Jake Dunlap

@catawbabaseball #16

[Jake Dunlap @JakeDunlap5]

❤️

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐍 ⭐️

@CatawbaBaseball's trio of Casey Gouge, Brandon Crabtree and Joe Burleyson earn @ABCA1945 All-Region honors, making them each unanimous First Team All-Region selections!

Release | https://t.co/cLojEyAhwc

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

𝐅𝐄𝐄𝐋𝐈𝐍' 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐄𝐑 🤩

For the third straight year, @CatawbaBaseball is headed to the Southeast Super Regional!

The Catawba Indians will HOST Francis Marion at Newman Park starting next Thursday!

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

We're in & 𝙃𝙊𝙎𝙏𝙄𝙉𝙂

@CatawbaBaseball is the #2 seed in the Southeast Regional; they'll open with Belmont Abbey at Newman Park on Thursday!

Release | https://t.co/bdOa3Y1C06

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Catawba Baseball @CatawbaBaseball]

A special group that is not yet finished.

#BeYourOwnHero

[James Franklin @coachjfranklin]

Wanted to take a minute & thank all of the fans & the community that supported us on Saturday! It made a HUGE impact on Saturday but just as important it will impact our future, recruits saw that VT loves Football!

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

𝐒𝐀𝐂 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒 🏆

@CatawbaBaseball wrapped up the outright @SAC_Athletics regular season title by finishing out a road sweep of Newberry!

1⃣5⃣ regular season SAC titles since 2003! 🤯

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Bud Foster @coachfostervt]

We will NEVER FORGET.
#wewillprevail

[HP Christian Baseball @HPCA_Baseball]

2021 Grad Carter Bass @thecarterbass - Belmont Abbey & 2024 Grad Jake Dunlap @JakeDunlap5 - Catawba facing off against one another Tuesday night. #cougarpride

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

Walk-off winner for @CatawbaBaseball!

Catawba Indians outlast Belmont Abbey in 11 innings, winning on Brandon Crabtree's walk-off walk!

Jake Dunlap was 4-for-5 with a double and a triple; Burleyson threw 3⃣ scoreless for the win!

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

Mission accomplished ✅

@CatawbaBaseball bounces back with the DH sweep at Anderson to take the series!

2⃣7⃣ straight league series wins!

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Catawba College Athletics @CatawbaIndians]

.@CatawbaBaseball rolls to a run-rule victory over Coker in the series opener!

4⃣-hit game for Dunlap with 5⃣ RBI! Dyer added five RBI; Crabtree homered!

Back for two more starting at noon tomorrow.

#BeYourOwnHero | #CatawbaCulture

[Adam Heisler @AdamHeis6]

You only get one playing career. That’s it.

There’s no redo. No second version where you “take it more serious.” No going back wishing you would’ve pushed harder.

At some point, every player has to decide what they really want.

Because the truth is… it’s going to cost you something.

It’s going to cost you late nights with friends.
It’s going to cost you comfort.
It’s going to cost you being “normal.”

And yeah, that means having some tough conversations.

Telling your boys you can’t hang out because you’ve got work to do.
Choosing the cage over the couch.
Choosing discipline over distractions.

That’s not easy. But neither is regret.

So decide now who you’re going to be.

All in… or looking back wishing you were.

[Catawba Baseball @CatawbaBaseball]

SS-Nathan Chrismon honored as a member of the “LOU GEHRIG COMMUNITY IMPACT TEAM”!!! Bigger than baseball!!!

[Anderson Miller @AndersonLMiller]

Hitting is the most difficult thing to do in sports: People forget that sometimes.

You know what makes way hitters worse at something that’s already incredibly difficult to do?

Fear based coaching.
Tense. Stiff. Anxious.
Reactive.

“If you strike out looking, you’re on the bench.”

“You don’t want it enough”

Brutal approach.

What kind of message is that sending to a hitter.

Here’s a better option.

Create calmness and conviction in your hitters.

Let them know that it is impossible to cover all 9 squares of this zone.

But whatever zone within the strike zone or area you are hunting, be 100% all in on that zone.

Communicate with your hitters.

“What’s your plan here?”

Ok win there.

Relentlessly hunt it.
Convicted hitters win.

Tense, reactive hitters lose, & don’t enjoy playing either because they are operating out of a fear, scarcity mindset.

Instead of a mindset that creates, calmness, conviction, & consistency.

There’s just simply a better way.

Than just “compete”

Relentlessly hunt your plan.
Reassess on the back end.

Repeat this process, every round, every game at bat.

This is hitting.
This is effective coaching.
This is elite communication.

It’s a lot calmer, less emotional, simple, & much more effective…

Food for thought 💭

[Flagship Franklin🌪️🦃 @HokiesbyaMilly]

u just had to be there to experience this 12 month run 😭

[Pierce Nelson @PierceNelson22]

Take one game off of narrating mafia and I get kamikazied in round two. #letthekidplay

[Baseball Quotes @BaseballQuotes1]

Every day at 7PM, taps is played over the loudspeakers at Dallas National Cemetery, just beyond the outfield wall at DBU

During every gameday at 7, they pause to honor the fallen troops buried just beyond the wall

One of the best traditions in sports

[HP Christian Baseball @HPCA_Baseball]

Former teammates competing against one another tonight!2021 Grad Carter Bass @CarterBass11 (Belmont Abbey)and 2024 Grad Jake Dunlap @JakeDunlap5 (Catawba)2 guys that gave their love,blood&sweat to the Cougars!Both were State Champions.Friends for life! This is what it’s about!

[Bud Foster @coachfostervt]

@UVASPORTSPARODY @HokiesFB 21-4

[Bud Foster @coachfostervt]

@walkonmoose @vkehres James Franklin.