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NAIA Baseball coverage. The NAIA Ball Podcast on Apple & Spotify! Follow our Instagram & Snapchat. @robg1063 @gotdunks21 . In loving memory of Cody Butler

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It is with profound sadness and great trust in our lord that we inform you that Cody Butler our friend & creator of NAIA Ball has passed away at age 30. Please consider donating to Cody’s funeral expenses here- We will also post arrangements & services.
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NOT DRAFTED: 2018 NAIA Player of the Year: Texas Wesleyan OF Kiki Menendez: .466 avg, 66 R, 23 2B, 26 HR, 84 RBI, & 10 SB DRAFTED: Michigan QB Shea Patterson 0-0, .000, 0 R, 0 H MLB draft process needs to change #MLBDraft #NAIABaseball #MLB
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Devastated to hear the news of former Lewis Clark State catcher Sladen Mohl passing away. Life cut short at 19 years old by a driver under the influence. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Mohl family and the entire Lewiston community #NAIABaseball
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RIP to legendary HC Augie Garrido. - NCAA all-time wins leader - 15 NCAA World Series - 5 National Championships - Thousands of lives impacted *NSFW strong language* #HookEm
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ABSOLUTE MADNESS 😱 Elimination game. Bottom 11th. Runners on 1st & 2nd. Single up the middle scores what would-be the walk-off winner, but the runner on 1st celebrates with the team & never touches second.. Midway player alerts teammates, gets the force out... run doesn’t count
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GEORGIA GWINNETT WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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Last year Kansas Wesleyan OF Aaron Hurd collapsed in class due to heart failure. His teammate Rex Campbell heroically performed CPR on him until EMTs arrived. Hurd was in a coma for a few days and missed the 2017 season. Hurd returned to baseball this weekend and hit a HR #NAIA
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This has game two of a Saturday DH written all over it
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Sending out all of our thoughts and prayers to Nash Crowell of @RUBaseballAAC who took a 100mph fastball to the jaw over the weekend against #1 Southeastern Wishing you a safe and speedy recovery!
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🇨🇦🤙🏼 #HumbleYourself
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TENNESSEE WESLEYAN WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
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... what if I told you... An NAIA team just threw a nine-inning NO HITTER and gave up seven runs..
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Bellevue OF Payton Higgins was recently diagnosed with Stage 4 Small-cell carcinoma (lung cancer). He started 52 games last year but will unfortunately miss his senior season to go kick cancer’s ass. Please pray for him and donate below if you can
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Austin Bates my goodness! 🔥🔥 What a play from the Georgia Gwinnett catcher Video: @GDN_Production
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Keep the seniors in your thoughts today. A lot of them played their final game last week and had no idea. Couldn’t even treasure the moment because this was taken away so unexpectedly, so quickly. A lot are moving on to new endeavors in 2021. Pray for them 🙏🏻
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Rio Grande PO Osvaldo Duran goes yard on Senior Day! First and only college AB of his career #NAIABaseball #ForTheBrand #Athlete Career line: .1000 (1-1), R, HR, RBI.
