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Assistant Director of Strategic Communications @theACC • Grace College '19 • Oral Roberts '21

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Quenton Nelson - Man of the People
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2 years
In the past year, only 12 schools have made the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, NCAA baseball tournament, and become bowl eligible. New Mexico State Arkansas LSU Michigan North Carolina Notre Dame TCU Tennessee Texas Texas Tech UCLA UConn #AggieUp
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2 years
I’m incredibly excited to say that I’ll be joining the @NMStateAggies staff in a few weeks as the Assistant Director of Media Relations, overseeing football, baseball, and golf. Let’s get to work in Las Cruces #AggieUp
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7 years
How else would you end the #TUSilentNight game?
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1 year
Just a friendly reminder that NM State remains the last team to beat UConn in the NCAA Tournament 👀
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Jon Opiela
6 years
I was blessed enough to watch the end of regulation and overtime with @theTylerTrent and his family. If you haven't heard of this young man's story, please look it up.
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6 years
Rivalry Weekend in college football is one of the best weekends of the year
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7 years
A pick-six by Bentley seals the deal. Purdue leads 31-17 with 10 seconds left
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8 months
Tomorrow marks the start of my final week with New Mexico State. From WAC Championships to an NCAA Tournament win to the Quick Lane Bowl title and everything in between, my time in Las Cruces will be something I treasure for the rest of my life. Thank you, Aggie Nation 🫶🏼
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A moment that will live in NM State history forever #AggieUp
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4 years
I’m thrilled to announce that I’ll be heading to Tulsa, OK to be a Graduate Assistant with @ORUAthletics Athletic Communications! I’m excited to get to work with @ORUBaseball and @ORUWSoccer in the coming weeks. #GoldenStandard
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5 years
Rest in Peace to Tyler Trent. The half hour we spent together at the Purdue/Wisconsin game positively impacted my life. "When you die, that does not mean that you lose to cancer. You beat cancer by how you live, why you live and in the manner in which you live." -Stuart Scott
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6 years
I was blessed enough to watch the end of regulation and overtime with @theTylerTrent and his family. If you haven't heard of this young man's story, please look it up.
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8 years
No hesitation when your favorite athlete ever is a Sports Jeopardy question @PlanetPat5 @NDmbb
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7 years
One of the greatest traditions in all of college sports - @taylortrojans #TUSilentNight
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4 years
BREAKING: Ian Book will return to Notre Dame for the 2020 season
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1 year
Just two former @ORUBaseball SID’s just watching the boys book a trip to Oralmaha from #CSCUNITE23 !
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8 months
What an incredible run we had the past two years, @NMStateAggies . Next stop: Heads Carolina, Tails California? 🪙
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7 months
Day one with @theACC : ✅
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2 years
I’ve been at the University of Virginia for five minutes and I’ve found two (2) statues of Thomas Jefferson and zero (0) of @bigdonkey47 . This seems like an issue.
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6 years
Despite being injured, @Bcolson_35 and @MattyFarr3 remain leaders and their teammates biggest supporters 📸: @chantelshetler
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4 years
Things you love to see... THIS! Upset a Top 10 team ✅ Knock off your rival ✅ Beat them on their floor ✅ Move to first place in the toughest conference in the country ✅ @GraceBasketball continues to make some noise this season! Proud of my guys!
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5 years
Well, it's (finally) official. In August I'll be moving to Rome and going back to school! I'm excited to be accepting a Graduate Assistant position with the @ShorterHawks and I can't wait to start this new chapter of life in Rome, Georgia.
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4 years
With pitchers and catchers reporting to work today, it’s about time for me to get back to work in baseball. I’m excited to announce I’ll be joining the @Braves organization and @TheRomeBraves staff in their Media Relations Department! Only 57 days until Opening Day! #ChopOn
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1 year
That team in ‘21 was an unbelievable group of Pirates 🏴‍☠️
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ORU Baseball
1 year
You asked, we answered! Get the inside scoop on the origin of the twin snakes. 🐍 #ORUBase | #MCWS
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2 years
Day One: ✅ #AggieUp
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2 years
It’s Football Time in Las Cruces! Spring Ball #1 - Let’s ride #AggieUp
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8 years
I'm not sure which is better... Beating the #1 team in the country or beating Bethel #WeHungry
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2 years
How many other teams around the country are doing entire NCAA Tournament press conferences in Spanish? @NMStateBaseball is! Shoutout to @pablocortes24 , @_ianmejia , @samynatera7 and @krqe for crushing this
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2 years
Last team in, last team standing. We’ll see you in the NCAA Tournament #AggieUp
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NM State now has more postseason wins in Ford Field than the Detroit Lions #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
11 months
Making my MLB debut tonight 📸 @Pirates at @Dbacks 📍: Chase Field (Phoenix, Ariz.)
