Inside Loras Athletics Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/inside-loras-athletics Take a dive inside Loras College Athletics as we look at everything going on with our Duhawk student-athletes such as game and season recaps, academic and athletic awards, and even the Hall of Fame. Executive Producer: Trent Hanselmann '18 © 2025 Loras College f18c20d7-1d8f-5d67-a52b-b2e3eb46a6a9 no en Fri, 09 Feb 2024 14:09:13 -0600 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 15:49:19 -0600 https://img.transistor.fm/iFFWVFoINoxCRxLal8km9ZtCevobH8smUz0hWv2eO_8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzE1MDYyLzE2MDE5/MjM2NDYtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg Inside Loras Athletics episodic Loras College Take a dive inside Loras College Athletics as we look at everything going on with our Duhawk student-athletes such as game and season recaps, academic and athletic awards, and even the Hall of Fame. Executive Producer: Trent Hanselmann '18 Take a dive inside Loras College Athletics as we look at everything going on with our Duhawk student-athletes such as game and season recaps, academic and athletic awards, and even the Hall of Fame. loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, Loras College No No E10 | 2021 hall of Fame - Thomas Boeh (’81) 10 10 E10 | 2021 hall of Fame - Thomas Boeh (’81) full bf300199-1257-4e79-bf75-e6fcc1b0d877 https://share.transistor.fm/s/0f70529e Boeh was an eight-time letter winner in cross country and track and field, qualifying for the NAIA National Championship in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field ten times. He was a national finalist in the outdoor 5,000-meter run and previously held the school record indoors for the 1,500-meter run as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase. A three-time captain, Boeh was also honored as an All-District selection seven times and earned the Mark Weber Award in 1980 in addition to the team's MVP honors during the 1981 track and field season. After his collegiate career, he went on to become the Duhawks' head cross country coach for the 1982, 1983, and 1984 seasons, leading the team to the Cross Country District Championship each season and named the District Coach of the Year all three seasons.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Thomas Boeh (’81)

]]> Boeh was an eight-time letter winner in cross country and track and field, qualifying for the NAIA National Championship in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field ten times. He was a national finalist in the outdoor 5,000-meter run and previously held the school record indoors for the 1,500-meter run as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase. A three-time captain, Boeh was also honored as an All-District selection seven times and earned the Mark Weber Award in 1980 in addition to the team's MVP honors during the 1981 track and field season. After his collegiate career, he went on to become the Duhawks' head cross country coach for the 1982, 1983, and 1984 seasons, leading the team to the Cross Country District Championship each season and named the District Coach of the Year all three seasons.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Thomas Boeh (’81)

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 11:00:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1953 Boeh was an eight-time letter winner in cross country and track and field, qualifying for the NAIA National Championship in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field ten times. He was a national finalist in the outdoor 5,000-meter run and previously held the school record indoors for the 1,500-meter run as well as the 3,000-meter steeplechase. A three-time captain, Boeh was also honored as an All-District selection seven times and earned the Mark Weber Award in 1980 in addition to the team's MVP honors during the 1981 track and field season. After his collegiate career, he went on to become the Duhawks' head cross country coach for the 1982, 1983, and 1984 seasons, leading the team to the Cross Country District Championship each season and named the District Coach of the Year all three seasons. Boeh was an eight-time letter winner in cross country and track and field, qualifying for the NAIA National Championship in cross country and both indoor and outdoor track and field ten times. He was a national finalist in the outdoor 5,000-meter run and loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E9 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Jim (’68) and Jay (’08) Figgins 9 9 E9 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Jim (’68) and Jay (’08) Figgins full 0787d6ba-7a15-4936-8acd-09cbc83fdc72 https://share.transistor.fm/s/cffd84b1 Jim Figgins and his son, Jay, become Loras' first father-son duo inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both wrestlers for the Duhawks, Jim was a two-time champion at 167 lbs., posting 56 wins in his career with 27 pins and 222 points. He owns a record of 56-23 during his time in purple and gold and had a career-high seven pins his senior season. His son Jay continued to the legacy for the Duhawks from 2005-2008, earning All-America honors in 2007 at 184 lbs. where he placed seventh and owns a program-high 125 wins in his career. In 2007 and 2008, he was the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) runner-up and was a three-time National Scholar All-American (2006, 2007, 2008).