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Carlos Correa scores again!!! #WorldSeries #EarnHistory
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Cumberland HC Woody Hunt coached his final game today at Ernest L. Stockton Field/Woody Hunt Stadium #NAIA - Three-time national champion - 12 NAIA World Series appearances - 20 conference championships - 69 NAIA All-Americans - 24 seasons of 40+ wins - 17x Coach of the Year
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SOUTHEASTERN (59-4) WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
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. @NAIA you have an amazing opportunity to showcase your athletes to the entire country this spring. Biggest platform you’ll get as the only show in town. Suspend for two weeks and revisit the situation. The amount of exposure for the NAIA would be unbelievable
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WESTMONT (48-9) WINS THE 2023 NAIA WORLD SERIES! #NAIABall
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The NAIA lost a titan this morning in Oklahoma City HC Denney Crabaugh - Most wins in college baseball since 1991 - 3rd most wins in NAIA baseball history - Fourteen 50 win seasons - 2x NAIA Coach of the Year - Pitched in the 1980 NAIA World Series
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Two of the starting five for the Bulls played in the #NAIA
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Marymount 3B Andrew Banuelos was recently diagnosed with cancer this past week. I want the entire #NAIA baseball community behind him. He will beat this Banuelos was named First-Team All Conference in the Cal Pac last year after hitting .372 with 17 doubles, 2 triples, & 2 HR
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Midway just dropped 16 runs in ONE INNING on the #1 team in the nation… Yes, sixteen. And still lost. Wild
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🚨THE SHOW GOES ON
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The NAIA lost a true legend yesterday in LC State HC Ed Cheff. Coach Cheff will be remembered as the most decorated NAIA baseball coach of all-time. 16 national titles, 72 All-Americans, & 114 draft picks illustrate the impact he made on the field
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Congratulations to Clarke (IA) SP Jakob Kirman on throwing the first no hitter of the 2020 NAIA season #NAIABaseball
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BREAKING: The NAIA has officially canceled their spring season “In an effort to provide relief, no spring student-athlete will be charged a season of competition. Any spring sport student-athlete who was enrolled full-time in 2020 will be awarded two additional semester terms”
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Tennessee Wesleyan SS Gary Mattis 🔥 7-9, 5 HR, 10 RBI in the doubleheader sweep over No. 11 Indiana Southeast The Florida Atlantic transfer hit .446 with 6 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, & 14 RBI (8 SB) in 17 games for TWU last season #NAIABaseball
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🚨2023 Preseason Top 25
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Preseason Top 25 #NAIABaseball
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36° w/ no precipitation 😂 That’s an NAIA Ball doubleheader for 75% of our teams right now
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🚨 SCHEDULE UPDATE 🚨 Today’s games have been CANCELED due to cold temperatures. #Sooners back in action on Tuesday as they host McNeese at 6 p.m. CT.
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Our thoughts and prayers are with the Avila University baseball program and community after the passing of longtime head baseball coach Daryl Cronk. Please say a prayer for his family, friends, and players #NAIABaseball
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No. 2 St Thomas (FL) will travel to Baton Rouge (LA) next year to play NCAA No. 15 LSU on March 18th #NAIABaseball #GeauxBobcats
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Cumberland University's (TN) Cole Turney signs with the Detroit Tigers. Turney lead the league in average (.521) and finished with a 32 HRs, 79 RBIs, 77 R, 9 2Bs, 53 BB. #NAIABall
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Memorial Days in Lewiston
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As most know by now the @NAIA has denied our credential to cover the World Series. To say we’re disappointed is a major understatement. We remain at a loss on what to do for coverage moving forward with travel now canceled. Our staff will discuss again today and go from there
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Very NAIA feel to this game tonight with Hernandez behind the plate and 17 people in the stands 😍
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True freshman throws a no hitter in an elimination game! 19 strikeouts 🔥WHAT. A. PERFORMANCE.
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Greatest NAIA commitment post of All-Time
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Boy is she in for a surprise...
