on a seven-game win streak as our Softball and Baseball teams look poised to get back to the top of the CAA. Recorded in the new Campbell podcast room, it is a supersized edition of Camel Call!
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Tales From the Creek | Jonathan Rodriguez - Men's Basketball
Feb 2700:36:41Tap to summarizeJonathan Rodriguez arrived at Campbell from Puerto Rico, by way of Miami, in the fall of 2006 and by the time he graduated four years later was the first player in Fighting Camel history to score 2,000 points and grab 1,000 rebounds in a career. A first-team all-state performer and state champion at Calusa Prep in Miami – "J-Rod" took a chance on a Campbell program that was in a building phase – literally and figuratively. After playing on the Miami Tropics AAU team that sent six players to the Division I ranks, Rodriguez moved to Buies Creek and tiny Carter Gym – capacity 947 – to be a key figure in Coach Robbie Laing's fast-paced attack. He played his first two years in tiny Carter Gym then his last two in Gore Arena as he helped a team go from a winless league record two years before his arrival to a conference regular season title in his senior year. J-Rod was a Mid-Major Freshman All-American and four-time All-Conference performer who at the time of his graduation was one of only 101 players in Division I history to reach the 2000-point, 1000-rebound mark. From there, he embarked on a professional career that has taken him all over the globe and earned a place on the Puerto Rican National team. It's no surprise that J-Rod was inducted this year into the Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Jonathan Rodriguez chats with Stan Cole about moving to the States as a high school student, his path to Campbell, his professional career, and more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Tales from the Creek | Martha Covington - Softball
Feb 2000:47:48Tap to summarizeA quarter century after she graduated, Martha Covington is still one of the best hitters in Campbell and Atlantic Sun Conference softball history. The fast pitch era of Campbell's softball program was less than a decade old in 1996 when Martha first stepped into the left-handed batter's box. She immediately showed Campbell fans that a hitter could display power without sacrificing contact. She shattered the school records for doubles, home runs, total bases and RBI. She set a school mark for slugging percentage, and her .429 batting average is second all-time in Campbell history. Martha was a four-time Atlantic Sun first-team all-conference performer, three-time All-Southeast Region selection and a 3-time ASun batting champ. It's no surprise that she was a member of this year's Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame induction class. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Martha Covington chats with Stan Cole about her love of the outdoors, her path to Campbell, how a strong work impacted her performance, and more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Camel Call Live | Dawn Easley, Chris Marx, Ronny Fisher, John Andrzejek
Feb 1800:52:56Tap to summarizeRecorded live at Napper Tandy's on February 12th. Campbell head baseball coach Chris Marx gave us a preview of his 2026 team. Head women's lacrosse coach Dawn Easley tells us about her squad, plus head women's basketball coach Ronny Fisher and head men's basketball coach John Andrzejek join the show to talk about the basketball season and the upcoming CAA Tournament.
