Good morn☀️
- ladies, PLEASE run hard to 1B on lazy pop ups! Effort matters at level; I want that extra base if they drop it! Run hard!
- coaches, if your pitchers and catchers want to hit in college, please stop using the courtesy runners! We don’t get those!
My thoughts 🤷🏻♀️
One takeaway from watching a high school game today:
It blows my mind how many players pout when they don’t do well and that the coaches allow it.
Hold your players accountable and make them better people. Life is all about how you react to adversity. Teach it now.
Just read one of the shortest, but most inspirational books of my life at the airport.
Question of the day: how do you CHOOSE to respond to adversity (hot water)?
Are you a carrot (that softens), an egg (that hardens), or do you transform like a coffee bean?!
#TheCoffeeBean
My husband has watched so much softball with me this week, this was his response after the JMU/OU game...
“I’m going to miss that little third baseman. I think her and I would be friends.”
@Meeksie28
@JMUSoftball
#WCWS
Surprise, y’all! I’m back 💃🏻
Excited for the opportunity to lead this program again!
@WheelingU54
holds such a special place in my heart, and I’m grateful to be a part of the Cardinal family once again. ❤️
Harrison Central grad Sara Pelegreen has been hired as the new softball coach at Wheeling University. It’s her second tour of duty with the Cardinals. She’s also been an assistant coach at Robert Morris. Sara played collegiately at WV State.
Super pumped for this adventure with
@CoachJexx_RMU
! Can’t wait to meet the girls and get rollin’!
#ColonialPride
I’m also very thankful for
@WUCardinals
for the last 5 years. Would not be who I am if it wasn’t for the Cards! ❤️
#RollCards
Y’all.
Softball is awesome.
Recruiting by yourself is never lonely. Everyone talks, networks, you get to catch up with your coaching buddies, etc.
It’s just a really cool dynamic that I hope all other sports get to experience, as well.
Thankful for this game always. ❤️🥎
You are more than your sport.
You are a human. You are loved. And that love is not conditional to what you do on the field.
I might get really angry when you give up a home run, but it doesn’t change the absolute love I have for you deep in my soul.
Always know that. ❤️
So thankful for Wheeling University and the belief they have always shown me! Definitely bittersweet times.
But I am overwhelmed by the love and support I have already experienced from the West Liberty staff!
Cannot wait to join a group of fierce young women on the Hilltop! 🤩
I love you with my whole heart,
@RMUSoftball
. ❤️ You have made me a better and stronger woman.
Strong enough to know it’s time to step away to be with my family. Because at the end of the day, family is everything.
And to my RMU family, I’ll never truly be gone. I promise.😊
Greatest part of convention:
Listening to one speaker - validates I know a little about softball.
Listening to another one - blows my mind and I question life.
Moral of the story: you will never stop learning, and how cool is that⁉️
@NFCAorg
North Ridgeville is about to be bumpin’ this weekend, yall‼️
@coachwelsh_wlu
and I will be around for Outlaws and Sheer Madness this weekend!
Drop your schedules below 👇
#ToppersOnTop
I tell my players I love them all the time - when we break at the end of practice, when I text them, when we leave volleyball games, etc. - because i want them to know I am unconditionally here for them in all aspects of life.
It’s worth spreading love. ❤️🥎
#BeTheGood
Spent most of this week at the
#WCWS
What I learned:
- underclassmen are leaders, too!
- pitchers can take your far, but defense will make it or break it.
- energy is a game changer - in the dugout, on the field, or from the fans in the stands.
- winning is fun!
(Cont.)
I have always been very passionate about the opportunities provided at the DII level because I truly because it is the perfect mix of athletic competitiveness while prioritizing your academics.
And I am so honored to be able to coach at the same level. ❤️
#DIIDay
#iChoseDII
To me, it’s just another drive through Wheeling.
To Lincoln, we get to go thru tunnels and across bridges and drive over choo choo train tracks and see dump trucks and construction workers.
Every trip is just one big adventure.
How’s that for some perspective?!
#LifeWithLinc
I vow every day to empower young women to be their strongest selves: with their words, with their actions, with their thoughts.
Being a woman in sports allows me to do just that every single day. I’m grateful.
Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day! ❤️
While I understand the nature of our sport and the recruiting progression within it, I low-key wish travel coaches would educate themselves on what type of programs they are emailing.
Do I STILL need a 2024 pitcher? Yes, but let me finish recruiting my 2020 class...
