Shawn James

Proud Husband & Father | Lover of pearls with seams | HPMS Baseball | #DEFamily

[Nolan Potts @CoachPotts23]

Cooper's career stats and where they rank in school history:

Avg: .392 (4th)
Hits: 85 (1st)
Runs: 76 (1st; next closest has 63)
RBI: 67 (1st; next closest has 51)
Stolen Bases: 48 (1st)
Doubles: 17 (4th)
Triples: 8 (4th)
Home Runs: 4 (T-4th)

Incredible career, @cooper_miskelly!

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

Congrats to our All-Region selections!

First Team:
• Cooper Miskelly (2B)
• Aiden Delaney (1B)
• Mark Van Tuyle (OF)
• Cam McManus (P)

Second Team:
• Mark Van Tuyle (P)
• Erick Flores (C)

[Cooper Miskelly @cooper_miskelly]

Didn’t end how we wanted it. Thank you Heritage baseball and coaching staff. @CoachPotts23 @NSP1NKS @CoachBeaz @MSolbach38 @mattballance_ @Coach_Drizz36 @SdotBaseball

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

Congrats, Cooper!

@LoCoSports @PrepBaseballVA @LynchburgBaseBl @CoachBeaz

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

All-Dulles District Selections:

1st Team:
• Cooper Miskelly - 2B
• Aiden Delaney - 1B
• Mark Van Tuyle - OF
• Erick Flores - C
• Cam McManus - P
• Mark Van Tuyle - P

2nd Team:
• Aiden Delaney - P

Congratulations!

@LoCoSports @PrepBaseballVA

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

Congrats to @cooper_miskelly on becoming our program’s all-time leader in runs and RBI!

@LoCoSports @PrepBaseballVA @LynchburgBaseBl

[Nolan Potts @CoachPotts23]

Cooper has just picked up where he left off last year — which is impressive considering how hot he ended last season!

14 hits in our first 9 games, OBP over .500, 9 RBI out of the leadoff spot, 11 runs scored and 10 stolen bases!

[Cooper Miskelly @cooper_miskelly]

Good team win last night to make us 2-0 in the district. Went 3-4 with a solo HR 2 RBIS 2R 2SB. @HeritageBSB @ekbaseball571 @CoachBeaz @MSolbach38 @mattballance_ @PBVADC_Nolan

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Transactional vs. Transformational Coaching…

Dan Hurley shared a story about asking Geno Auriemma for advice after a rough start last season. Geno didn’t mince words:

“Listen, if the only gratification and the only part of coaching that excites you is winning the national championship, then you’ve lost your way, buddy! Where’s the joy in the things that you’ve always been about as a coach before you went on the championship run, like relationships with your players, like helping people get better, like making your team the best it can be. Be a coach, man. This is when you really need to be a leader. This team isn’t as good as last year’s, so what the hell are you going to do about it? Are you going home? Are you going to let this thing unravel?”

That’s the tension every coach feels:
Transactional vs. Transformational.

Transactional coaching is outcome-obsessed. It’s about the wins, the losses, the trophies. The problem? When results don’t come, your purpose crumbles with them.

Transformational coaching is different. It’s about people. It’s about growth. It’s about building something that lasts, whether the scoreboard agrees with you or not.

And this is why mentorship matters so much in coaching.

Left on our own, it’s easy to drift into a transactional mode without even realizing it.

A trusted mentor can pull us back to center and remind us why we started coaching in the first place.

To build relationships.
To develop players as people.
To make teams the best they can be.

Wins matter. But they’re not the why.

The why is impact.
The why is growth.
The why is leaving your players better than you found them.

The process is the prize. Stay grounded. Stay on the path.

Always remember your why.

[UNCW Baseball @UNCWBaseball]

Lucas flashing leather 👀

#SeahawkBaseball

[UNCW Baseball @UNCWBaseball]

Trevor Lucas holding it down at third 🤝

#SeahawkBaseball

[Jay Rose @CoachJayRose]

Only true Athletes know about these bad boys!!

Tell me you old without telling me your old

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

Congratulations to @Bryce_J_Hayes on his commitment to play collegiately at D1 @SpartanBSB!

@PrepBaseballVA @ksallday19 @JJonesPBVADC @PBVADC_Nolan @LoCoSports

[Christian Gentrup @Christiang2026]

@ConcordBaseball @CoachRudi14 @PanthersProgram @Trev0r8 @vikingballnwhs

[BURG Sports Network @BURGSportsnet]

BURG Sports followers, we would like to congratulate Heritage’s Cooper Miskelly, on his commitment to play college baseball at Lynchburg College @HeritageBSB @HHSPrideSports

Photo Credit & Copyright: @BURGSportsnet /Michael Ferrara

[Cooper Miskelly @cooper_miskelly]

Thank you @LynchburgBaseBl

[Heritage Pride Baseball @HeritageBSB]

Congratulations to @cooper_miskelly on his commitment to play collegiately at @LynchburgBaseBl!

@PrepBaseballVA @ksallday19 @JJonesPBVADC @PBVADC_Nolan @LoCoSports

[Aiden Delaney @aidendelaney08]

Committed. #AGTG

[Cooper Miskelly @cooper_miskelly]

Had a fun last summer with my guys playing well hitting 405 over 15 games with 15 hits a 522 OBP and a 1.116 ops 3 2B, 2 3B, 9 RBIS, 18 R, 7 BB, 13 SB 100%. Looking forward to getting after it in the fall. Thank you @ekbaseball571 and @HuskyB8seball and Coach Chow for a great summer. @NOVAPremierBB @CoachPotts23 @HeritageBSB @NSP1NKS @JJonesPBVADC

[Prep Baseball VA/DC Scouting @PrepBaseVAS]

‘26 Cooper Miskelly - @HeritageBSB // @NOVAPremierBB

Sees this pitch on the outer half and sends a 🚀 into the RCF gap for a RBI triple.

High motor with a knack to hit.

@PrepBaseballVA

#17uNat25