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Tales from the Creek | Ken Faulkner - Men's Basketball
Jan 3001:13:41Tap to summarizeKen Faulkner arrived in Buies Creek from South Jersey in the summer of 1966 as a standout guard for Coach Fred McCall's Fighting Camel basketball team. By the time he graduated in 1970, he was not only a four-year starter but also helped lead his teams to back-to-back 20-win seasons and district titles. Following graduation, Ken returned to his native New Jersey and began a teaching and coaching career. At Burlington Township High School, he built one of the premier programs in the state. In 24 seasons as a head coach, Ken's clubs won 522 games, 11 conference titles, seven South Jersey crowns and three state championships. He has been inducted into at least five Halls of Fame. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Ken Faulkner chats with Stan Cole about his path to Campbell, his coaching career, his beloved Philadelphia Phillies, and more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Tales from the Creek | Taylor Reed - Football
Jan 901:07:18Tap to summarizeWhen Taylor Reed stepped on campus as a freshman in August of 2007 to say that he was more than familiar with his surroundings would be a vast understatement. Not only was Taylor a highly-valued defensive lineman who was preparing to compete for playing time on Campbell's first Division I football team, but he brought a family tie to the university that dated more than a century. Taylor Reed's great, great grandfather is James Archibald Campbell, who opened Buies Creek Academy on January 5, 1887. His great grandfather is Leslie Hartwell Campbell, who succeeded his father as president of Campbell College and oversaw the school's transition from junior college to a four-year institution in the early 1960s. His grandmother is Catherine Campbell King, longtime faculty member who spent decades welcoming newcomers to Buies Creek and making them feel at home. Taylor earned a starting spot on the defensive front as well as multiple PFL All-Academic honors and graduated with a degree from the Lundy-Fetterman School of Business. Now married and a father of two daughters, Taylor and his wife Lindsey not only decided to move back to Buies Creek, but they chose to live in his grandparents' home on Leslie Campbell Avenue. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Taylor Reed chats with Stan Cole about growing up in a Campbell family, his path to CU, his professional journey and much more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Tales From the Creek | Fred Whitfield - Men's Basketball
Dec 2500:51:50Tap to summarizeFred Whitfield first set foot in Carter Gym in the late 1960s – as an 8-year-old attending the Campbell Basketball School. Little did he know then that Campbell University would be a launching point for an incredible career in athletics. A decade of summer camps in Buies Creek helped develop the skills that would enable him to play Division I basketball. The educational foundation set by his parents propelled him to not only an undergraduate degree, but an MBA and law school. His accomplishments and awards are numerous – induction into the Campbell Athletics and North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame, recipient of the Order of the Longleaf Pine and the Thurgood Marshall Award of Excellence, the playing floor at his high school bears his name. Those honors and many others have followed a career that began in coaching at his alma mater, opening a law practice, joining one of the most prestigious sports agent firms in the world, working at Nike, where he helped launch the Jordan Brand and serving as an executive for two NBA franchises. Along the way, Fred Whitfield always built relationships first. Whether it was starting a basketball camp for underserved youth in his hometown of Greensboro, negotiating deals worth hundreds of millions of dollars, or working with leaders from both sides of the aisle through politically sensitive subjects, Fred's humility, sense of service and the ability to ask the right question at the right time all have served him, and those he encounters, well. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, North Carolina Sports and Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame member Fred Whitfield chats with Stan Cole about growing up in Greensboro, attending the Campbell Basketball School, his path to Campbell, his professional journey and much more. Suggestions for future Tales from the Creek interview subjects are always welcome and may be sent to Stan Cole at cole@campbell.edu.
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Tales from the Creek | Brad Childress - Men's Basketball
Nov 2500:52:37Tap to summarizeNearly 40 years ago, Brad Childress arrived in Buies Creek as part of Billy Lee's first recruiting class. The son of a college coach, Brad was a North Carolina East-West all-star game selection after graduating from Albemarle High School. Not only did he immediately move into the Camel starting lineup, but he led CU to the Big South title game twice in four seasons. He concluded his career as the first player in Campbell Division I history to record more than 1,000 points, 500 assists and 200 steals. Brad followed his father into coaching at both his alma mater and Lenoir Rhyne College before leaving the profession and moving into the pharmaceutical sales profession. In 2011, he was inducted into the Campbell Athletics Hall of Fame. In the next episode of Tales from the Creek, Fighting Camel Hall of Fame member Brad Childress talks with Stan Cole about growing up the son of a coach, his path to Campbell, playing for and later coaching the Camels and much more.
Transcribe →Camel Call | Chris Clemons, John Andrzejek, Basketball Preview
Nov 200:32:03Tap to summarizeIt's a basketball preview as Chris Hemeyer gets you set for the start of the Campbell Basketball season. We check in on Women's Basketball, then visit with Head Men's Basketball Coach John Andrzejek to talk about his team, the opening game against a nationally ranked Wisconsin team, and what he loves about Campbell University. Then we zoom with Campbell great Chris Clemons, who just scored 52 points in a game with his new team in Germany. Clemons also talks about his time at Campbell and why he loved being a Fighting Camel.
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