Atlantic 10 Media Days Tip Off 2021-22 Season with ESPN+ Studio Show, Interviews

10/17/2021 10:21:45 PM

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – The Atlantic 10 will tip off the 2021-22 women's and men's basketball seasons with its Basketball Media Days, which will air live on ESPN+  Wednesday, Oct. 27 and Thursday, Oct. 28.
 
Hosted by Mike Corey, Julianne Viani and Adam Finkelstein the ESPN+ broadcast will feature interviews with coaches and student-athletes and Q&A segments with A-10 beat writers and national media joining by zoom. It marks the first time in over a decade that the Atlantic 10 will host a combined men's and women's basketball Media Day. The show will cover all 28 A-10 basketball programs.
 
The broadcast will begin at 8:30 am ET on Wednesday with the reveal of the A-10 Preseason Poll and Preseason Awards for both women's and men's basketball. George Washington will then take the stage for the first segment at 8:45 am.
 
Atlantic 10 Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade will also be interviewed on the show on Thursday at 2:30 pm, and both basketball championship venues will be showcased at 2:15 pm on Thursday. La Salle Athletic Director Brian Baptiste will be join the show on Wednesday at 1:45 pm to discuss the Atlantic 10 Commission on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. 

Additionally, the media show will be supplemented by wraparound content on the A-10 social media platforms and preview capsules on each team leading up to the start of the season on Nov. 9.
 
Links for the live ESPN+ shows are below and available through ESPN.com and the ESPN App. The schedule of coaches and student-athletes is listed below.

Watch Links (all times ET):  

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
 
TIME SCHOOL COACH STUDENT-ATHLETE STUDENT-ATHLETE
8:45 am
11200
Jamion Christian
Third Year
Ricky Lindo, Jr.
Senior | Forward
Criminal Justice 
James Bishop
Junior | Guard
Arts & Sciences
9:05 am Caroline McCombs
First Year
Maddie Loder
Senior | Guard
Management
Kyara Frames
Grad. Student | Guard
Sport Management
9:30 am
11677
Mark Schmidt
14th year
Kyle Lofton
Senior | Guard
Sociology 
Osun Osunniyi
Senior | Forward/Center
Sport Media
9:50 am Jesse Fleming
Sixth Year
Asianae Johnson
Senior | Guard 
International Studies 
Tori Harris
R-Senior | Guard
Digital Journalism 
10:15 am
11000
Kim English
First Year
D'Shawn Schwartz
Grad. Student | Guard
Josh Oduro
Junior | Forward
Business
10:35 am Vanessa Blair-Lewis
First Year
Amaya Scott
Senior | Forward 
Mass Communication
Jordan Wakefield
Junior | Guard 
Business 
11:00 am BREAK
11:30 am
34
Aaron Roussell
Third Year
Addie Budnik
Sophomore | Forward
Undecided
Claire Holt
Senior | Guard 
Computer Science
11:50 am Chris Mooney
16th Year
Jacob Gilyard
Grad. Student | Guard
Human Resources Management
Grant Golden
Grad. Student | Forward 
Human Resources Management
12:15 pm
11025
Bob McKillop
33rd Year
Luka Brajkovic
Senior | Forward 
Political Science
Hyunjung Lee
Junior | Guard/Forward
Sociology
12:35 pm Gayle Fulks
Fifth Year
Cassidy Gould
Senior | Guard
Environmental Studies
Sarah Konstans
Senior | Guard/Forward
Education/Sports Studies
1:00 pm
11376
Cindy Griffin
21st Year
Katie Jekot
Grad. Student | Guard
MBA
Kaliah Henderson
Junior | Guard
Business Adminstraton
1:20 pm Billy Lange
Third Year
Jordan Hall
Sophomore | Guard/Forward
Taylor Funk
R-Senior | Forward
2:00 pm BREAK
3:00 pm
11506
Stephanie Gaitley
11th Year
Anna DeWolfe
Junior | Guard
Hospital Management
Kendell Heremaia
Grad. Student | Guard 
Film/Television, Visual Arts
3:20 pm Kyle Neptune
First Year
Chuba Ohams
Grad. Student | Forward
Communications
Josh Navarro
Grad. Student | Guard
Communications
3:45 pm
11507
Mountain MacGillivray
Fourth Year
Kayla Spruill
Senior | Guard/Forward
Marketing 
Claire Jacobs
Junior | Guard
4:05 pm Ashley Howard
Fourth Year
Clifton Moore
R-Senior | Forward
Marketing
Jack Clark
R-Junior | Guard
Integrated Science Business and Technology
 
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 28
 
TIME SCHOOL COACH STUDENT-ATHLETE STUDENT-ATHLETE
9:00 am
11706
Matt McCall
Fifth Year
Noah Fernandes
Junior | Guard
Communication
Rich Kelly
Grad. Student | Guard
Business Analytics
9:20 am Tory Verdi
Fifth Year
Sam Breen
Grad Student | Forward
Learning Media & Technology
Destiney Philoxy
Senior | Guard
Communication
9:45 am
11687
Anthony Grant
Fourth Year
Toumani Camara
Sophomore | Forward
Sport Management
Elijah Weaver
R-Junior | Guard
General Studies
10:05 am Shauna Green
Fifth Year
Jenna Giacone
Grad Student | Guard
Business Administration
Kyla Whitehead
Senior | Forward
Criminal Justice Studies
10:30 am
14309
Mike Rhoades
Fifth Year
KeShawn Curry
Senior | Guard
Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness
Levi Stockard III
Grad Student | Forward
Educational Leadership
10:50 am Beth O'Boyle
Seventh Year 
Taya Robinson
Grad. Student | Guard
Madison Haddix-Covington
R-Senior | Guard
11:15 am BREAK
Noon
11314
Charles Thomas
Fifth Year
Tyson Acuff
Freshman | Guard
Criminal Justice
Tre Williams
Sophomore | Center
Management
12:20 am Dan Burt
Eighth Year
Tess Myers
Freshman | Guard
Laia Sole
Grad. Student | Center
Psychology
12:45 pm
10236
David Cox
Fourth Year
Jeremy Sheppard
Senior | Guard
Ishmael El-Amin
Freshman | Guard
1:05 pm Tammi Reiss
Third Year
Marta Vargas
Grad. Student | Guard
Computer Science
Emmanuelle Tahane
R-Senior | Forward
Health Studies
1:30 pm
11233
Travis Ford
Fifth Year
Yuri Collins
Sophomore | Guard
Sports Business
Fred Thatch, Jr.
R-Sophomore | Guard
Sports Business
1:50 pm Lisa Stone
Ninth Year
Ciaja Harbison
Senior | Guard 
Public Health
Brooke Flowers
Senior | Forward/Center
Exercise Science