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)

Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Jim (’68) and Jay (’08) Figgins

]]> Jim Figgins and his son, Jay, become Loras' first father-son duo inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both wrestlers for the Duhawks, Jim was a two-time champion at 167 lbs., posting 56 wins in his career with 27 pins and 222 points. He owns a record of 56-23 during his time in purple and gold and had a career-high seven pins his senior season. His son Jay continued to the legacy for the Duhawks from 2005-2008, earning All-America honors in 2007 at 184 lbs. where he placed seventh and owns a program-high 125 wins in his career. In 2007 and 2008, he was the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) runner-up and was a three-time National Scholar All-American (2006, 2007, 2008).


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)

Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Jim (’68) and Jay (’08) Figgins

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 10:00:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1749 Jim Figgins and his son, Jay, become Loras' first father-son duo inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both wrestlers for the Duhawks, Jim was a two-time champion at 167 lbs., posting 56 wins in his career with 27 pins and 222 points. He owns a record of 56-23 during his time in purple and gold and had a career-high seven pins his senior season. His son Jay continued to the legacy for the Duhawks from 2005-2008, earning All-America honors in 2007 at 184 lbs. where he placed seventh and owns a program-high 125 wins in his career. In 2007 and 2008, he was the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) runner-up and was a three-time National Scholar All-American (2006, 2007, 2008). Jim Figgins and his son, Jay, become Loras' first father-son duo inducted into the Hall of Fame. Both wrestlers for the Duhawks, Jim was a two-time champion at 167 lbs., posting 56 wins in his career with 27 pins and 222 points. He owns a record of 56-23 loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E8 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Dick Cody (’81) 8 8 E8 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Dick Cody (’81) full fbdcc095-aa5a-4a54-b51c-da6dc04a8f56 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a78e4b67 Cody, who had his first experience with Duhawk football at the age of 12 as the team's water boy, came to Loras out of the University of Northern Iowa and became a three-year starter for the football club and varsity teams. He earned NAIA All-America status and was twice named to the NAIA District 15 Team as a linebacker.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Dick Cody (’81)

]]> Cody, who had his first experience with Duhawk football at the age of 12 as the team's water boy, came to Loras out of the University of Northern Iowa and became a three-year starter for the football club and varsity teams. He earned NAIA All-America status and was twice named to the NAIA District 15 Team as a linebacker.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Dick Cody (’81)

]]> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 09:00:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 800 Cody, who had his first experience with Duhawk football at the age of 12 as the team's water boy, came to Loras out of the University of Northern Iowa and became a three-year starter for the football club and varsity teams. He earned NAIA All-America status and was twice named to the NAIA District 15 Team as a linebacker. Cody, who had his first experience with Duhawk football at the age of 12 as the team's water boy, came to Loras out of the University of Northern Iowa and became a three-year starter for the football club and varsity teams. He earned NAIA All-America stat loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E7 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Lindsey (Bava) Leeberg (’10) 7 7 E7 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Lindsey (Bava) Leeberg (’10) full 7ac04d8b-a3a6-4dac-9951-5d0e79225e32 https://share.transistor.fm/s/50d53fc6 Leeberg (Bava) had a successful basketball career at Loras, holding multiple top-ten career records for the Duhawks. She ranks fourth all-time in scoring with 1,482 points, fourth in three-pointers (172), and first in free-throw percentage (85.4 percent) and is ranked top-ten for single-season scoring, three-pointers, free-throws made, and free-throw percentage. Leeberg landed herself on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week in the 2009 season and went on to become a three-time All-Conference, Academic All-Conference and D3hoops.com All-Region award winner.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Lindsey (Bava) Leeberg (’10)

]]> Leeberg (Bava) had a successful basketball career at Loras, holding multiple top-ten career records for the Duhawks. She ranks fourth all-time in scoring with 1,482 points, fourth in three-pointers (172), and first in free-throw percentage (85.4 percent) and is ranked top-ten for single-season scoring, three-pointers, free-throws made, and free-throw percentage. Leeberg landed herself on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week in the 2009 season and went on to become a three-time All-Conference, Academic All-Conference and D3hoops.com All-Region award winner.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Lindsey (Bava) Leeberg (’10)