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2 years
Today marked the end of an era. Thank you for everything, @ORUAthletics . 💙🦅
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2 years
Seeing coaches who are genuinely invested in other programs >>
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1 year
When you check Twitter Analytics and @NMStateFootball has more than doubled it’s best previous year …. with one game still to play Heck of a year by the team behind the team @paigekelke @ash_dazzle
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7 years
The best option for the Tennessee coaching job
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7 years
A little postgame reunion between Jarron Jones and Brandon Wimbush
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5 years
With less than two weeks left before graduation, I guess it’s about time to officially announce one of the worst kept secrets I’ve had in a long time. After graduation, I’ll be heading down to Fort Myers, FL to begin working for  @PerfectGameUSA  as a Tournament Assistant.
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6 years
January 1: New year, healthier me January 7:
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8 years
My coaching experience so far summed up in 3 pictures
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2 years
No matter how many times I watch this, I still get chills like I did that night. One of the coolest things I’ve seen in person and well deserved for @_ianmejia
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8 years
Congrats to @kalil_posey and @kirstintays on the engagement! I'm so happy for you and I love you both ❤️
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1 year
The Aggies are back and so is the photo content @NMStateFootball x #AggieUp
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1 year
There’s something about catwalk shots 📸
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5 years
Today has been 1,498 days in the making but @Shorter_FB went 1-0 today. I love every minute I get to spend with this program and the coaching staff. A program built on doing things the right way. #BrickByBrick
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5 years
HAWKS WIN! @Shorter_FB knocks off Allen 37-7 and the streak is OVER! #BrickByBrick
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2 years
It’s July. It’s 3 hours from campus. He’s never coached any of these players. Doesn’t matter. GH is all in. #AggieUp x @CoachGreGHeiar
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2 years
Less than 60 hours from show time in Las Cruces #AggieUp
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1 year
Meet Tucker 💙
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1 year
Awesome to walk into the clubhouse today and see my photography starting to pop up during renovations @NMStateBaseball | #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
2 years
Not a bad day when the @Pirates No. 5 prospect shows up to your office
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2 years
Road wins make for happy flights 😎 #AggieUp
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1 year
And that’s a wrap on Season 1 #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
4 years
The betting line in this game opened with a total of 47. There were 49 points in just the third quarter.
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4 years
Alcorn State and North Carolina A&T just combined to score 49 points in the third quarter. This is the highest scoring @CelebrationBowl in history and we still have 15 minutes to play. 87 points and counting in this one.
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1 year
That might not mean much to you but it does to me ❤️
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5 years
"What's the best part of this No. 1 vs No. 2 game?" McGraw: "Not playing Connecticut..."
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2 years
HUGE win over the rivals for @coachjodyadams and @NMStateWBB ! Now… here’s top hoping my phone dries out. 😅
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Jon Opiela
5 years
So as of this morning, I am finally a college graduate! Shoutout to my family and my @GraceBasketball family for never letting me give up and helping me get to this point.
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1 year
Let’s go boys!! @ORUBaseball
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Jon Opiela
2 years
The new office decorations look great. Thanks for having us for a few days, @quicklanebowl ! #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
5 years
Man, covering @ndwbb for the past three years has been a blast. Trips to the Elite Eight, a National Championship, and another title game trip this year. I've been incredibly blessed with so many amazing opportunities over the past several years.
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1 year
Every SID across the country realizing that Twitter Media Studio Producer vanished overnight. So much for those in-game highlights this weekend
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Jon Opiela
6 years
Excited to announce that I’ll be returning to the Orlando area this summer. I have accepted a job as the General Manager of the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs ( @FCSLDawgs ). #GoDawgs #WINterPark
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1 year
Entering this weekend, only 33 players in Division 1 had 200+ career hits. With two hits today, @kevjimenez05 joins the club and sits at 2️⃣0️⃣1️⃣ @NMStateBaseball | #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
3 years
When they say @ORUBaseball is a family, they aren’t kidding.
