SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball Podcast
SandyNoles is a beach volleyball podcast digging into all things Florida State Beach Volleyball, featuring head coach Brooke Niles, assistant coaches Nick Lucena and Travis Mewhirter, and the rest of the Seminoles throughout the NCAA beach volleyball season.
Episodes
Welcome back to the SandyNoles Podcast, where sophomore standout Bailey Higgins sits down with assistant coach Travis Mewhirter, discussing:
- Her insatiable curiosity, and the importance of asking questions
- The imposter syndrome she experienced throughout her freshman season
- How she was able to overcome that imposter syndrome and accept her role on the team
- What she's expecting from the upcoming 2025-26 season
And a whole lo...
Welcome back to the SandyNoles Podcast, a podcast about all things FSU Beach Volleyball. This episode features sophomore Gella Andrew, the CCSA Freshman of the Year who sits down to chat with assistant coach Travis Mewhirter. They cover:
- Andrew's first season in Tallahassee, and what it was like to make the jump from juniors all the way to court two
- Why resilience means so much to her, and how she displayed it in spades through...
Welcome to Season 2 of the SandyNoles Podcast, where we chat all things FSU Beach Volleyball. Our first episode is with assistant coach Travis Mewhirter and freshman Elena Lam, who plays beach volleyball with her own distinct style and is unapologetic about it.
On this episode, they chat about:
- How, somehow, being home schooled in high school and attending a massive university like Florida State isn't much different
- Her discip...
This episode of SandyNoles features the full FSU Beach Volleyball coaching staff: Nick Lucena, Brooke Niles, and Travis Mewhirter, chatting all things NCAA Beach Volleyball and the 2024 season.
Welcome back to the SandyNoles Podcast, where players and coaches on the FSU Beach Volleyball team chat about all things Florida State beach volleyball. Today, Makenna Wolfe and Madi Trusty chat about the upcoming weekend at Cal Poly, a home tournament of sorts for Wolfe who wrestles with wondering: Where is home, truly? Is it in Tallahassee, Florida, where she has spent her last four years, or is it home in northern California, wh...
Alexis Durish and Carra Sassack, the most dynamic of FSU Beach Volleyball duos, are back again, chatting life, ice-breakers, and a look-ahead at this weekend's Death Volley Invitational at LSU, where the 'Noles will play UCLA, Stanford, USC, and Long Beach State.
Welcome back to SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball Podcast. On this episode, we have Jordan Boulware and Paige Kalkhoff, a red shirt freshman and a fifth-year senior, respectively, who are, oddly enough given their age gap, the best of friends.
Or, in their words, Honeys.
It'll take you roughly five seconds to realize just how good of friends they are, as they laugh, giggle, knee-slap their way through defining all of the "brain...
Welcome back to SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball podcast! This week's episode features Audrey Koenig, the 2023 ACC Co-Player of the Year – alongside Louisville’s Anna DeBeer – who is currently headlining the Florida State Beach Volleyball team. Her record, 9-2 in 2025 thus far, suggests an experienced, top-flight talent. Yet she’s only eight months into beach volleyball. What?? Indeed. We chat all about that, as well as:
- Wh...
Welcome back to SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball Podcast! Today's episode features back to back pairs of the week in Alexis Durish, who won CCSA Pair of the Week in week one after an undefeated tournament at Southern Mississippi, and Carra Sassack, who won CCSA Pair of the Week with Bailey Higgins after an undefeated second weekend at home.
They talk about...a lot: pre-game music, an upcoming trip to Texas and California, being...
Welcome back to SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball Podcast! Today's episode features head coach Brooke Niles and freshman Bailey Higgins, who had an outstanding debut at the opening weekend at Southern Mississippi, where she went 3-1, including wins over North Alabama, Spring Hill, and Florida Gulf Coast.
Higgins and Niles chat about:
- Bailey's transition from indoor to beach
- Why she's more nervous for a podcast than an actual...
Welcome to SandyNoles: An FSU Beach Volleyball Podcast! This is a podcast where, you guessed it, the Florida State beach volleyball staff and players chat about...Florida State beach volleyball.
In our debut episode, we have head coach Brooke Niles and second assistant coach Travis Mewhirter talking about the upcoming NCAA Beach Volleyball season, and specifically the upcoming opening weekend at Southern Miss. There, the 'Noles wi...
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