Director of Player Development with
@alabamasb
. 🏫 University of Alabama Alum 🥎 2012 WCWS National Champions 🏴☠️ 2021 NJCAA National Champions w/
@fswbucs
WISH people knew what it takes to be a good pinch hitter. To prepare. To get let down. To fail. For a coach to think about using you and then not. To trust. To go all in. AND THEN TO TRIUMPH. Worth it all. All mental. Stay positive. Be ready when your ⏱ comes.
@caroline_hardy
😍
Dear softball athletes/parents. I beg you, stop paying money to “recruiting services” and do not pay top dollar for a recruiting video. Coaches don’t need anything fancy. We see plenty in a home video of 5 live swings and some ground balls/ framing. We want YOU to sell you 😊
Pinch hint grand slam. Let’s play a game. Can you guess who she hit for? How about who didn’t start? Guess who made an error the inning before? Guess who gave up a few runs? Guess who was robbed? Guess who was 0-3? CAN’T TELL CAN YOU? Good.
This isn’t a game tying HR. This isn’t breaking any records. This is a freshman who has tirelessly worked so hard in the weight room, on her swing, on her nutrition. This is 19 teammates who’ve been privy to witness the process realized. Not by accident. They get it.
#MUDITA
If you aren’t big/fast how do you get noticed? COMPETE. Act big, anticipate the bobble and take the extra base, be an absolute pest in the box, smile, sprint to your spot, hate to lose, constantly move & talk, be smart, think ahead, win them over with your presence. Be the glue!
For all the youth pitchers out there…THIS is why
@MontanaFouts
should be your role model. She may not have gotten the start, but tonight she was
@lexikilfoyl
’s biggest fan. You.Can’t.Fake.That.
#PitchingSTAFF
I’m going ask very nicely to please revisit and reconsider 💔, sincerely every softball player and coach everywhere. I mean look at the JOY on their faces in this photo. How are we supposed to hold them back?!
#mudita
#makeitmakesense
🚨 REMEMBER: According to the
@NCAASoftball
Rules Book teams must stay "in front of and within the length of the dugout to congratulate a runner(s) on a home run."
#KnowTheRules
Sweet Home Alabama ❤️ A special place in my life before and now again. So much to learn and even more to give. Truly grateful. Team 26 I’m beyond ready for you! They’re a special group I can tell you that!
BIG-TIME news from
@AlabamaSB
… please help me welcome back
@RyanIamurri32
to the family!
She will serve as an assistant coach. Ryan played from 2011-2014 and won three SEC titles and the 2012 natty.
Been waiting a while for this one. After we lost in the 2014 WCWS final,
@katgrill08
(12 at the time) was sad so I told her I couldn’t wait to watch her play on this field someday. Fast forward... rocking
#32
in OKC. Live your dream girl! You ain’t done yet.
Guys 😭 my little 8U team surprised me for Halloween and dressed as… ME. All of them
#32
❤️ This has been such an amazing fall working with 21 of the best young college women in the country AND 11 of the scrappiest 7 year olds Alabama has to offer. Heart is EXPLODING
At the field 2 hours before our first practice of spring. There’s six girls here already… all upperclassmen trying to soak in every minute… or hour I suppose. ❤️ (P.S. rest of team this does NOT mean you need to be here this early 😂)
Still think Bama is just a sports school?! Got to see the updated Academic All American wall today! Did you know
@UA_Athletics
had 18 Academic All Americans last year… the most of ANY school🤓
@AlabamaSB
had 4!
#rollJenny
@ceej42
Got blisters on my fingers from trying to hit fungo as hard as
@UACoachMurphy
. Day 1 of team practice and I LOVE IT. I’d hit GBs until my hands were raw to this crew. This team is something else 😍 🔥💣 💪🏼 Making it EASY to wake up and go to work everyday.
#passitdown
As the years fly by I continue to be reminded how special this team was to me. 18 people all back with family and friends. And it just keeps getting better, honestly. This is what it’s about.
