While most of our Gamecock Family is staying home to help lower the curve and stop the spread during the COVID-19 pandemic, the staff, coaches and student-athletes from JSU are no different. In this series, we will catch up with various Gamecocks to see what they are doing and how this pandemic is affecting them. Each new edition of At Home With The Gamecocks will be posted below.
EPISODE 31: WOMEN'S BASKETBALLÂ GUARD TAYLOR HAWKS
Mike Parris chats with rising senior guard
Taylor Hawks on preparing for her senior season and how she's spending her time during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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EPISODE 30:Â MEN'S BASKETBALL COORDINATOR OF OPERATIONS TYSOR ANDERSON
Mike Parris checks in with Jacksonville State Coordinator of Men's Basketball Operation
Tysor Anderson about his job, the basketball lineage in his family and his journey to Jacksonville State.
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EPISODE 29: JSU RIFLE JUNIOR SHOOTER SAM PAYNE
Mike Parris chats with Sam Payne, junior shooter on the Gamecocks Rifle Team, about his career and how he's spent his time during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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EPISODE 28: FORMER JSU HOOPS STANDOUT CHRISTIAN CUNNINGHAM
Mike Parris checks in with former Jacksonville State men's basketball star Christian Cunningham to chat about his professional career and how the COVID-19 Pandemic has affected him.
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EPISODE 27: FORMER JSU DISTANCE RUNNER ERICKA MASON
Mike Parris talks with former JSU distance runner Ericka Mason about her career, her marathon training and her job working with COVID-19 patients during the pandemic.
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EPISODE 26: HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK MONTRESSA KIRBY
Mike Parris checks in with former All-American and JSU Hall of Fame Montressa Kirby and chats about some of his memories from his record-setting career at JSU.
EPISODE 25: SOFTBALL SENIOR CATCHER RYANN LUNA
Mike Parris checks in with senior catcher Ryann Luna about her final season being cut short by the COVID-19 Pandemic and her plans to move on to medical school.
EPISODE 24: BEACH VOLLEYBALL JUNIOR BETHANY RANDALL
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State Beach Volleyball player Bethany Randall about the Gamecocks' first season in the Ohio Valley Conference getting canceled by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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EPISODE 23: JSU QUARTERBACKS COACH TYLER ALLEN
Mike Parris chats with new Jacksonville State quarterbacks coach
Tyler Allen about his new job and his journey to JSU.
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EPISODE 22: JSU SOCCER JUNIOR LINDSAY ALBANI
Mike Parris talks with Jacksonville State junior defender Lindsay Albani about her journey to overcoming injuries and the recent COVID-19 Pandemic.
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EPISODE 21: HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER DUSTIN HILL
Mike Parris checks in with JSU's head athletic trainer
Dustin Hill, who talks about how caring for the Gamecocks will look when they return to campus.
EPISODE 20: INTERIM TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY COACH MATTHEW BOONE
Mike Parris checks in with Jacksonville State's interim track and cross country coach
Matthew Boone to talk about the transition during the pandemic and his plans for when student-athletes return to campus and competition.
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EPISODE 19: FEMALE EAGLE OWL AWARD WINNER CHLOE LONG
Mike Parris chats with the 2020 Female Eagle Owl Award winner, the first women's basketball recipient of the award since 2000.
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EPISODE 18: FORMER JSU QUARTERBACK & COUNTRY MUSIC STAR RILEY GREEN
Mike Parris checks in with former JSU quarterback and current country music superstar Riley Green during the COVID-19 Pandemic to talk about his time away from the road and his time as a member of the JSU Football team.
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EPISODE 17: WOMEN'S GOLF SENIORS
Mike Parris chats with the 2020 Seniors from Jacksonville State's Women's Golf team - Chloe Borders, Layne Dyar, Pia Ohlenbusch and Madilyn Turner - about the cancellation of the end of their season and their plans going forward.
EPISODE 16: ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH MAX THURMOND
Mike Parris talks with assistant football coach Max Thurmond about his return to JSU as a member of the 2020 football staff.
EPISODE 15: MALE EAGLE OWL AWARD WINNER JOSH BRADY
Jacksonville State Athletics Director
Greg Seitz presents football's Josh Brady with the 2019-20 Male Eagle Owl Award via zoom, and then
Mike Parris interviews the All-American long snapper about his career and the award.
EPISODE 14: FORMER RIFLE ALL-AMERICAN & USA SHOOTING'S JAMES HALL
Mike Parris chats with former JSU Rifle All-American and current member of the US Olympic Team James Hall about his Olympics debut being pushed back until 2021.
EPISODE 13: JSU HEAD STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH GAVIN HALLFORD
Mike Parris chats with JSU Head Strength and Conditioning Coach
Gavin Hallford about keeping the Gamecocks in shape while they're spread across the globe during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
EPISODE 12: FORMER JSU BASEBALL STANDOUT CLAYTON DANIEL
Mike Parris chats with former Jacksonville State baseball star and current member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization Clayton Daniel about how the COVID-19 Pandemic is affecting him.
EPISODE 11: VOLLEYBALL COACH TODD GARVEY
Mike Parris talks with Jacksonville State volleyball coach
Todd Garvey about how he and his team are dealing with the COVID-19 Shutdown.
EPISODE 10: SOCCERÂ COACH NEIL MACDONALD
Mike Parris checks in with Jacksonville State soccer coach
Neil Macdonald about how he and his team are dealing with the COVID-19 Pandemic.
EPISODE 9: MEN'S BASKETBALLÂ COACH RAY HARPER
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State men's basketball coach
Ray Harper about how the Gamecocks are handling the COVID-19 shutdown.
EPISODE 8: WOMEN'S BASKETBALLÂ COACH RICK PIETRI
Mike Parris talks with Jacksonville State women's basketball coach
Rick Pietri about his time at home during the COVID-19 Pandemic, his hometown of New Orleans and the Gamecocks' recent signing class.
EPISODE 7: TRACK & FIELD/CROSS COUNTRYÂ COACH STEVE RAY
Mike Parris talks with Jacksonville State Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Steve Ray about his recent retirement announcement, how he's spending his time during the COVID-19 Quarantine and how it affected his final season.
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EPISODE 6: FOOTBALL COACH JOHN GRASS
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State Football Coach
John Grass about how he's spending his time during the COVID-19 Pandemic and how he and his staff are keeping the Gamecocks in shape while they are at home.
EPISODE 5: TENNIS COACH ANDRES AMORES
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State men's and women's tennis coach
Andres Amores about the affects the COVID-19 have had on him, his team and his family in Ecuador.
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EPISODE 4: GOLF COACH JAMES HOBBS
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State men's and women's golf coach
James Hobbs about how he's spending his time during the COVID-19 Pandemic and about his international players that are having to quarantine in Jacksonville.
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EPISODE 3: BASEBALL SENIORS CORLEY WOODS & ALEX WEBB
Mike Parris catches up with Jacksonville State baseball senior right hander Corley Woods and Senior catcher Alex Webb to see how they responded to the COVID-19 Pandemic canceling their senior seasons and their plans going forward.
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EPISODE 2: SOFTBALL COACH JANA McGINNIS
Mike Parris chats with Jacksonville State softball coach
Jana McGinnis about what she and her team are doing during the COVID-19 Pandemic and what it was like when they found out the 2020 season would be suspended.
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EPISODE 1: BASEBALL COACH JIM CASE
Mike Parris checks in with Jacksonville State Baseball Coach
Jim Case to talk about the abrupt end to the 2020 baseball season and what he and his team are doing now and in the near future during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
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