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Quick backstory, Harris Stowe State’s Matthew Janocik had a three-run homer taken away for an “illegal bat” by the umpire today. The very next pitch he saw he did it again with a different bat 🔥🤷🏻‍♂️ 2020:. 383, 8 HR, 39 RBI
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Dream of moments like this #NAIABaseball
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NAIA>NCAA (Video: @taylortrojans )
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WBU CF Luis Vargas 🔥🔥🔥 After hitting 20 in 30 games last season, Vargas is picking up where he left off with home runs in six consecutive games to open 2021 #NAIABaseball 2020: .495, 20 HR, 55 RBI in 30 games 2021: .520, 7 HR, 14 RBI in six games
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This is boring
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Told y’all this weekend was gonna be lit 🔥
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New Top 25 #NAIABaseball
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2022 World Series Southeastern (54-3) Tennessee Wesleyan (54-6) Lewis Clark State (54-5) LSU Shreveport (51-6) Bellevue (48-11) Westmont (45-11) Faulkner (37-15) Georgia Gwinnett (45-14) Webber International (41-20) MidAmerica Nazarene (39-16)
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Words can’t express how tragic this is for the University of Southwest and the entire NAIA community. Our thoughts and prayers are with Southwest, the USW golf program, and all of Hobbs, New Mexico this morning #NAIAFamily
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BRYAN LEEF IS AN ALL AMERICAN LOCK AND NOW HES GOING AFTER NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR .431, 27 HR, 79 RBI 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
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The field is set. Bring on Lewiston! #NAIABall #WeAreLive
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Collegiate Baseball’s Top NAIA players to watch in 2021 #NAIABaseball
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Huge shoutout to Bacone (OK) pitcher Dakota Potts grinding his way back to the mound today! #NAIABaseball Potts was the victim of a road-rage shooting last August leaving his baseball career up in the air. Three surgeries & seven months later he’s back 🔥
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Strike Zone vs NAIA Strike Zone
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Game changer. This is pathetic #NCAA
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🚨DON’T CALL IT AN UPSET! British Columbia (🇨🇦) defeats NCAA D1 Sacramento State 4-3 Sac State (4-0 this year) won 35 games in 2021 #NAIABaseball UBC CF Brandon Hupe: 2-3, 3 RBI
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🚨🚨Here is your first look at the 2024 Preseason Coaches Poll Top 25🚨🚨 What do you think about the poll? Drop your thoughts below! Don't forget to check out our limited edition #NAIABall
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Texas Wesleyan’s Matt Espinosa finished his last day of chemo today #NAIABaseball
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“I know you’re chasing D1 but the D1 schools calling you are going 10-40 every year. I can tell you a little something I know about bad programs, those teams don’t have reunions. You can wear the sweatshirt & think that’s sweet but you’re going to be miserable” - @CoachSheets3
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Best reliever in baseball is an NAIA guy
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Nick Anderson, K'ing the Side.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers drafted Westmont College catcher Simon Reid in the tenth round of the 2022 MLB Draft Reid hit .378 with 12 HRs, 20 2Bs, and 56 RBIs this spring. He finished with a .989 fielding percentage #NAIAMade
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All-NAIA Ball 2020 #NAIABaseball
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🚨UNBELIEVABLE! The 6th and last seeded Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes win five straight elimination games and capture the KCAC Championship! Defeated No. 22 Tabor twice today. Four straight wins over ranked opponents. KWU (34-27, 17-16) is going to the Opening Round! #NAIABaseball
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Fired up NAIA Tebow is my favorite Tebow
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Official NAIA Preseason Top 25
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This right here is why we started NAIA Ball. Essentially to bring this amazing community together one apple at a time. We do it for the Andrew Bakers and Matt Scallys of the world. Record setters. True competitors. The under appreciated collegiate athlete. Who’s got 25-30?!
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Wayland Baptist Arturo Disla signs with the Texas Rangers. Disla hit .428 with 22 2B, 12 HRs, and 62 RBIs in 49 games this season. #NAIABall
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The #RoadToLewiston starts Thursday on the NAIA Ball Podcast #NAIABaseball
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🚨PRESEASON MEDIA POLL!!! For the first time ever we have released our own top 25 and will continue to do so throughout the season! So here is a look at our preseason media poll!! #NAIABall Sponsored by @NettingPros
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Please say a prayer for Southeastern RF Cristian Martin #NAIABaseball Martin was involved in a VERY serious on the field injury today and could really use your prayers and well wishes. Truly devastating blow to an outstanding young man 🙏🏻 2020 line: .413, 8 2B, 10 HR, 24 RBI
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🚨WOWWW! Truett-McConnell’s two out go-ahead grand slam in the 6th inning is waved off after the third base runner fails to cross home resulting in the third out of the inning. Unbelievable. TMU’s would-be 5-4 lead remains 4-1 Cumberland into the 7th #NAIABaseball #RoadtoLewiston
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2022 Preseason All-Americans
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COLE TURNEY IS A BAD BAD MAN! Turney crushes his league leading 20th home run which happens to be a 3 run walk off home run. Turney is hitting .609, 41 runs scored, 55 RBIs, 20 homers. Currently leads the nation in HRs, RBIs, & Average. (via @GoCUPhoenix @cu3xnatlchamps )
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Congratulations to Georgia Gwinnett HC Jeremy Sheetinger on being named the 2021 Skip Bertman Coach of the Year. The Skip Bertman Award honors the nation's top coach from any level of college baseball. This is the first time an NAIA coach has been awarded 👏🏻
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... what if I told you... A pitcher struck out 20 in 7 innings today and his team did not win...
