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Host Mike Hoendorf interviews athletes, coaches, priests, and other sports loving people about the intersection of sports in their Catholic faith.
Unknown Host hosts Virtuous Athlete, a religion show with 53 episodes published.
Rebekah Allick was an All-Big 10 and All-American Volleyball Player for the University of Nebraska, and now she plays professionally for LOVB Madison. This conversation with Rebekah celebrates the last episode of year 1
Brooks Treadway is a member of the 2026 Ohio High School Division 3 State Championship Baseball Team and a soon to be pitcher for Marietta College. Brooks was the starting pitcher for the 2026 State Championship game, wh
For this monumental episode 50 of the Virtuous Athlete, I sit down with my dad, Don Hoendorf. He is the biggest influence in my love of sports and coaching, and the best example of a strong Catholic husband, father, frie
Britta Curl - Salenne is a professional hockey player and member of the 2026 USA Women's Hockey Gold Medal Team. She was also a part of 3 National Championships at Wisconsin and won the Walter Cup with the Minnesota Fros
Garrett Bernardo is the CEO and co-owner of NOVUS, a premium sportswear company created as a side hustle while Garrett and his brother Nick were playing baseball at the University of Maine. After going on their own indiv
I sat down for a short conversation with Sr. Bernadette to discuss their relationship with the Spurs and how they view athletics as a key way to evangelize youth and young adults.
This week, I sat down with members of our college baseball faith community who are participating in the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament. This group has met weekly on Zoom to discuss the upcoming Sunday Gospel and how
Dan Duddy is an accomplished football coach and sports minister from New Jersey. Dan was a State Champion high school quarterback who went on to teach and coach football in public and Catholic high schools. During our co
Larry Weber is an accomplished runner and now a running coach from Washington. He has created a coaching philosophy that is focused on helping his runners find their "Why?" they run and growing their relationship with Ch
Logan Allen just completed his fifth season as Chaminade Julienne High School's Women's Basketball coach, during which he led them to their first State Championship in over 20 years! Prior to coaching at CJ, he coached a
Logan Allen just completed his fifth season as Chaminade Julienne High School's Women's Basketball coach, during which he led them to their first State Championship in over 20 years! Prior to coaching at CJ, he coached a
Owen Hull is a member of the University of North Carolina Baseball team after transferring from George Mason University, where he was an all-Atlantic 10 player and broke the school's stolen base record. Owen is one of th
Fr. Ben Keller is a Dominican priest who is now serving at the St. Paul Catholic Center at Indiana University. Before discerning a call to the priesthood, Fr. Ben played college baseball at Minnesota State University, Ma
This special episode is the third session of the Know Your Worth Lenten Series that was co-hosted with Rachel Isaac from CatholicCounselors.com. We sat down for a live interview with J.J. Niekro and Clay Tucker during ou
Fr. Zach Edgar is a priest in the Diocese of Springfield, IL. He is presently on assignment outside his Diocese, serving Cardinal Raymond Burke and the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin.Fr. Zach was
Craig Stammen is in his first season as the Manager of the San Diego Padres. Craig grew up in a small town in Ohio playing every sport he could in his youth and then at Versailles High School, he then played collegiately
MJ Sweeney is in his first year as a Wichita State Shocker, after two seasons at Grossmont College in El Cajon, CA. MJ is the son of Kansas City Royals Hall of Famer Mike Sweeney, who is also the Chairman of the Catholic
Brion Treadway has been the Head Baseball Coach at Badin High School since 2012. Before coaching at Badin, he was a member of their last State Championship Team in 1996, and played collegiately at the University of North
Keith McCullugh played college basketball at Drury University and then MidAmerica Nazarene Univeristy, with an opportunity to play professionally. However, he decided to focus on the basketball training business he had s
Fr. Haan is the Pastor of St. Louis de Montfort Church in Fishers, IN, but before becoming a priest he was a walk-on quarterback at Purdue University, and set multiple State Records while playing quarterback at Lafyette
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