We were big fans of 2023 and can't wait to see what 2024 has in store for Golden Eagle baseball.
Happy New Year, Golden Eagles!
#EverythingMatters | #SMTTT
Be kind. Say thank you. Hold the door open. Compliment as many people as you can. Point out the good and be the good. Treat others the way you want to be treated. Love, serve and care. The world needs more of this today!
If you want to build a strong culture you must make the time to build strong relationships. They are the foundation of a positive & thriving culture. π€
Invest in people. Focus your energy on communicating. Make the time to create meaningful connections & watch your culture rise to a higher level. πͺ
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caringβ¦
ALL of which have the potential to change a life!
Your greatness as a leader will not be determined by how much power you accumulate. It will be determined by how much you serve and sacrifice for others to help them become great.
11 things to BE today:
Be thankful
Be present
Be empowering
Be forgiving
Be loving
Be courageous
Be open
Be honest
Be generous
Be the hardest worker you know
Be who God has created you to be!
Congratulations to @tannerhall06 for winning the 4th Street Player of the Year for 2022-23
The Hall-American is arguably one of the greatest pitchers in Southern Miss athletics history, and the fans recognized that when coming to a decision.
In just one-week, Southern Miss ace Tanner Hall has received not only one, but two different All-American honors for his performance this year. https://t.co/0SP0Qv5LYP
βHave you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence?
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
They signed and they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.
Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.
Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. The owner quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.
John Hart was driven from his wifeβs bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart. Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.
Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution. These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: βFor the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.ββ
Michael W Smith
Saban GOLDπ₯
The best players make their teammates better.
Do you?
"To be a good player on your team, you have to affect someone else on the team. You have to cause them to play better by the way you play."
- Nick Saban