Barry Craddock

Head Baseball Coach. Wilmington College. #BraceUp

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Gonna break my rusty cage

https://t.co/4G3rf7pECy

[Noah Wamer @NoahWamer19]

2026 Spring Accolades
MVL Player of the Year
Unanimous 1st Team All MVL
1st Team All Southeast District

.400 AVG
.556 OBP
19 BB | 12 HBP
28 GP | 34 H | 40 R

6-1 On the mound
41.0 IP
41 Ks | 5 BB

[Wilmington Athletics @DubCQuakers]

Congrats to 30 Quakers who were named Academic All-OAC today, needing at least a 3.50 cumulative GPA and be a sophomore or higher to be honored! @DubC_Baseball @DubC_Softball @DubC_MensLax @DubC_XCTR #QuakersBASE #QuakersSB #QuakersMLAX #QuakersMTAF #QuakersWTAF #WeAreDubC

[Wilmington Athletics @DubCQuakers]

These five Quakers earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District this afternoon, the maximum amount a school can earn!
@wilmy_baseball #QuakersBASE #WeAreDubC

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Quaker Baseball had another outstanding semester in the classroom— team GPA of 3.39!

35 players w a 3.0 or higher.

22 players w a 3.5 or higher.

7 players w a 4.0!!

Congratulations!

#QTFU

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

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[Wilmington Athletics @DubCQuakers]

Congratulations to seniors J.C. Calhoun and Trent Mendenhall for earning Honorable Mention All-OAC honors this morning! @wilmy_baseball #QuakersBASE #WeAreDubC

[Riley Jensen @RileyJensen]

30 years ago I was the starting QB at Utah State University. My senior year I got benched. For the next 15 years I walked around feeling like a certified loser. Then I read this quote from Pat Summitt:
'Winning is fun… Sure. But winning is not the point.
Wanting to win is the point.
Not giving up is the point.
Never letting up is the point.
Never being satisfied with what you’ve done is the point.'
It snapped me out of it. If you’re still carrying a sports setback, a benching, a missed opportunity, or any “I’m not enough” story… this is your permission slip to drop it. The game isn’t over. Your story is not yet written. You are still a work in progress. The point is you keep wanting it. You keep getting up. And you listen to that quiet voice that says, "I will try again tomorrow."

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Help Build it Bigger for WC Athletics! https://t.co/itTBDTVMOb

[Wilmington Athletics @DubCQuakers]

#QuakersBASE game on Sunday afternoon vs. Wabash College has been postponed with a make up date TBD. @wilmy_baseball #WeAreDubC #experiencewilmingtoncollege

[Jonathan Lucroy @JLucroy20]

At higher levels, 99% of hitting issues come from being late, or in other words, not being ready to hit. When we are late we chase bad pitches and miss good ones.

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

“Either we win, or we learn.”

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office.

Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known.

He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions.

Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?"

I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well."

The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year.

Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there.

But at game time, the tires were flat.

I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands.

Now it was time to reset.

"Shower well" means exactly this:
• Watch the frustration circle down the drain
• Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind
• Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest

Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight.

Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization.

I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball.

Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home.

You can carry all of that through your front door.

Or you can shower well.

I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them.

The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up.

Either we win. Or we learn.

The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day.

So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well.

Tomorrow is a new at-bat.

What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Let’s go!

Excited to share we just got another big-time pitching commitment from the Cincinnati area!

Can’t wait to get these talented 2026 grads to campus this fall!

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Game #1 vs Olivet College
Saturday, Feb 28th, 1 pm
Wilmington, Ohio

[Barry Craddock @CoachDoc19]

Michael Wielansky - MVP of Caribbean Series

https://t.co/RMnnEdJiyP

The phenom continuing to do phenomenal things.