🤦🏻♀️
Not recruiting this summer is giving me some major FOMO! 😭
But at least I get to hang out with this little boy all day every day! 🥰
Lincoln is already one week old, and he told me this morning he’s excited to go watch future Colonials with me one day!
❤️🥎💙
@RMUSoftball
Got to play softball last night. Decided i wanted to play like i was 17 again and randomly stole second base. Now i have two strawberries on my leg/butt which made sleeping last night incredibly hard.
But, i was safe, so it was worth it. (I just hate it right now)
#StillGotIt
I always said if I was to meet
@SueEnquist
I would tell her about the time she sat at my mentoring table at
@NFCAorg
convention and said “commitment is like pregnancy, you either are or you’re not.” I will never forget that day, or tonight. Thank you for the photo! ❤️
I will never forget
@kimberlyns19
taking me under her wing when I was first named a head coach at 25 years old.
I will forever be thankful for the impact she’s had on me!
Congrats, Kimberly! ❤️ Time to get to work! 😤
Told myself at the beginning of summer I would balance recruiting with doing normal people things…
So, I took the weekend off to celebrate our birthday in Cleveland!
Don’t call me an Indians fan quite yet 🤫
Happy birthday to us,
@Coach_McNeely_
Lincoln’s first game at RMU!
Flirted with all the ball players, of course.
And we got to introduce him to
@CoachJexx_RMU
’s daughter Hadley. Pretty cool moment. 🥰
So excited for him to grow up around this game. ❤️🥎💙
#LifeWithLinc
Okay...short 9am recruiting vent sesh:
If you’re at the tourneys I am, then you are probably wanting to play at the next level.
And if that’s the case, WHY AREN’T YOU RUNNING THE BALL OUT?! Why are you jogging to first on a easy grounder to 2B?
Colleges don’t recruit lazy.
Excited to work my first
@NFCAorg
Camp tomorrow in Columbus!
Followed up, of course, by the Stingrays & Buckeye Recruitfest tourneys.
If you haven’t dropped or emailed your schedules - it’s time!
See y’all this weekend‼️
#RollCards
🤘🏼
Big thank you to Coach Hibbs for turning the lights on at the
@HuskiesHCHS
softball field tonight for me to see it in person.
Wow. It is just stunning! 🤩
I hope every player who steps foot on it does so with so much graciousness. You are so fortunate!
Proud alum for sure!
A quick trip to Charleston today to pick up the awesome benches Bob made for
@WLU_Softball
Bob was my coach at West Virginia State and now helps out at WV Wesleyan.
Also met up with my college teammates and their babies 🥰
THIS is what college ball gave me: lifelong people ❤️
RECRUITS‼️
I’ll be working the Midwest Elite College Showcase Camp on June 22 along with the other schools listed below!
Who wants to come hang out with me on my birthday?! 😁
I have to share this story from the
@TheMountainEast
softball tourney.
Not to anyone’s surprise
@NDCsoftball
goes on a roll. We are moving into their dugout after they finish, and I ask
@Coach_Stopp13
if she has any pens because we lost our pen bag…🙄
⬇️
Bama beats UCLA for the first time ever.
An unseeded team starts the tourney 2-0 for the first time ever.
TALK ABOUT HISTORY!
Plus...the Play of the Year and a perfect game. All in the same day.
Duuuuuude. Softball is just amazing.
#WCWS
Dear softball,
Thank you for matching me with my soulmates.
Thank you for allowing me to travel the country in your honor.
But most of all, thank you for giving me the opportunity to learn from the best coaches in the game through the
@NFCAorg
.
Love, Sara ❤️
#BlessUp
We made it home to our pups, but they honestly didn’t even act interested 😂
Now we have to figure out how to be parents all on our own without the nurses help 🤪
Here we go,
@mcorey04
🤙🏼
Extremely grateful this morning for a moment like this. ❤️ Especially after so many days away recruiting.
It gets tough sometimes, but he never fails to put a smile on my face.
My why. 🙏🏼
#LifeWithLinc
What makes me so grateful about coaching ➡️ the connections and relationships you get to build.
So many amazing conversations about future players, culture, core values, competition, etc. I was able to have with mentors, travel coaches, friends..
Truly nothing better.
#BlessUp
Momma’s back to work this week.
Never have I ever felt so bittersweet about something! 🥴
BUT….
I’m looking forward to another year with
@RMUSoftball
! 💙🥎❤️
That
#StatementSzn
we had last year ain’t nothin’ compared to what we’re bringing this year‼️
👀
Traveling home from Green Bay looks a little something like this when you are DESPERATE to get some sleep on the 12 hour bus ride.
