Chip Runyon

Dad to four great kids + husband to an amazing wife + wealth advisor to phenomenal clients | 🏈 ⛳️ 🦃 📈⚜️🇺🇸 ⚾️ Richmond Braves College Recruiting

[Chip Runyon @ChipRunyon]

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[Troy Silva @TroyPSilva]

All players, I promise you this. You’ll never look back when you’re an adult with a family, wife, kids, and think man, I respected the game too much… man, I worked too hard… man, I respected my opponents too much… man, I respected my coaches too much. Nope. You’ll look back and be thankful for the life lessons that baseball taught you throughout the years. You will have a regrets though with the way you treat others… your antics on the field… not giving max effort… being a punk… being selfish… being entitled… being all about you… don’t have those regrets.
#BaseballTruth

[Tanner Schaedel @TannerSchaedel]

After my sophomore year at ODU, I am entering the transfer portal.
- 6’2” 205lb
- Utility Player
- Possible two-way

[Chip Runyon @ChipRunyon]

Well said! 👏

[Hayden Collins @Hayden_Collins8]

Yesterday I wrapped up my college baseball career as well as my playing career. I was reflecting on some things that I wish I knew coming into college or somethings that I would tell younger players interested in playing college baseball. So here they are in no particular order⬇️

[Camden Bauswell @BauswellCamden]

Camden Bauswell- Transfer Catcher

2 years of eligibility remaining.
Looking for any opportunities.

2026 Stats:
GP: 30
AVG: .404 (40-99)
2B: 11 
HR: 4
SLG: .636
OBP: .470
RBI: 27
BB: 13
SO: 8

[Dan Cevette @DanCevette]

HS Baseball Players ⚾️

I’ve been around this game a long time, and something’s changed...

We’re losing respect for the game.

• Chirping after every pitch.
• Celebrating routine plays like it’s Game 7
• Trying to embarrass opponents instead of beating them.

That’s not toughness. That’s insecurity. 💯

Somewhere along the way, being loud became more important than being good.

And the worst part? It’s being allowed.

When I came up…

• You showed up early.
• You handled your business.
• You played hard.
• You shut your mouth.
• If you had something to say…
you said it with performance.
• And if lines were ever crossed, the players took care of it.

The truth: 👇

• Baseball is hard.
• You’re going to fail.
• You’re going to struggle.
• The game doesn’t need more noise…
• It needs more respect.
• Nobody remembers who chirped.
• They remember who showed up.
• Who competed.
• Who handled adversity.
• Who left the game better than they found it.

Want to separate yourself?
Stop talking. Start working.

Respect the game.

💯⚾️

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Mack Brown shares a can't miss message on habits and success.

"If your habits do not lead to your dreams - change your habits."

"If I'm not doing the things that I need to do to be successful out here, figure out why and do it. You wanna do it. It's easy to do."

Then he delivered the real truth:
"It's not what you're capable of doing. It's what you're willing to do."

"You are all capable or you wouldn't be here. Every one of you. All of you are really good or they wouldn't have brought you in."

"But what are you willing to do?"

Many are capable, few are COMMITTED.

"Now you should make the choice to be the best you can be and do what you were brought here to do and be a great teammate."

You win through your habits and how you show up.

The first choice is to show up. The next choice is to commit.

Commit, show up, do the work, and stack the days.
(🎥@TexasWSD)

[Mike Hoffmann @MikeHoffmann]

Luke Falk shared a Mike Leach story that stopped me cold:

Two kids. One rich. One poor.

Every training camp, Coach Leach told his team about these 2 kids.

The rich kid has two choices.

Get soft. Get entitled. Expect everything handed to him because he was handed more.

Or take the resources, the coaching, the opportunities, and compound them into something greater.

The poor kid has two choices too.

Say nobody gave him anything. Blame the world. Make his circumstances the reason he never became what he could have been.

Or outwork everyone in the room.

Luke said the locker room had both. Kids from wealth. Kids from nothing. Kids with every advantage. Kids who scraped for every inch.

Same choice for all of them.

Ownership or victimhood.
Fuel or excuse.

The rich kid can waste the head start or build on it.

The poor kid can drown in the deficit or weaponize it.

Greatness doesn't come from where you start.

It comes from which kid you choose to feed.

Credit to @coachlukefalk for continuing to share golden nuggets about Coach’s legacy

[Dan Tharp @CoachDanTharp]

“Your talent is your floor, your character is your ceiling”

Absolutely incredible quote by UCLA Coach Cori Close.

[Matt Carpenter @MattCarp13]

The biggest thing baseball taught me:

It’s life in a uniform.

