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EPISODE · May 8, 2025 · 45 MIN

#28: Season Finale - Tatum Benson, CJ Haydock and Ray Eggert

from The Sunbirds Sports Show with Paul Meadors · host Fresno Pacific Sunbirds Athletics

Host Paul Meadors is back on the FPU campus this week for the last episode of the season and is joined by grad student and FPU water polo legend Tatum Benson, men’s basketball head coach CJ Haydock, and new Sunbirds swimming and diving head coach Ray Eggert.Tatum just finished up her graduate degree and her fifth and final season playing water polo for the Sunbirds as FPU’s all-time leading scorer and a three-time all-conference first teamer.  As her FPU career comes to a close, she tells us what’s next for her.  Then, frequent contributor to the Sunbirds Sports Show, Coach CJ, drops by to catch up with his old friend Paul to talk about everything from offseason team bonding and incoming transfers to the overall optimism and forward progress of FPU athletics.Ray Eggert, a former Sunbird swimmer and national champion, is up next to discuss the recent news of his appointment leading the swim program, what it’s like being back on campus, and how excited he is to be leading the program that helped shaped him as a coach, teacher, and follower of Christ.  And finally, communications intern and Sunbird of the Year Pablo Zubieta puts Paul on the Five Questions hot seat… at least while time permits!#BackTheBirds

Host Paul Meadors is back on the FPU campus this week for the last episode of the season and is joined by grad student and FPU water polo legend Tatum Benson, men’s basketball head coach CJ Haydock, and new Sunbirds swimming and diving head coach Ray Eggert.Tatum just finished up her graduate degree and her fifth and final season playing water polo for the Sunbirds as FPU’s all-time leading scorer and a three-time all-conference first teamer.  As her FPU career comes to a close, she tells us what’s next for her.  Then, frequent contributor to the Sunbirds Sports Show, Coach CJ, drops by to catch up with his old friend Paul to talk about everything from offseason team bonding and incoming transfers to the overall optimism and forward progress of FPU athletics.Ray Eggert, a former Sunbird swimmer and national champion, is up next to discuss the recent news of his appointment leading the swim program, what it’s like being back on campus, and how excited he is to be leading the program that helped shaped him as a coach, teacher, and follower of Christ.  And finally, communications intern and Sunbird of the Year Pablo Zubieta puts Paul on the Five Questions hot seat… at least while time permits!#BackTheBirds

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