Monty

Blessed husband & father. TWU Baseball Alum. "I'm not standing still: I am lying in wait."

[Matt Jones @KySportsRadio]

That’s your First Place in the SEC Kentucky Wildcats!!!

[Matt Ronne @MattRonne77]

Big Time! Congrats @BillyBerry13!!

[Adam Luckett @AdamLuckettKSR]

Will Stein: "It's funny, everybody we beat seems to be a really bad football team."

[Monty @BigKatTalks]

Good to see the @Titans got their personnel issues handled in the off-season.

[National Baseball Recruiting @NatlBBRecruit]

College Baseball Program of the Day #006: Tennessee Wesleyan Bulldogs 🐶⚾

In May, the No. 8 seed Bulldogs won the 2026 Avista NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho, the third national title in program history (2012, 2019, 2026). They did it the hard way. After a 5-0 loss to IU Southeast put them in the elimination bracket, they won five straight: 11-0 over Johnson, 10-3 over IU Southeast, 8-5 over Southeastern, a 16-14 win over William Carey in the longest nine-inning game in World Series history (4 hours, 17 minutes), and then a 21-3 rout of No. 1 seed Taylor in the title game. That 18-run margin is the largest in NAIA championship history, and the 22 hits set a World Series record.

The resume:
🏆 3 NAIA national championships (2012, 2019, 2026), one of only three active NAIA programs with three or more
🏆 9 Avista NAIA World Series trips, including three straight (2024 runner-up, 2025, 2026 champions)
📈 2026: 49-15, AAC Tournament champions, Kingsport Opening Round champions
📈 Six straight 40-win seasons, including 56-8 in 2022 and 56-10 in 2019
📈 17 straight NAIA national tournament appearances
⚾ 3B Allan Gil Fernandez: World Series MVP, four homers in Lewiston, NAIA First Team All-American
⚾ OF Kolton Reynolds: 5-for-5 with a homer and 5 RBI in the title game, World Series Gold Glove, Second Team All-American
⚾ Josh Shelly (1B) and LHP Justin Jackson: Second Team All-Americans

Head coach Billy Berry is 837-277-1 at TWU and 883-334-1 in 21 seasons as a college head coach, and 2026-27 is his 20th season in Athens. He has won all three national titles, was named the 2026 NAIA Ball Coach of the Year, and was the ABCA NAIA National Coach of the Year in 2012 and 2019. Pitching coach Daniel Wood, a former D1 recruiting coordinator at Longwood, was the 2026 NAIA Ball Assistant Coach of the Year. Logan Fleener is the recruiting coordinator and Jace Wilson is the graduate assistant.

The pro pipeline is real: 72 former Bulldogs have moved on to pro ball since 2006, and five TWU alums have reached the big leagues, including Tom Browning, who threw a perfect game for the Reds and won the 1990 World Series, and Jim Henderson, who closed for the Brewers. Six players from the 2026 title team signed pro contracts this summer.
@TWU_Baseball @twbulldogs @BillyBerry13 @D_dubU34

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[Big Osc @bosbbn]

The AP poll punished Kentucky for beating this team on the road btw

[Daniel Hager @DanielHagerOn3]

Your reminder that Kentucky beat this team on the road last week and fell out of the AP Poll.

[Monty @BigKatTalks]

@nsmaddox Video credit??

[Monty @BigKatTalks]

@JenNimePalumbo As a UK fan, I love this! Good motivation fuel.

[Cole Cubelic @colecubelic]

Lance Heard 😤😤

[Rob Edwards @RobertDEdwards]

#Mizzou, leading 45-10 in the 4th quarter vs. Florida, plays Tom Petty’s “I Won’t Back Down” with images of several sad fans.

[Red Star Jr. @lilred700]

They gone make Louisville play in a bowl game on a wed in gatlinburg 😂🤦🏾‍♂️

[Kentucky Football @UKFootball]

We are the sandstorm.

[FlemFlam @FlemFlam_]

@DeputySmitty

[ESPZYN @ESPZYNALERTS]

The NCAA is a joke. 🤣
https://t.co/YLOv3t0p4X

[Monty @BigKatTalks]

Good to see that the @Titans got all of their personnel issues handled during the offseason. It is clear that @will_levis was why they sucked.

[Monty @BigKatTalks]

@ClayTravis It is all Will Levis’s fault.

[Doc Strangelove @DocStrangelove2]

“Aww is the mass surveillance company worried about being surveilled?”