🏆 The 2026 NAIA Ball Coach of the Year is Billy Berry of Tennessee Wesleyan.
Berry led the Bulldogs to the pinnacle of NAIA baseball in 2026, guiding Tennessee Wesleyan to its third national championship in program history while continuing the tradition of excellence that has defined Bulldog baseball.
Under his leadership, the Bulldogs combined talent, consistency, and championship-caliber play throughout the season, finishing the year on top as national champions.
#NAIABall @TWU_Baseball@twbulldogs
🏆 The 2026 NAIA Ball Coach of the Year is Billy Berry of Tennessee Wesleyan.
Berry led the Bulldogs to the pinnacle of NAIA baseball in 2026, guiding Tennessee Wesleyan to its third national championship in program history while continuing the tradition of excellence that has defined Bulldog baseball.
Under his leadership, the Bulldogs combined talent, consistency, and championship-caliber play throughout the season, finishing the year on top as national champions.
#NAIABall @TWU_Baseball@twbulldogs
🏆 The 2026 NAIA Ball Assistant Coach of the Year is @TWU_Baseball's Daniel Wood.
Over the last five seasons, Wood has been a key piece of Tennessee Wesleyan's success. As the Bulldogs' pitching coach and recruiting coordinator, he has helped build a perennial national contender and played a major role in the program's 2026 NAIA National Championship.
"His recruiting classes are a direct reflection of our success. He's one of the most underrated recruiters in the country and consistently gets results year after year."
From developing talent on the mound to bringing in players who fit the program's culture, Wood's impact has been felt throughout one of the nation's premier programs.
#NAIABall @twbulldogs
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To you, it's just a Cracker Barrel parking lot. To me, it's where I gave my life to Jesus Christ.
I was 21 years old. I was working at the Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee after some of the worst years of my life. I'd made mistakes. Real ones.
I grew up in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, raised by a mom who worked hard and didn't accept excuses. But I made decisions that should have ended my story before it ever really started. By the grace of God, they didn't. But every day, I was carrying them.
One afternoon, a church group came into the restaurant, just back from a revival. I served them their meals like I served any other table. But something happened while I was serving them. I can't fully explain it to you. The Lord spoke to me. He said, “Stop running from Me.”
It knocked me back.
I went to find the table, and they were all gone. I could see through their windows that they were getting on their bus, and I knew deep down that if I let them drive away, I was going to keep running. So I went outside. The last woman, just as she was stepping onto the bus, turned to me and asked, “Are you okay?”
I told her, “No ma’am, I’m not okay.” I told her the Lord was telling me to stop running.
That whole bus emptied out, stood with me in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel in Tallahassee, Florida, and prayed over me right there.
I gave my life to Christ that day. Right there.
I still get emotional about it. Because I know what I was before that moment, and I know what He's done since. He gave me a wife who shares my faith. He gave me three sons. He gave me a career, a community, a calling I never would have dared to ask for. He took a kid from Crown Heights who’d run out of chances and gave him a life that doesn't make sense apart from grace.
People ask me sometimes why I talk about it. Why I bring up the parking lot. Why I don't just keep that part private and let folks see the polished version.
I'll tell you why.
Because there's a young man out there right now — maybe in Tallahassee, maybe in Tampa, maybe in Miami, maybe in a small town in the Panhandle — who thinks his story is already over. Who thinks the mistakes he's made disqualify him from the life he could have had. Who thinks God doesn't want anything to do with somebody like him.
I'm here to tell him: that's a lie.
In life, you're not who you are at the lowest point. You're who you choose to become after.
The Lord met me in a Cracker Barrel parking lot. He'll meet you wherever you are.
You just have to stop running.
@stoolpresidente@MattRonne77 Awesome. What a crowd and moment. Speaking for the Gators , Florida fans around Gainesville are spoiled and not showing up down there.
For the third time in program history, @TWU_Baseball is bringing home the red banner! The team won the 69th Avista NAIA Baseball World Series by a final score of 2️⃣1️⃣-3️⃣.
#DogpileTime#Champs🏆💍
🏆 TENNESSEE WESLEYAN (49-15) WINS THE 2026 NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!
The Bulldogs win 5 straight elimination games to win their 3rd National Championship (12', 19', 26) in program history! #NAIABall@TWU_Baseball@twbulldogs
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IT'S CHAMPIONSHIP GAMEDAY! #8 seed @TWU_Baseball will play for the program's third national title in the Avista NAIA World Series against #1 seed Taylor University. GAMEDAY info ⤵️:
📍Lewiston, ID
⏰9:30 PM ET
⚾️vs. Taylor
📈https://t.co/Qy7CBpW2Ox
📹https://t.co/FtHk1naYe6
Fauci needs to be indicted to send a message to the American people that lies like these have consequences. The covid lies — which proved virtually every “conspiracy” theory true — have created a world where no one believes anything people in power say.