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One of our own needs you!!
The NCAA has granted permission to financially assist Andy Lopez after losing both parents to COVID-19 in Nov. and Dec.
A GoFundMe has been setup to help cover the rest of his tuition cost for this academic year. Linked here: gofundme.com/f/help-cover-an…
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‼️𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗬 𝗕𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗‼️ 𝗕𝗘𝗔𝗥𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗘 𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗚𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗜𝗠𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗠 𝗛𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗬
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🚨Lenoir-Rhyne University looking to hire PITCHING COACH
🔸FULL TIME with BENEFITS
2022:
🔸Ranked #15 in Final National Polls 🔸Record 46-13
🔸SAC Champs🏆
🔸Pitching staff led USA in K’s 647
🔸Led SAC in ERA 3.77🔥
Email Resume to Head Coach Chris.Ramirez@LR.edu @CoachRamirez7
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Mackenzie Wainwright is now your all-time NCAA DII single season hits leader!
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This guy was our lead off hitter this time last year. Couldn’t be prouder of him! #gbga
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From D2 non-scholarship player, to 3 year starter, to First Team @SAC_Athletics, to 17th round MLB draft pick #wow
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Watch it in all it’s glory, Eli Willen’s home run that broke the NCAA DII single season home run record 💪
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For the first time in program history, the Bears are heading to Super Regionals‼️
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With love from Hickory NC, the LR Bears, and @CustomDesignGrp. Over 1500 donated items heading to TX. @toddwhitting #houstonstrong
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Always a pleasure to have our Pro Bears around. They have meant so much to our program and will continue to for years to come. #bearsforlife
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Nathanael Keeter’s diving catch from yesterday was the No. 1 play on today’s Sportscenter Top Ten Plays‼️
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HOGAN. STALLINGS. GRAND. SLAM.
T1 | LR 6, UCM 0
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LR Bear Thomas St. Clair will be in the St. Louis Cardinals big league bullpen today at 1:05 vs the N.Y. Mets. He will be rocking uniform #92. #gobears #goamerica
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FINAL
LR 3 - Southern Wesleyan 0
Record: 1-0
WP: Lanham @JoshuaLanham2 (1-0)
4IP. 8K’s. 1hit. 0runs
Shirazi. @ashirazi36
5ip. 7k’s. 1hit. 0runs
Pierce. Solo HOMERUN 💣
@Damian_Pierce12
Jones. 1-3. Run.
Stober. 1-3. RBI. Run.
McHugh. Double.
WIN #200 for @CoachRamirez7‼️
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Lenoir-Rhyne University ⚾️
Durham Field in Hickory, NC
@LRbears 🐻 #BetweenTheBricks🧱
🌟 Let's settle this! 🏟️✨ We've debated the best player, now it's time for YOUR take.
Which NCAA Division II program boasts the most jaw-dropping fields and facilities in the country? 🤩 Share your picks and drop a pic to back your claim! 📸
Let the #FacilityWars begin! 🔥 #SportsTalk ⚾️
@NCAADII @WayneCavadi_D2
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MLB SCOUT DAY today for our players!
Appreciate all the scouts in attendance - over 20 organizations represented 👀
Always a great day to showcase our program as well as our neighbors @CVCCBaseball 👊🏽
Scouts loved @rapsodo display 📺
#ProBears 🐻 🔥 💣 💨
#BaseballTown ⚾️
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LR Baseball has earned the #3 seed in the NCAA Division II World Series and will face #6 seed East Stroudsburg on Friday at 1:30 p.m. in Cary, NC.
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⚾️ Setting the tone for the new year with the Team Challenge and 🐻 Bear Olympics #WeAreLR 😤
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She’s here!!!! HD Videoboard will arrive at a later date, but this is a great start! Big shout out to @ArBessey @LRBearsAD twitterless John Rhyne and everyone that had a hand in this endeavor #gobearsgoamerica
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⚾️ Final Record 46 - 13.
THANK YOU BEAR NATION for all your support this season!
#WeAreLR 🐻 🧱
lrbears.com/news/2022/5/21/b…
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Our memorable season has come to an end. What a run, we’ll be back.
