Benjamin Ray

University of North Alabama Athletics Assistant AD/ Voice of the Lions/ESPN+ & Radio

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

Here’s the #InTheBooth shot of the @Lightbright_3 game winner! I love this @UNA_Basketball team! Let’s keep the dance going! #RoarLions #RaisetheRoar

[Jad Prachniak @CoachPRAChniak]

2026 Season-Updated

D1 Program Records
-Wins 31
-ASUN Wins 19
-1st ASUN Regular Season Title
-First ASUN Championship Game appearance

-Opened new Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Inpdendent Stadium

Incredible team to coach, one direction, reaching new heights together

RoarLions!

[North Alabama Athletics @UNAAthletics]

What a night for UNA Athletics 👏

✅ 2025-26 Highest APR Award
✅ 2025-26 Most Improved APR Award
✅ Dr. Josh Looney recognized for his NACDA AD of the Year award
✅ Ivy Wallen inducted into the ASUN Hall of Fame

#RaiseTheROAR 📈 | #RoarLions 🦁

[North Alabama Athletics @UNAAthletics]

The standard setter 🏀

Check out Ivy Wallen's ASUN Hall of Fame Induction Speech from tonight's banquet in Jacksonville, Fla.

@UNAwbb | #RoarLions 🦁

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

The @UNAwbb GOAT and one of the best I’ve ever been fortunate enough to cover! #RoarLions

[North Alabama Athletics @UNAAthletics]

A momumental day for North Alabama 👏

Tune in tonight at 6 p.m. CT as former @UNAwbb standout Ivy Wallen Murks is officially inducted into the Atlantic Sun Conference Hall of Fame!

Ivy is the ASUN's first-ever inductee from UNA!

Watch: https://t.co/in2uSSiLE7

[Brett Beaird @brettbeaird]

1:20 pm CT @Bar76 Benjamin Ray University of North Alabama Athletics Assistant AD/ Voice of the Lions @UNAAthletics guest on Boomo Bugg show WYTK @939TheScore

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

Thanks to @UNABaseball for an unbelievable season! Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium opened to phenomenal community support and these dudes delivered a season to remember!

Thankful to share some broadcast memories with @gwake33, @brandy__g and @Mike_on_the_Mik over the last week!

I know the loss is painful…but the trajectory is sky high for @UNABaseball! Heck…the momentum for @UNAAthletics is building!

Get on the bus with us! We’ve got the right leadership, an outstanding group of coaches and a top tier group of student-athletes.

2026-27 can’t get here fast enough!

#RoarLions

[North Alabama Athletics @UNAAthletics]

📰 North Alabama advances past FGCU before falling to Lipscomb in ASUN Championship

https://t.co/QbHrRjkJn4

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

I’ve never been so certain that what I called was wrong. I thought for sure it got robbed. But we’re calling this remote off the ESPN+ feed so I really had no gauge of anything at all. I sold out on the record and thought for sure the centerfielder brought it back.

Glad my gut was wrong. Thankful we got this moment.

#RoarLions

[North Alabama Baseball @UNABaseball]

An All-Time Rip

UNA: 6
FGCU: 3

🎥 https://t.co/xhZLFlAIek

[Nick Patten @_npatten_]

It was an awesome ride with this group of guys.
- Program record 31 wins
- Regular season ASUN Co-Champs
- First ever conference championship appearance
- 6 All-Conference selections
- Opened a brand new stadium
The future of North Alabama Baseball is now.
#RoarLions 🦁

[BrandyG:) (50/100) @brandy__g]

Thanks for the ride @UNABaseball 🫡

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

@SFAgentParke @UNAAthletics @UNABaseball This is gold

[North Alabama Baseball @UNABaseball]

TIRED: Watching ESPN+ without @bar76 & @gwake33

WIRED: Watching RoarLions Productions with Ben, Grant and baseball expert @Mike_on_the_Mik with @brandy__g producing all postseason long

Check out these cool calls of the game🤙🏼

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

That’s why @RDH_31 is the best.

[North Alabama Athletics @UNAAthletics]

Listen to head coach Jad Prachniak and big time players, Bryant Loving and Tripp Patterson, after the huge win of No. 1 seed North Florida by @UNABaseball in the Atlantic Sun Postseason Tournament.

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

My only regret is that we did not send our broadcast crew.

Often times it’s hard for the ESPN+ broadcast to truly capture the moment when they don’t know these dudes like we do. They don’t understand what Gavin Oswald means to this program or what Bryant Loving has truly done moving to centerfield or why we celebrate so hard when Wes Walker hits a bomb.

I wish we were in DeLand but I’m thankful we’re able to do them remotely! We’re going to keep telling their stories all the way to the end!

We’ll be back tomorrow on Roar Lions Productions chasing more history with @UNABaseball!

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

Iconic 📸 from @Barton_4!

[North Alabama Baseball @UNABaseball]

kings of the north👑

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

This is why we send people on the road and this is why we have all those cameras on the sidelines.

These moments will live on forever. We’re fortunate enough to have captured so many iconic moments throughout our championship runs back in the day.

But now we can do so much more. Our coverage on Instagram got over 1 million views over the last 30 days. We have an outstanding crew and they thrive in big-time situations.

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

@jonathan_lane2 @Mike_on_the_Mik @UNABaseball @gwake33 We might have to make this happen…

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

Our dudes cooked with these.

@cgloversports
@Barton_4
@davis_farlo

[North Alabama Baseball @UNABaseball]

aight now big time💫

[Benjamin Ray @bar76]

A+…no wait. A++.

@davis_farlo

[North Alabama Baseball @UNABaseball]

got us out here feelin’ like Mike Jack💫

[Josh Looney @JoshLooney]

Four years ago, we trusted @CoachPRAChniak to lead a multi‑year plan to elevate @UNABaseball’s Division I expectations. He’s stacked progress season after season.

These teams have climbed year after year, and this group delivered a breakthrough FIRST on the final day of the inaugural season at Mike D. Lane Field at Bank Independent Stadium.

Proud of this journey. Let’s go win next week!

#RaiseTheROAR 🦁📈