Tuesday, February 3, 2015

PORTLAND, Ore. – Episode 51 of GNAC Insider included Alaska Anchorage women’s basketball coach Ryan McCarthy, Central Washington baseball coach Desi Storey and Simon Fraser track athlete Lindsey Butterworth. 

McCarthy is in his third year coaching the Seawolves. The former Northwest Nazarene player and assistant coach has the Seawolves as the No. 2 team in the country, while leading the nation in steals and scoring margin. Last week his team avenged its only loss of the season against NNU while reaching the 20-win plateau for the first time in McCarthy’s career. McCarthy talked about his past experiences in the GNAC and about how far his team could go this season.

Storey is in his 24th year as the CWU baseball coach. In 2014, Storey took his team to the GNAC tournament and beat top seeded Western Oregon to claim CWU’s first baseball title while earning his 500th victory in a CWU uniform. This season, the Wildcats were selected to unseat the Wolves again in the 2015 coaches poll. Storey discussed his 2015 squad as well as their upcoming games.

Butterworth is in her senior season with the Clans track & field team. In just two events this indoor season, Butterworth has set national standards in both the 800 meter and in the mile run and has been selected as the national runner of the week. Butterworth set one mark at the University of Washington Invitational this past weekend. She was also a member of the distance medley relay team that qualified for nationals at the invitational. Butterworth talked about the excellent start of her indoor season and the teams success at the University of Washington Invitational.

GNAC Insider airs live at 7 p.m. Pacific time every Tuesday and is produced by the conference office. All episodes become available as free podcasts via iTunes, and for archived listening via GNAC.TV.