@AlabamaSB
#foreverindebted
Soaking up this breeze and admiring this view! My heart and mind are so full and I haven’t even seen my squad yet. Wouldn’t want to spend 31 anywhere else 🥳 🫶🏼
I WISH the world knew what these girls go through in a season. So many ups, downs, failures, missed opportunities, self doubt, role shifts, growth that hurts. I’m SO PROUD of this team for staying together. All in. ALL IN. Team27 IS BamaU. ❤️ Proud coach, even prouder alum. RMFT.
Team 25 what an absolute joy you brought so many people this year. You’re all amazing. We are so proud of you and we love you. I know it hurts, stings so bad. Been there. But soon you’ll be able to look back and be so proud too. To the seniors... welcome to the modern dugout ❤️
One thing I love about celebrating success within a team is that ONLY your teammates know what you’re going through or how hard you’re working. It’s something special. The bond is REAL. Fans cheer but these moments hit your teammates right in heart. Gahh I love sports.
So much to say and never the right words. But
@kaytow12
, what an absolute privilege to get to know you and see you on the inside of this program. The guts, the work, the tears, the RESILIENCE, the time you put in that no one sees. We saw you. I am one PROUD alum.
#BestisYetToCome
College 🥎 you trained me well. Today I worked out from 5:30-6:30am, was oddly tired so by 6:50 I was home, showered, back in bed. 25 minute power nap later, changed clothes and strolled out the door by 7:35 to be at work by 8. I was a MASTER at this in college for 8am class.
@katgrill08
appreciation post. Best teammate, great leader, coaches people up, genuine joy for her teammates.
“Until it’s my turn, I will happily clap for others”
Comes in with bases loaded with no warning, drives in two runs!
Young players, be like Kat. Future doctor 📈
Random handwritten note, updating me on the current team and wishing me well. I graduated 7 seasons ago. Hey recruits, if BAMA offers you, don’t say no. Changed my life forever. I got me a coach/mentor/friend for life! Can’t wait for team 25. Thanks
@UACoachMurphy
🐌 ✉️❤️
And coaches, coming from a former pinch hitter... make it a VALUABLE ROLE & ur bench will go to war for you. Make them feel important. Then the starters buy in. Every time I PH, the starter would turn & say “you got this!”
#StartsAtTheTop
thanks
@UACoachMurphy
&
@CoachAlyBAMA
🙂
What a story
@JalenHurts
. Kids take notes please, I beg. That is why you practice hard EVERY day. Not only to push the starter, but for the shot you may get. Are you willing to put the work in, if your shot may never come? This was so emotional for me 😊
ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? That was fun. 200 girls absolutely made my day today. The future of 🥎 is so bright! All 21 of our
@AlabamaSB
worked and I couldn’t be more proud and thankful to call them ours. I’m fired up 🔥
Man I just love when individuals play for their teammates. Pure
#Mudita
moment 😢 no ego on the sidelines.
In other news, I just saw him at the grocery store and it took everything in me not to throw the 8 up to him 🥋
Gonna start some behind the scenes stuff. Today I bring you this small clip.
If you’re going to vacuum, then vacuum like an All American.
#BehindBamaSB
Tradition TRULY Never Graduates Here! Night 1 of alumni weekend in the books! Lots of homeruns and pop ups and roll overs and belly laughs. More in store for tomorrow 😊
I can’t imagine BamaU without her presence. She has made every teammate around her better in so many ways and has 💯 made me better too. Took a different route to get here, but wouldn’t have it any other way for you Emma! Told her this in private but the world should know too 👊🏼
Taking all of me not to go after people on Twitter. This is terrible. What’s the solution? Delete it? Block people? Fill it w/ positive? Because tweeting about how it hurts players & coaches isn’t stopping the keyboard warriors. I need a break & it’s not even at me✌️
#heavyheart
🎂 HBD to the guy who makes everyone around him better! I count my blessings every single day that we crossed paths. Thankful for my favorite 4 years and all the ones we keep tacking on! 🎈
@UACoachMurphy
Look at our girl! So incredibly proud of
@a_prange
for getting the chance to speak at
@tprfyh
’s
#PlayforPeyton
tournament. She’s an amazing advocate for mental health PLUS she loves kids. You guys picked a good one! 💙
#GetToKnowBamaSB
No. 2
@AlabamaSB
outfielder
@JennaJohnson88
moved to the six spot today and responded with a career best four RBIs.
