Catholic Sports Radio

Bruce Wawrzyniak

Helping listeners find the right balance and priority when it comes to their faith life versus their sports life, interviews are done with guests who are Catholics in sports - current or former athletes, coaches, officials, clergy, administrators, and more, from the pro, amateur, and scholastic ranks. Whether you're an athlete or a fan, youth or adult, Catholic or not, this show will deliver content that speaks to you and provides opportunities for ongoing reflection for your daily life.

  • 37 minutes
    CSR 370 Melanie Meza

    She had a long career as a student-athlete, playing basketball for Whittier College, El Camino College, and her high school, all in California. During her time at El Camino College she made the Academic All-State Basketball Team and in her sophomore year posted double-digit rebounds in seven games. She was the team captain there and was coming off a high school career that saw her earn San Pedro News Pilot Prep Girls Basketball Player of the Year and All Santa Fe League First Team honors. She is a Catholic women's fitness coach and the founder of Rosary Girl Walk, which is a walking wellness community for Catholic women.

    9 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 35 minutes 23 seconds
    CSR 369 Joni Briganti

    She has earned USA Triathlon's Lifetime Achievement Award, among other honors. She went from being a USA racer/triathlete into an International World triathlete. In 2017 she qualified for Age Group Team USA Triathlon, and this will be her 11th year racing the World Triathlon Championships. She has raced in Denmark, Slovakia, Germany, Spain, and Australia, and in 2026 will be back in Spain as well as the United Arab Emirates. She is also a USA Triathlon Certified Level 2 Coach. Plus, she teaches 13 fitness classes weekly. As she discusses here, she has been swimming competitively since she was a little girl.

    2 March 2026, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 36 seconds
    CSR 368 Daniel Gill

    He attended Benedictine College Preparatory, where he distinguished himself as a three-sport athlete. He went on to play Division I soccer at Mount St. Mary's and Longwood University. He later coached at Benedictine for ten years, transforming the soccer program into one of the top-ranked teams in Virginia. He achieved similar success by elevating the St. Gertrude's soccer program to statewide prominence. In the fall of 2025, he accepted his current position as a teacher and head soccer coach at DeMatha Catholic High School in Maryland.

    23 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 30 minutes 39 seconds
    CSR 367 John Paul Raiger

    He was a free safety on the football team at the College of the Holy Cross, where he was selected to the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll. That followed a high school career during which he served as captain of the football team during his senior season, when he helped his team to an 8-3 record after having gone 10-2 with a trip to the regional finals as a junior. During his time at St. John Neumann Catholic High School in Naples, Florida, he was also a member of the track and field team, earning all-area honors and setting a school record in the 200-meter dash.

    16 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 28 minutes 57 seconds
    CSR 366 Will Robertson

    He is a left fielder in the Baltimore Orioles organization, having played last year for both the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays. He had been chosen in the fourth round of the 2019 Major League Baseball Draft by Toronto following a collegiate career at Creighton University where he hit .307 with 30 home runs and 147 RBI. During those years he was a Second Team All-BIG EAST selection in 2017 and First Team All-BIG EAST in 2018. And he was named Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American in 2017. Back in high school he had earned four letters in baseball, helped guide his team to the Class 3 State title, and was a three-time All-State First Team selection and earned First Team honors in district and conference.

    9 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 34 minutes 15 seconds
    CSR 365 Kevin White

    An Athletics Administration Leader & Educator who authored a book published last year called, "The Good Sport: Reflections on a Full Life in College Sports." He is one of the most accomplished and respected athletic directors in American sports history. Over his 47-year career, he has shaped some of the most prominent programs in the nation, from Notre Dame to Duke, earning countless accolades and the enduring loyalty of those he mentored. As a testament to his unparalleled influence on athletics, 32 of his former assistants now lead sports programs across the United States, and four of his children head college sports programs. Sports Illustrated has dubbed his family the "First Family of Athletic Directors."

    2 February 2026, 8:00 am
  • 37 minutes 2 seconds
    CSR 364 Lauren Evans

    She played tennis at Furman University, with the program consistently finishing as a ranked team. They won the regular season conference championship for DI Southern Conference four times and the tournament three times and attended the NCAA tournament every year except for her senior year, when she was named MVP. She ran cross-country her senior year and a month after graduating ran her first marathon, finishing second in Italy. She had two opportunities to run professionally and has run four 50 miler races, finishing 3rd in the American River 50 Miler and winning several 50k's. She had grown up playing tennis since age three and played tournaments in England and Italy. She came to the Catholic faith while in college, which she talks about during this interview.

    26 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 40 minutes 52 seconds
    CSR 363 Dr Dillon Caswell

    He grew up a four-sport athlete, including having been a highly recruited football player out of high school. Present day, he continues to train and compete across multiple sports. He is a Board-Certified Sports Clinical Specialist who has worked with elite performers across a wide spectrum: from semi-professional rugby players and Division I collegiate athletes to former NFL players and nationally ranked senior Olympians. A convert to the Catholic faith, he leads Hope Not Nope's human performance initiatives, serving military special operators, elite athletes, and driven entrepreneurs. Plus, he has also authored a book by the same name, Hope Not Nope.

    19 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 34 minutes 27 seconds
    CSR 362 Mike Scioscia

    He played 13 seasons with Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, who chose him in the first round of the amateur draft. He appeared in a combined total of close to 1,500 regular season and playoff games combined, winning two World Series and being a two-time All-Star -- all of this coming in a Dodger uniform. He went on to 19 seasons as manager of the Angels, winning the World Series in 2002 and twice being named American League Manager of the Year. He was also the manager for the U.S. Olympic baseball team that took home the silver medals at the Summer Games in 2021 in Tokyo. Plus, he was at the helm of the U.S. national team at the 2024 WBSC Premier12, with the Americans finishing third.

    12 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 33 minutes 16 seconds
    CSR 361 Erika Zschuppe

    In recently completed NCAA Division I play, she led the nation and set a Florida Gulf Coast University single season women's soccer record with 21 goals during her just completed senior season, becoming the unanimous Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year, among other honors she received for the 2025 season alone. Her prolific season included scoring in ten straight games. In high school she had scored 170 goals in her career, leading her team to the Division III state championship as a junior. Having just graduated, her plan now is to play soccer professionally in Europe. Listen for her testimony about when she "struggled a lot with (her) faith."

    5 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 35 minutes 4 seconds
    CSR 360 Joshua Brooks

    He is a seminarian in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, attending St. Charles Borromeo Seminary. He was actually not born into the Catholic faith and, as he talks about here, his sights were actually fixed squarely on basketball, which he played as a youth, with a focus on making the freshman team at the high school he would be attending. He even later attended a basketball camp. In the seminary he participates in tournaments in billiards and chess. Listen for his thoughts on the 2025-26 NBA season thus far!

    29 December 2025, 8:00 am
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