Wife to Shannon ❤ Mom to Syler and Schuler 💕 Former University of Tennessee Lady Vol 🍊⚾ Pitching instructor ⚾ Wrestling lover
Joined February 2013
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That winning feeling ❤️ @Halls_Wrestling @HHS_Jackson @HallsHighSports @HallsHighTN @5StarPreps @knoxnews
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You don't make the baseball team in the SPRING.
You make it RIGHT NOW.
NOVEMBER. DECEMBER. JANUARY. FEBRUARY.
When it's cold outside.
When nobody's watching.
When there's no lineup card, no scoreboard, no crowd, and no recognition.
Somebody is getting STRONGER.
Somebody is getting FASTER.
Somebody is fixing that swing.
Somebody is learning to COMMAND the baseball.
And somebody is doing absolutely NOTHING, assuming they'll have the same starting spot they had last year.
Here's the reality...
LAST YEAR'S PERFORMANCE DOESN'T GUARANTEE THIS YEAR'S OPPORTUNITY.
The player who was behind you in June might be ahead of you in March.
Four months is a LONG TIME for a hungry ballplayer to close the gap.
Don't wait until tryouts to prove you deserve to play.
MAKE THE TEAM BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. ⚾️
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I had a blast this weekend at @PGFnetwork SMTM! I’ve really enjoyed getting to know my awesome teammates and competing alongside such a talented group. Thank you to all the coaches who took the time to watch this weekend!
Pitching Highlights!⬇️😊
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Only a God outside of time, space, and matter could create something like this
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Back in 2023, I took my son Beacon to the Kids Freestyle National Tournament on a whim. We were in Utah for a wrestling camp, and the tournament was being held in Salt Lake City, so I thought, “Heck, why not?”
If you’ve ever been to a USA Wrestling event, you know the stage is reserved for the finalist only. Unless your last name is Burroughs.
Beacon was called for his first-round preliminary match, and, unprompted, he was assigned to the elevated platform to wrestle on the big mat. Although he hadn’t been wrestling long, people recognized the last name and gathered around the mat in the center of the arena to see what he had.
He got tech-falled in the first period.
He actually went 0-2 in the tournament and cried for about 30 minutes in the bleachers afterward.
In that moment, he realized that greatness takes more than just DNA. Sure, we shared the same blood, but I couldn’t transmit my abilities to him through birth. He was going to have to earn them himself.
Beacon was born into pressure. Carrying my last name made him a target and placed an enormous amount of expectation on his shoulders before he could even say the words “double leg.”
However, pressure is a privilege.
He’s learned to be a hard worker, and he loves to compete. So I knew that when we finally brought him back for another USA Wrestling event, he would be ready.
This weekend, he had to earn his way back onto the stage—not because of his name, but because of his work. And this time, in the biggest bracket of his young career, he was prepared.
The goal isn’t to be on the stage. The goal is to be prepared for it. The opponent. The nerves. The performance.
He handled it all well, and I’m very proud of him.
People ask me why I’m so relaxed about his development, and it’s largely because the world has already put enough pressure on him. I don’t want to compound it.
I don’t know who he’ll become, but for now, we’re just enjoying the ride. And if he stinks, I have other sons. 😂
The beauty of expectations is that some people actually live up to them.
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Proud to celebrate Ralph’s and Monica’s USA Softball Hall of Fame induction❤️🤍💙 #Legends
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Written account of Jesus rising from the deąd identified in 2,000-year-old manuscript, historians suggest, per Daily Mail.
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I absolutely love the unashamed public proclamations of faith and praise for Jesus.
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🔥🚨LATEST: Horse rider Katilyn Gunther is going viral after revealing her horse’s Halloween costume.
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Congratulations to the United States Women’s team. What an amazing accomplishment! First team title since 1999. Complete team effort! Pretty incredible to see how far both the sport and USA have come. Starts at the top and Terry Steiner deserves a ton of credit. He’s done a remarkable job leading the way. @USAWrestling 🇺🇸
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Former Maryville College head baseball coach Pat Murphy is a World Series champion.
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Legends of the Game.
Ralph Weekly and Monica Abbott to be enshrined in the National Softball Hall of Fame on Saturday.
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Eminem topped the Billboard Hot Christian Songs chart for the first time in his nearly 30-year career after releasing a song praising Jesus Christ. beliefnet.com/columnists/ido…
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Somewhere in SMALL-TOWN AMERICA, there's a baseball player who's a whole lot better than people realize.
No national reputation.
No big-name high school.
No recognizable travel team.
Not the "famous" kid.
Just a ballplayer who can flat-out PLAY.
I know those kids exist. I grew up in one of those towns.
And I'll tell you something I've learned...
TALENT DOESN'T HAVE A ZIP CODE.
A 90+ MPH fastball in rural Pennsylvania is still 90+ MPH.
A kid who can HIT can hit whether there are 500 people watching or 15.
But here's the reality...
Not every talented player has the same ACCESS to opportunity.
Geography matters. Resources matter. EXPOSURE matters.
Sometimes the difference between being overlooked and being recruited is getting the right eyes on you.
And that's a big part of WHY I got involved in this side of baseball.
To help give those players a VOICE.
A PLATFORM.
An opportunity to be evaluated, recognized, and put in front of people who might otherwise never know they exist.
That's why I believe so strongly in boots-on-the-ground scouting.
Not just evaluating the players everybody already knows.
FINDING the ones they don't.
Small towns. Rural communities. High schools most people have never heard of.
There are players out there who deserve to be SEEN.
Don't confuse being UNKNOWN with being UNWORTHY.
And to the kid in that small town wondering if anybody will ever notice...
KEEP WORKING. KEEP COMPETING. KEEP BELIEVING.
They will. ⚾️
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