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:30:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1123 Leeberg (Bava) had a successful basketball career at Loras, holding multiple top-ten career records for the Duhawks. She ranks fourth all-time in scoring with 1,482 points, fourth in three-pointers (172), and first in free-throw percentage (85.4 percent) and is ranked top-ten for single season scoring, three-pointers, free-throws made, and free-throw percentage. Leeberg landed herself on the D3hoops.com Team of the Week in the 2009 season and went on to become a three-time All-Conference, Academic All-Conference and D3hoops.com All-Region award winner. Leeberg (Bava) had a successful basketball career at Loras, holding multiple top-ten career records for the Duhawks. She ranks fourth all-time in scoring with 1,482 points, fourth in three-pointers (172), and first in free-throw percentage (85.4 percent) loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E6 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Mark Eisbach (’84) 6 6 E6 | 2021 Hall of Fame - Mark Eisbach (’84) full bbca2aab-fd0d-4138-9e0b-442d0747d899 https://share.transistor.fm/s/1c3b3c3a Eisbach, a local Duhawk out of Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, was named a Second Team NAIA All-American and District 15 offensive lineman after starting every game during his four-year career.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Mark Eisbach (’84)

]]> Eisbach, a local Duhawk out of Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, was named a Second Team NAIA All-American and District 15 offensive lineman after starting every game during his four-year career.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Mark Eisbach (’84)

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 17:00:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1523 Eisbach, a local Duhawk out of Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, was named a Second Team NAIA All-American and District 15 offensive lineman after starting every game during his four-year career. Eisbach, a local Duhawk out of Wahlert Catholic High School in Dubuque, was named a Second Team NAIA All-American and District 15 offensive lineman after starting every game during his four-year career. loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E5 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Pete Maldonado (’92) 5 5 E5 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Pete Maldonado (’92) full ea117478-ad89-45e6-a193-0aad7cfa68b2 https://share.transistor.fm/s/19a5e2e8 Pete Maldonado, a native of Newburg, New York and 1992 graduate of Loras, made history during his time as a member of the Duhawks' wrestling program. He posted a career record of 66-26 and became the program's first NCAA Division III national champion and sixth national champion overall in 1992 at 126 lbs. His career saw him develop from a sophomore with an 11-7 record to a dominant senior in which he went 32-2 en route to winning the conference and national championship. His only two losses in the 1992 season came against Division I top-ranked grapplers Terry Brands of the University of Iowa, now the Hawkeyes' esteemed associate head coach, and Mike Pasado of Marquette University.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Pete Maldonado (’92)

]]> Pete Maldonado, a native of Newburg, New York and 1992 graduate of Loras, made history during his time as a member of the Duhawks' wrestling program. He posted a career record of 66-26 and became the program's first NCAA Division III national champion and sixth national champion overall in 1992 at 126 lbs. His career saw him develop from a sophomore with an 11-7 record to a dominant senior in which he went 32-2 en route to winning the conference and national championship. His only two losses in the 1992 season came against Division I top-ranked grapplers Terry Brands of the University of Iowa, now the Hawkeyes' esteemed associate head coach, and Mike Pasado of Marquette University.


Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann (’18)


Guest: Pete Maldonado (’92)

]]> Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:29:32 -0500 Loras College Loras College 2799 Pete Maldonado, a native of Newburg, New York and 1992 graduate of Loras, made history during his time as a member of the Duhawks' wrestling program. He posted a career record of 66-26 and became the program's first NCAA Division III national champion and sixth national champion overall in 1992 at 126 lbs. His career saw him develop from a sophomore with an 11-7 record to a dominant senior in which he went 32-2 en route to winning the conference and national championship. His only two losses in the 1992 season came against Division I top-ranked grapplers Terry Brands of the University of Iowa, now the Hawkeyes' esteemed associate head coach, and Mike Pasado of Marquette University. Pete Maldonado, a native of Newburg, New York and 1992 graduate of Loras, made history during his time as a member of the Duhawks' wrestling program. He posted a career record of 66-26 and became the program's first NCAA Division III national champion and loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E4 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Rob Murray ('01) 4 4 E4 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Rob Murray ('01) full 7edc9395-0493-4bfe-a995-b126f85bcb5f https://share.transistor.fm/s/590c4520 The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Rob Murray ('01) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Rob's career at Loras who was a two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and three-time All-American at 158, 165 and 174 lbs.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann


