Jason Novi

Cal Poly baseball and Orfalea COB alum. Life sciences c-suite exec. Cal Poly AD Council Member, SF Giants, 49ers, Sac Kings, Warriors, Sharks & Liverpool FC.

[Jason Novi @JasonNovi]

Project Omaha is bold and a game changer! Raising $5M ($2.5M already in) over five years to significantly increase Cal Poly Baseball scholarships and compensation. University is matching the fundraise dollar for dollar via increases to the program’s operating budget. #RideHigh

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

Cal Poly has announced "Project Omaha" a fundraising initiative designed to take Mustang Baseball to the next level! Learn more ⬇️

#RideHigh
https://t.co/9HUw198pzs

[Blake Novi @blaketnovi]

Thank you @NorCalU1 @NorCalBaseball for having me at this years NorCal World Series! I was 3/8 with 3 hard singles the other way. In the BP round, my exit velocity was up to about 97mph. Thank you to all the coaches who helped run the event. Can’t wait for more this summer!

[Cal Poly Football @calpolyfootball]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 🐎

Welcome to the John Madden Football Center!

#RideHigh

[Daniel Jay Gonzalez @DjGonzalez_6]

Not the summer start I had planned, but I’m thankful I got to be out there supporting my guys at the NorCal World Series.

Being injured is tough, but it also reminds you not to take this game for granted. Grateful for my teammates, coaches, and everyone who’s been in my corner through this process.

Time to keep working, get healthy, and come back stronger.

Good luck to my brothers the rest of the way. Go get it. 💪⚾️

@NorCalU1 @angryg12 @ColStew10 @EDMinerBaseball

[Coach Beede @CoachBeede]

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[Five Tool California @FiveToolCA]

Blake Novi (@blaketnovi) starts off the inning with a single to right field at the NorCal WS.

Amador Valley (CA) 2028 #uncommitted

@NorCalU / @NorCalBaseball

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[Jason Novi @JasonNovi]

@47Vandeley @leftcoastbsbl This helps to explain Cal Poly's rise. The last two years are just the beginning...
https://t.co/zMXDkAo8mC

[Baseball Unstitched @BaseUnstitched]

My Omaha 8 now that the Super Regional field is set:

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

The stage is set! Country Roads, here we come! 🐎

#RideHigh

[Jason Novi @JasonNovi]

I’m proud of you Blake, go compete!

[Blake Novi @blaketnovi]

I will be playing in this years NorCal World Series at Klein Family Field at University of Pacific. Thank you @NorCalU1 @NorCalBaseball for the opportunity! Here is my schedule and game times. I am on Team Grey. #NorCalWorldSeries #RoadToCollege #MLBDraft #PrepBaseball #FiveTool

[LeftCoastCollegeBaseball @leftcoastbsbl]

Seeing these portal announcements coming out and I have a few thoughts.

1. If you’re an all conference and potential top 5 round guy, and you’ve got a staff that knows their stuff and has developed you, why leave? Yes, you can get one year of NIL but Bremmer and Flora got way more staying at UCSB and being top picks than they would’ve gotten from NIL. Future earnings from development matter too and should be in that equation.
2. If you’re a stud, you leave, that new program has no history with you. One slump, you’re on the bench. You’ve built up no equity. That’s a kind of pressure wasn’t there at the previous school.
3. I think fans are starting to understand that most transfer portal entries are due to the end of the season meeting. It sucks, especially in baseball. This isn’t football or basketball with full scholarships. Most kids took out student loans or getting some sort of help. Do all your credits transfer to the new school? Who knows, maybe life just got delayed by a year because of this. It’s a confusing time and makes a lot of kids really hate baseball because it’s a business now. Yes, even in college. Coaches telling guys that will be seniors to leave when guys have 75% of their credits is BS.
4. Those fancy commitment Instagram graphics are so cringe. I know you’re excited, but the fact is that most likely you’ll be deleting it in 12 months.
5. I still like the roster limits in place now. Beats back in day where teams would bring in 60-80 guys in the Fall and then tell 80% of the freshmen to go find a Juco to play at after the first semester.

[Ben Diggle @DigglesDiamonds]

With the NCAA transfer portal opening today, I want to get a couple things off my chest.
1) @CoachBeede said something the other day that really stuck with me: the players that have the best college experience frequently do so because they and their family treated it like a 40-year decision instead of a 4-year decision. Too many players and their families get focused on the wrong things. Find the place that fits you best academically, athletically and financially.

2) The portal gets glamorized by what we see from On3 and 247 with regards to football and basketball. Trust me your experience is going to be vastly different. Anything looks sexy when there’s millions of dollars in NIL attached to it. But there’s plenty of kids that get left behind. Nobody talks about that because it doesn’t sell subscriptions. And college baseball doesn’t get a lot of NIL $$$.
If you’re young, say freshman or RS freshman (if that’s even a thing anymore) it’s going to be hard to find a home. Almost every D1 coach I talk to, to a man, says they will be hunting 22-23 year old juniors/seniors that they don’t have to wait on to develop.
Bottom line, there’s going to be some kids who get left off the ride and whose careers end. They’ve played their last game and just don’t know it yet.

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

What a night 🤩

#RideHigh

[Jason Novi @JasonNovi]

Read more about #ProjectOmaha here:
https://t.co/k7ygcWoR9P

[Paul Loeffler @P356Loeffler]

Great to see this & so pumped for our friends on the Central Coast. Cal Poly alums invested in baseball this year (#ProjectOmaha) & this is quite the immediate ROI. Powerful road map for other schools (especially outside Power 4) to follow. Congrats, Mustangs! Enjoy the ride!🙌

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

THE RECORD BOOK HAS A NEW COVER‼️

No Mustang has done it more. Peanut takes Cal Poly’s all-time hits record with 253 career hits 🐐

#RideHigh

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

EARNED IT IN LA.
TICKET PUNCHED TO SUPERS. 🎟️

#RideHigh

[Cal Poly Baseball @CalPolyBSB]

Mustangs making history😮‍💨

The Stangs are Super Regionals bound for the FIRST time in program history ‼️

#RideHigh

[Aaron Fitt @aaronfitt]

Cal Poly is headed to a super regional after taking down Saint Mary's. Happy for Larry Lee — he's run a great program in SLO for many, many years, and has long been one of the most respected coaches on the West Coast. Now the Mustangs are two wins away from Omaha.

[Jason Novi @JasonNovi]

#RideHigh

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

NICK BONN SLAMSSSS THE DOORRRRR 🔥🔥🔥

HOW BOUT THEM STANGS???? CAL POLY IS ADVANCING TO SUPERS

[11Point7 College Baseball @11point7]

Cal Poly throttling Saint Mary's. Stangs on their way to Los Angeles regional final 🔥

UCLA's path will be difficult.

[Cal Poly @CalPoly]

⚾ Since his freshman year, @CalPolyCSM student Gabe Riedel has combined his passion for math and baseball to help the @CalPolyBSB team gain a competitive edge.

🔗 Learn how Riedel and the student stats team are helping drive success for the back-to-back Big West Champions at https://t.co/Lmjmbq5iew