“To be honest, it doesn’t matter where I am in the lineup, I’m ready to produce. The lead off spot needs to set the tone, I wasn’t doing that,
@dallissss_
was.”
FIRST TEAM PRACTICE. Pinch me, that was fun. Emotions include: 🙃🥹😆🤩🥳 🙌🏼Also
@lmcmahon7
got to try out the sports science relaxation suite and
@AHrncar34
got to drag the field like a boss. Still trying to figure out how this is a job.
#Blessed
I’m officially a master!!! 58 papers, 11 final exams, LOTS of late night Sundays while teaching full time. A long 18 months👩🏻🎓👩🏻🏫 To those who do it with kids… mad respect.
Just in time for spring 🥎 😊 👊🏻 💥
#priorities
🏆
Senior interior design student
@mkay_gidley
presenting her final project… upgrades to facility with an added second story! She crushed it! Absolutely beautiful details 😍
Davis Architecture you got a good one coming this summer!
Cheers to 30 🥂 not sure why we plan out our lives because we end up exactly where we are supposed to be. The 🔑: surround yourself with good people, people better than you, then watch your life take you places you didn’t even know you wanted to go. Blessed is an understatement.
So grateful for you, your time, and your lessons shared. What an absolute legacy. I cant even fathom the amount of lives you have touched, including so many beyond the ones you coached. Thank you. Enjoy that retirement!
Ahhh it is good to be back in TTOWN. Two freshmen moving in and lunch after a great lift in the new weight room with two seniors ❤️ can’t wait to see ALL of
#Team28
this week!!
Thumbs up for home games 👍🏼 Gosh my heart explodes for these girls!!! You’ll love them too. Come watch this Saturday and Sunday!! We have 9 newbies who want to see you! Remember it’s $5 cash to get in 🥎 🐘 ❤️
#MeetMeAtRhoads
Currently taking deep breaths as I try to teach
@robertiamurri
the world of Twitter.
Rob: “You mean 75 people follow me? Holy $#*t”
Me: 😂 “No dad, almost 600 people follow you. 75 liked your tweet”
Rob: “Wow, I’m popular”
🙄
Attempting now to help him navigate recruits 🙏🤞🏼
"The whole time I really did believe that I was the guy for the team."
After waiting his turn and learning from Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa, Mac Jones seized the opportunity to be Alabama's QB1 💪
Played a little game with some newbies today! This summer week has been so fun and now I’m even MORE excited to share this experience with them!
#TheItalyTour23
starts in 3 days!
Big fan of you
@UACoachMurphy
. What a weekend. Thank you for the lessons, loving us for who we are, hand picking my best friends, supporting women, and fighting for what’s right. I pinch myself every day that I get to experience this twice 🐐
#LeaveItBetter
@MontanaFouts
is on a mission. Either get on board or get OUT of the way. Didn’t even crack a smile after that win and she’s not even close to done yet. Got a chip on that shoulder and fire in her eyes. So grateful she wears crimson. BRB, gonna go run thru a wall now. 🔥 COMPETE
It’s only 8:00am and it’s already been a fantastic morning for
@AlabamaSB
💪🏽🥎🗒️🖊️
It’s only getting better though…
@KaylaBraud1
starts today and so does the official FIRST TEAM PRACTICE!
The Board of Directors of the State of Alabama Sports Hall of Fame is pleased to announce the Class of 2022 to be inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame on May 7, 2022.
A staple of Bama 🥎 is “how do you want to be remembered?”
@CoachAlyBAMA
your legacy is EVERYWHERE here. The passion that oozes, the late night pep talks, the ability to get every OUNCE out of someone, your servants heart with not a single ounce of ego.
YOU have left a legacy