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Jon Opiela
5 years
Thank you for the countless hours you spent pouring wisdom and knowledge into us. You went above and beyond what it meant to be a Coach and cared more about each of us as people. I know for a fact that I'm a better man after serving under you for the past 4 years. #ThankYouCoachK
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3 years
Never thought something I shot would be voted Photo of the Week nationally. The best is yet to come with @ORUBaseball content though....
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NCAA Baseball
3 years
📸 #NCAABaseball Photo of the Week ⚾️ @mcmurray_jake soars like an eagle to score in the seventh inning of @ORUBaseball 's 17-12 victory over Omaha. 🦅
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7 years
Ask and you shall receive
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5 years
This picture has to be the definition of athleticism
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Jon Opiela
3 years
20 years ago, I got placed on the Dodgers as my first team in baseball. Tonight, I start another new journey with the @TulsaDrillers , AA affiliate of the Dodgers. Who would have guessed that 20 years later, everything would come full circle? Baseball is a wild game.
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2 years
This sure beats the hell out of sellin’ cars
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Jon Opiela
5 years
A year ago today, I skipped class and went to Detroit for a Tigers game and a Justin Timberlake concert. That sounds a lot better than sitting in class for five hours today.
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1 year
Fire up Windows 7, it’s softball time!
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2 years
JOHNNY McCANTS FOR PRESIDENT #AggieUp
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7 years
Digger Phelps loves Michael Jackson
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10 months
Always great to have #ProAggies back on campus. Great to see you, @_jabariii !
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Jon Opiela
2 years
Tough to start Week Zero better than this! 📍: Las Cruces, N.M.
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5 years
Treat others the way Chick-fil-A treats you
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1 year
National Signing Day: ✅ Aggie Dub: ✅
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Jon Opiela
3 years
Thank you eight pound, six ounce baby Jesus for this Christmas miracle
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2 years
What are we cooking up for @NMStateFootball ? Stay tuned😏
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Jon Opiela
4 years
ORU Football: Undefeated since 1963
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..... this you? @jonopiela24 😂
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1 year
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2 years
Mother Nature showed out for the last @NMStateFootball road trip of the year
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2 years
And we’ll drink it to the Aggies ‘til we wobble in our shoes
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Jon Opiela
5 years
Man, four years went fast and supplied a lifetime of memories. I can't fathom how 42 would feel. Blessed to be a small part of Coach K's legacy. Also, so thankful for the blessings that @Swanny_24 and @_LoganG have been over the past four years. Welcome to retirement, boys!
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Jon Opiela
2 years
Last night was the most wild college baseball atmosphere I’ve ever been apart of. Los Aggies and the Vandy Boys today at 1 pm PT on ESPNU
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Jon Opiela
4 years
I still can’t believe I get to show up to ballparks like this with a camera and call it my job
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Jon Opiela
10 months
Back in the lab with @NMStateMBB 📸
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7 months
Thankful is an understatement 🫶🏼
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Jon Opiela
1 year
Las Cruces, New Mexico - Confirmed sports town #AggieUp
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NM State Aggies
1 year
What a year, Aggie Nation! 🤠 #AggieUp
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3 years
A couple of my favorite 📸 from baseball on the bayou. Back to The J on Tuesday
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Jon Opiela
10 years
Just got in an argument about how @coltford and @BrantleyGilbert sang Dirt Road Anthem before Jason Aldean did... And yep, I won.
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Jon Opiela
2 years
Friday Flicks 📸 #AggieUp
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2 years
Some NM State Football, Basketball, and Baseball crossovers for Friday Flicks 📸 #AggieUp
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2 years
Road win: ✅ Back-to-back wins: ✅ Best month on Twitter in @NMStateFootball history: ✅
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Jon Opiela
6 years
Manager Gang showed out for #SuitsAndSneakers this year 🔥👀
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Jon Opiela
10 months
The 2023-24 slate is underway and the Aggies are so back
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Jon Opiela
6 years
Every time I get frustrated with accounting, I remind myself that if Kevin Malone can do this, I can too
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Jon Opiela
1 year
How about the first two pro starts for Sammy Natera?! 6.0 IP, 0 H, 8 SO 🔥 #ProAggies | #AggieUp
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Jon Opiela
2 years
📍: Las Cruces, N.M. These Western sunsets never disappoint
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