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𝐀𝐁𝐂𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 𝙰𝚍𝚊𝚖 𝚂𝚔𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚣𝚔𝚒
🔗 bit.ly/4eiP4Z2
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First career HOME RUN for Alex Khan 💥
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📈 MOVING 🆙 🇺🇸 1️⃣3️⃣ 🇺🇸
NATIONAL RANKINGS
13th Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll
14th NCBWA Poll
Highest ranked team in the SAC
#WeAreLR 🐻 ⚾️
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𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭
What a way to finish the 2025 season! Happy to have so many great accomplishments to celebrate together on the national stage, and all season long.
#GOBEARS
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🎁 MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎁 from The Lenoir-Rhyne University Baseball Program ⚾️
See you soon.
#WeAreLR 🐻🎅🏻
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Not quite done yet ... rubber coming this week... fence.. backstop pads + Stay Tuned #EliteIsTheStandard 💪🏽
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The coaches have spoken, and Mackenzie Wainwright is your ABCA Southeast Region Player of the Year!!
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WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM‼️
OFFICIALLY SIGNED 🖋
JACKSON BROWN
@JacksonBrown34
#WeAreLR 🐻
#NoExcuses 🐾
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🇺🇸 HIGHEST RANKING 7️⃣
in PROGRAM HISTORY ‼️
🔹 Record 2️⃣2️⃣ - 5️⃣
#BetweenTheBricks 🧱
#NoExcuses ⚾️
#WeAreLR 🐻
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Big time atmosphere opening weekend of @LRBearsFootball on campus here @lenoirrhyne❗️
✅ One of the BEST D2 Gameday environments in the country
✅ CRAZY Student Section
✅ Top 10 Nationally ranked team
✅ ESPN @espn is coming to town
✅ Tailgate
#WeAreLR⚾️
#AreYouReady2Ba🐻
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Adam Skonieczki named Perfect Game National Co-Coach of the Year.
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A little hitting session in Savannah, GA at Benedictine Military School on our way to FL. Thank you Coach Kevin Farmer for your hospitality!
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🐾 Welcome to the Program‼️
Zach Evans | Niagara County CC (NY)
@ZEvans2020
#WeAreLR 🐻
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Pre-Conference Tournament Workout at the University of Tennessee.
Opening round game 7:30 tomorrow night at the Tennessee Smokies Stadium, home of the AA Cubs.
#EliteIsTheStandard 🐾
#StackTheDeck🃏
#WeAreLR 🐻
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Mackenzie Wainwright has now hit the most home runs in a single season in Lenoir-Rhyne baseball history‼️
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Appreciate the 20+ MLB Organizations in attendance for our Pro Day. Good day for the bears🔥🚀 #ProBears🐻
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Up late still thinking about this play from Nathan Keeter 🤯
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The things we do to get on the field 5 days after 8" of snow #relentless #wedidntstartthefire
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As if today couldn’t have gone any better for the Bears, St. Clair becomes our first professional All Star!!
The Midwest League announced the 2018 All-Star Teams on Wednesday and the Peoria Chiefs will be represented by six players at the June 19 game in Lansing, the most by any Western Division team. Catch up on the latest news about them below!
milb.com/peoria/news/chiefs-…
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𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘽𝙀𝘼𝙍𝙎 𝘼𝙍𝙀 𝙃𝙊𝙏🔥
Lenoir-Rhyne Baseball ranks in the top-ten nationally in more than🔟categories.
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Lenoir-Rhyne University
Assist Pitching Coach position‼️
🔶Graduate School➕Meal Plan
Email info to Chris.Ramirez@LR.edu
Or @CoachRamirez7
🔷TOP 2 winningest seasons in program history, with 38 & 46 wins in 22 & 23
🔷1st in SAC: ERA & Strikeouts in 2023, 22 & 21
@SkippersDugout
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Oh nothing just a homerun from #32 Sal Carricato
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So incredibly proud of LR Bear @MDelarosa9 on his MLB draft selection! Well deserved!! Go Orioles!! #hardworkpaysoff
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Not everyday an LR Bear gets to throw off a big league bump, being watched by Chipper Jones (white shirt)! @RealCJ10 is the 🐐
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🇺🇸 We’ll begin the year at No. 16 in the @NCAADII National Rankings
#WeAreLR 🐻 | #BetweenTheBricks 🧱
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Proud to announce that #bearforlife @IVieitez has received a non-roster invite to Dodgers Big League Spring Training!!