Guest: Rob Murray

]]> The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Rob Murray ('01) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Rob's career at Loras who was a two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and three-time All-American at 158, 165 and 174 lbs.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann


Guest: Rob Murray

]]> Thu, 08 Oct 2020 10:00:00 -0500 Loras College Loras College 2693 The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Rob Murray ('01) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Rob's career at Loras who was a two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) Scholar All-American and three-time All-American at 158, 165 and 174 lbs. The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Rob Murray ('01) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Rob's career at Loras who was a two-time National Wrestling Coaches Association (NW loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E3 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Kyle White ('08) 3 3 E3 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Kyle White ('08) full b595cbb8-77c8-4cad-986a-be562d9e4d07 https://share.transistor.fm/s/92c8f48d The third episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kyle White ('08) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kyle's career at Loras including ranks among the top-ten for career blocked shots, points, and rebounds in addition to helping lead the Duhawks to two Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Championships and the NCAA Division III Tournament, and was also the first Duhawk to earn conference Most Valuable Player honors.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann
Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Kyle White

]]> The third episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kyle White ('08) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kyle's career at Loras including ranks among the top-ten for career blocked shots, points, and rebounds in addition to helping lead the Duhawks to two Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Championships and the NCAA Division III Tournament, and was also the first Duhawk to earn conference Most Valuable Player honors.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann
Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Kyle White

]]> Wed, 07 Oct 2020 17:15:03 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1140 The third episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kyle White ('08) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kyle's career at Loras including ranks among the top-ten for career blocked shots, points, and rebounds in addition to helping lead the Duhawks to two Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) Championships and the NCAA Division III Tournament, and was also the first Duhawk to earn conference Most Valuable Player honors. The third episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kyle White ('08) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kyle's career at Loras including ranks among the top-ten for career blocked shots, p loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E2 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Kathy Christiansen ('91) 2 2 E2 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Kathy Christiansen ('91) full 672f5491-277c-4333-be9f-2e2c6ebb6d99 https://share.transistor.fm/s/fafcfa5a The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen ('91) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kathy's swimming and diving history as a three-time All-American diver and ranks second all-time in both the one and three-meter dives for six dives.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann
Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen

]]> The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen ('91) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kathy's swimming and diving history as a three-time All-American diver and ranks second all-time in both the one and three-meter dives for six dives.

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann
Assistant Producer: Owen Funke


Guest: Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen

]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2020 13:10:02 -0500 Loras College Loras College 1265 The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen ('91) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kathy's swimming and diving history as a three-time All-American diver and ranks second all-time in both the one and three-meter dives for six dives. The second episode of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Kathryn (Froehlich) Christiansen ('91) joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Kathy's swimming and diving history as a three-time All-Ameri loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No E1 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Joe Schaefer ('62) 1 1 E1 | 2020 Hall of Fame - Joe Schaefer ('62) full 7baae304-a808-4976-a7fd-b5b81b844453 https://share.transistor.fm/s/89636303 The first installment of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Schaefer joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Joe's time at Loras College and his historic experience. 

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann


Guest: Joe Schaefer

]]> The first installment of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Schaefer joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Joe's time at Loras College and his historic experience. 

Hosts: Emily Aldfinger

Producer: Trent Hanselmann


Guest: Joe Schaefer

]]> Mon, 05 Oct 2020 13:52:53 -0500 Loras College Loras College 2123 The first installment of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Schaefer joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Joe's time at Loras College and his historic experience. The first installment of the 2020 Hall of Fame series: Hall of Fame Inductee Joe Schaefer joins host Emily Adlfinger, Director of Athletic Communications, as they discuss Joe's time at Loras College and his historic experience. loras, athletics, duhawks, loras college, goduhawks, No