Good days, bad days, and everything in between. Let go of what you can’t control. And commit to what you can. Your effort, attitude and response to failures will continue to shape who you are. So keep stacking days.

[Cole Goodman @Cole_GmanBSBL]

Starting off hot with the boys 2-0
Going 4-6 with a home run, double and 2 singles as well as 4 sb and 5 runs scored in
@ChipRunyon @RichmondBraves @NSAthletics

[Noah Brooks @3NoahBrooks]

3 run 💣 today went 2 for 2 and a walk @BrandonHathaw19 @RichmondBraves @ksallday19 @JJonesPBVADC @757_Baseball1 @ChipRunyon

[Richmond Braves 2024 ‘s Page @Braves18UPlat]

4 OG 2024 Braves
1 field

[Chris Boettcher @chrisboettcher9]

Nothing will humble a man quite like coaching the first night of T-ball practice.

[Justin Gominsky @GoGoGominsky22]

One of the hardest lessons I learned after my baseball career ended:

I had tied too much of my identity to the game.

When I played, everything revolved around baseball.

If I had a great game, life felt great.
If I struggled, it felt like everything was wrong.

My emotions followed the same rollercoaster as the game.

And the truth is, when my emotions were on that rollercoaster, it did not just affect me.

It affected the people I loved the most, because they were the ones who had to deal with it.

And when baseball ended, I realized something that caught me completely off guard:

I did not know where to find my sense of purpose.

That is how powerful this game can be.

It pulls you in so deeply that it’s easy to start believing baseball is who you are, not just something you do.

Today when I talk with high school and college players, this is one of the main things I see.

So many of them have tied their identity completely to the game.

One thing I always make sure they hear from me is simple:

I am proud of you.

And I say that after a great game or a tough one.

Because that pride has nothing to do with performance on the field.

It has everything to do with the person they are becoming.

Sometimes to find perspective, we need to take a step back and look at how far we have come.

It is easy to get stuck in the present and focus only on what needs to happen next to advance.

But when we pause and reflect on the work, growth, and experiences that brought us here, it reminds us that our worth is not tied to one moment, one game, or one season.

The truth is, the game eventually ends for all of us.

What matters most has to be bigger than baseball.

Faith.
Family.
Friendships.

Those are the things that carry you long after the final out.

When your identity is rooted there, baseball becomes what it was always meant to be:

A game to love.
A place to compete.
A platform to grow.

Not the definition of your worth.

[Justin Gominsky @GoGoGominsky22]

Baseball Players: Read This.

Shane Battier once explained something every athlete needs to understand about winning.

He said during his NBA career he realized 98% of the time he was on the court… he never touched the ball.

Only 2% of the time did he actually have it.

Yet he was a key piece on championship teams.

Because the real impact happened in the 98% no one was watching.

In baseball, that looks like:

• Taking the extra base
• Moving a runner over with a ground ball
• Backing up every throw
• Winning a 7-pitch at bat even if it ends in an out
• Being the loudest guy in the dugout
• Sprinting on and off the field
• Being in the right spot on defense

Everyone notices the home runs.

Championship teams are built by the players who dominate the 98% of the game without the ball.

Baseball is the ultimate team game.

Be the guy your teammates trust when nobody is watching.

[Rich Luttenberger @RichLuttVT]

As 2025 comes to a close, I look back on everything I wrote for @SonsofSatVT and by far this is the one that stands out. Apologies if you’ve already seen this, but if you haven’t, it’s a must-read for any @HokiesFB fan.
@ChipRunyon

https://t.co/FkqSJFJdP8

[Happy Punch @HappyPunch]

The broadcast angle did NOT do that Anthony Joshua knockout justice

HOLY SHIT 🤯

[Chip Runyon @ChipRunyon]

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[Richmond Braves @RichmondBraves]

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DM this account or email [email protected] as we look ahead to Summer 2026 and prepare for the next year of finding college homes for our Braves players! #bravesfamily❤️💙

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Parents
Nobody can help your kid get a baseball scholarship.
Let me repeat.
Nobody can help your kid get a baseball scholarship.
Until he's physically similar to the players at the schools he wants to attend.
Your son is his own recruiting service.
He has to be physical enough (strength and speed), good enough (perform vs good competition) and driven enough (work ethic) before anyone can help him.
Hint
Colleges are looking for players as good or better, as strong or stronger, as athletic or more athletic, with similar or better measurables than the players they already have.
No recruiting service, no high school coach, no travel ball coach or anyone else can help your son until he checks the boxes he controls.