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𝙍𝙀𝙒𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙀 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝙍𝙀𝘾𝙊𝙍𝘿 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙆 ✍️
Lenoir-Rhyne has set a new D2 record for single season home runs!
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𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬, 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬….𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬
#GOBEARS
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First Intrasquad of the year!
Highlights:
@ch1pp0r 2-3.3B.rbi
@brocksjohnson10 2-3.2B.2r
@DaltonPutnam 1-2.2B.rbi
@cfluno16 2-3.3B
@thedavisT 2-3.2B.
Zeros by:
@zlambeth24 @ Friebel @AtTilley @The_Butler11 @ G.Collins
Next intrasquad: Sunday @ 5:00
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Foggo Signs Contract with Houston Astros lrbears.com/news/2021/8/4/ba…
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On to the FINALS 😤
Record now (43 - 10)
#WeAreLR 🐻 @LRbears
@CBNewspaper @WayneCavadi_D2
lrbears.com/news/2022/5/1/ba…
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CARY BOUND! Bears punch ticket to World Series for the first time in program history.
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🏆CONGRATULATIONS to Coach @M_Risdo18 and the BLACK TEAM for winning the 2019 FALL WORLD SERIES‼️🥩
That concludes the fall season.
Less than 3 months to put in work for OPENING DAY⚾️
We will see you next time #BetweenTheBricks 🧱 🧱
#NoOffSeason #NoExcuses 🐻⬇️
@BearsSports
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👀 ✍🏽 Recruiting class recognized Nationally as TOP JUCO Class in D2 & #24 Early Signing Class including D1 programs!
Last years signees were also considered TOP 10 JUCO recruiting class to make it to campus - see these guys this Spring!
*according to @_TheJBB
#Ready2BeABear🐻
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OPENING DAY‼️
Vs. Southern Wesleyan
@ Francis Marion University
📺 Live Video available on the LR Baseball Facebook page 👀
m.facebook.com/pages/categor…
@BearsSports
#WeAreLR 🐾
#BrickSquad 🧱 🐻
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Mackenzie Wainwright closed out the weekend by 𝙝𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙮𝙘𝙡𝙚‼️
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2016 Bears: 33 wins (2nd most in LR history), 5th 30+ win season in 88 years, top 5 in the nation in 2b's, tourney bid #gladtobehere
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Welcome to THE PROGRAM‼️
Lucca Pascarella @luccapascarella
C | 6’0” 190 | Fayetteville, NC
@CFColtsBaseball @tpanationals
#WeAreLR ⚾️ | @LRbears 🐻
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Another Friday night WIN for the BEARS… this time in the classroom‼️
CONGRATULATIONS to our Baseball players earning their diplomas today as well as to all the graduates 🎓
#WeAreLR 🐻 #WinnersWin
#BiggerThanBaseball
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Congrats to recent Bear @Galassi_24 on making the ALL-STAR GAME & HOME RUN DERBY in his 1st professional summer in the @uspbl ‼️
Drue currently leads the league in:
⚾️AVE - .4️⃣0️⃣4️⃣
🥊 SLG - .9️⃣7️⃣9️⃣
💣HR - 8️⃣
🥩 RBI - 2️⃣0️⃣
In 15 games.
Release - bit.ly/3wnjW34
#ProBears
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And that’s a STRIKE from Head Coach @CoachRamirez7 ❕❗️❕❗️
Thanks to the @HickoryCrawdads for hosting LR Night! 🐻⬇️
@lenoirrhyne @LRBearsClub @LRBearsAD @BearsSports @LRUAlumni @SAC_Athletics
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