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🚨Congratulations to Mayville State (ND) pitcher Nick Anderson on his MLB Debut last night. Drafted in the 32nd round in 2012 but didn’t sign. Dominated Indy Ball for three years in the Frontier League. Got the affiliate call in 2015 and earned his shot #KeepGrinding
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Briar Cliff University announced today they’ll play in the very first collegiate baseball game at the Field of Dreams movie site next September vs Luther College #NAIABaseball #NAIAMade
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Undrafted to MLB starter ✅ Michael Stefanic is making his MLB debut this afternoon for the Angels! Stefanic was a 4x All-GSAC standout at Westmont from 2015-2018. Named 2018 GSAC Player of the Year. Struck out only 33 times in 853 collegiate plate appearances. He’ll start at 2B
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Zobrist led Olivet Nazarene (IL) to the NAIA World Series in 2002 & 2003. Inducted into the NAIA Hall of Fame in 2014. Zobrist has seen it all
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Ben Zobrist has played in the NL WC game, NLDS, NLCS, AL WC game, ALDS, ALCS and has played in the World Series for both an NL and an AL team. He’s played everything. Also, he’s played in 8 of the last 11 postseasons 😳( @ajacksonevans )
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GGC offense running over everyone... including their skipper @CoachSheets3
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🚨Welcome to Lewiston! 64th NAIA World Series gets underway tomorrow morning! We’ll have you covered every step of the way
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The NCAA’s Council Coordination Committee has agreed to an extra year of eligibility for spring athletes, per @GoodmanHoops Obviously a huge win for the NCAA. Sets the precedent for the NAIA moving forward if needed #NAIABaseball
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Central Baptist catcher Austin Kuchinski finished today with 6 HR and 16 RBI in the doubleheader!! #NAIAbaseball Game one 3-4, 3 R, 3 HR, 6 RBI Game two - 4-5, 3 R, 3 HR, 10 RBI
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Awful. Should've walked in a run. Instead strike three and changes this game
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BREAKING: All spring championships will proceed as-scheduled #NAIABaseball Update sent at 5:27pm eastern
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Don’t ever disrespect our man Boog like this again @LittleLeague
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Bellevue’s Riley Baasch pulled off some epic batting practice shenanigans vs Waldorf today! #NAIABaseball Baasch (Bellevue 1B) wanted in on some BP fun so he put on a Waldorf BP jacket & helmet and stepped up to the plate Waldorf coach wasn’t fooled at all and plunked him 🤣
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🚨2020 NAIA Preseason Top 25
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HARD 90’S ONLY
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We brought our umpires too 🔥
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Introducing the 2023 Preseason All-NAIA Ball Team
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Here’s a look at the best winning % across #NAIABall over the last 10 years with current programs!
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LC State's Connor Brogdon 2x National Champion (2016/2017) NAIA: 14-1. 129.2 IP 2.98 ERA. 143 K
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🚨Arizona Christian defeats No. 4 Lewis Clark State (🇺🇸) on a 2-RBI walk-off double by Daniel Durazo #NAIABaseball
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🚨Due to circumstances with the university the University of Antelope Valley has played its final game this season and will be shutting down end of the week. Our thoughts are with those student-athletes, coaches, and alumni on the closure of their program and school. #NAIABall
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🚨🚨First Top 25 Coaches Poll of 2023 🚨🚨 #NAIABall
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𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐋 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐊𝐈!! Congratulations to Concordia (Neb.) Joey Grabanski for breaking the All-Time NAIA Home Run Record! 2021 - 17 HRs 2022 - 18 HRs 2023 - 27 HRs 2024 - 16 HRs #NAIABall @cunebulldogs @cunebaseball
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College baseball 🔥
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