Almost 30 weeks pregnant
With the pregnancy pillow (my cocoon)
In the middle aisle
All for the love of the game! 🤙🏼🥎🥰
Celebrating walk-off wins heading into week 35 of growing a human.
So exhausting and so amazing all at the same time. ❤️
Can’t wait to tell Lincoln about it all when he gets here. Then maybe he’ll understand why I jump so much! 😂
Super blessed for it all!
TWO years old‼️
The love that I get to experience through this kid is unlike anything else. He teaches me patience and strength and all of the things in between.
Still cannot believe God chose me to be his mother. How cool. 🙏🏼
Happy Birthday, my love. ❤️
#LifeWithLinc
Yesterday, I lifted with these women, and they absolutely KILLED IT in the weight room!
Today, I’m so sore, and I can barely move. 😅 Cheers to cleans and deadlifts!
Y’all. IT’S GAME WEEK! ❤️🥎🔥
#CommitToTheCulture
#ColonialPride
@RMUSoftball
Our girls wear dog tags with a number of one of their teammates on it and that’s who they play for that day.
Awhile ago i was struggling with some stuff and missed a practice. I was then sent this pic - they put my name on the dog tag.
I LOVE THIS TEAM. CULTURE IS EVERYTHING!
Reason behind naming our baby, Lincoln Joshua:
Lincoln because we loved the name from Prison Break 🤷🏻♀️
Joshua for
@mcorey04
’s best friend who gave his life fighting for our country in Afghanistan.
He is the true meaning of Memorial Day. 🇺🇸❤️
Know what’s great?!
Recruiting in your backyard.
Love having the Highlands Sports Complex. This place is a game changer for our program and our community!
#RollCards
First recruiting trip of the year:
WV State Tournament‼️
Locked and loaded (with all of the Starbs 💁🏻♀️) and ready for some good softball!
#GoWLU
@WLU_Softball
What. A. Week‼️
- first team meeting w/ show and tell
- a week of solid practices
- 2 lifts (and dang do we move some weight!)
- media day FULL of personality 🤪
- 2 recruits on campus
@WheelingU_SB
not only gettin’ it done, but gettin’ it done INTENTIONALLY 😤
#SurpriseEm
Softball is cool.
Especially when you have a team who throws you a mini baby shower at practice.
They also included a mini bridal shower for our AT
@jandersonatc
Thank you so much
@RMUSoftball
!! ❤️ Now let’s go win some ball games at conference tourney! 😎
#StatementSeason
So much fun had at the
@ToppersBaseball
Night at the Races last night! 🤩
Of course I had to get a photo with my man, Coach Burkle!
Thanks for taking me under your wing, sir. You are appreciated!
#ToppersOnTop
Yesterday at camp, one athlete asked us coaches what the most rewarding part of our job is…mine?
Hands down - the relationships you gain for life!
Sharing weddings and babies and promotions with them. Celebrating real life accomplishments.
So special. ❤️
Been blessed my whole life to not have to worry about any real type of field work, besides tarping…
Fast forward to my new big girl job - kinda thinking I’m a little unfortunate now 😅
So here’s me, practicing lining a field on a Tuesday because Coach needs to figure it out..
#NationalCatchersDay
Core value word for all catchers: SACRIFICE.
Pitchers - show your catchers some extra love…ALWAYS.
Also get really cool sunglasses with your battery-mate. It’s fun. 😎
@coachbonnie36
Some things are hard, and while you know you can do them, sometimes they just seem impossible.
Having someone in your corner believing in you and your process is a game-changer.
Be someone's game-changer.
Anyone else pissed about the fence situation?
That should not be an acceptable field condition at the
#WCWS
. JMU would have 100% scored on that.
Such a game changing moment. 😑
My heart is soooo full after our Team Holiday party tonight. 🥰
Eggnog ✅
Secret Santa & scavenger hunt ✅
Dogs & cats ✅
Laughter & love ✅
Bringing in the new year on such a happy note with this squad. ❤️
@RMUSoftball
Lincoln made his recruiting debut this morning. Special thanks to
@coachbonnie36
for dressing him in that absurd outfit 😂
Glad my fam could recruit with me even if it was just for a little bit. ❤️
Turned 30 yesterday‼️ Yikes! 🤪
Life is happening as we know it, and we are loving it with this little fella. ❤️
Have a great day, everyone! Soak it in!