The 2023 season for UMHB baseball begins on Friday afternoon in Austin, and entering a season with higher expectations, the Crusaders are ready. Here’s what head coach Mike Stawski had to say prior to the season opener.
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Catching up with the Commits: Quint Mullen
True To The Cru’s Riley Zayas caught up with Cedar Park High School’s Quint Mullen, who committed to UMHB baseball on Dec. 9 in this edition of “Catching up with the Commits”.
Crusaders in the Pros: Baseball alum Malek Bolin signs with Sioux City Explorers
SIOUX CITY, S.D.-UMHB baseball alum Malek Bolin will be donning a new uniform when the 2023 season begins.
Currently playing in the professional ranks, Bolin signed with the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association on Saturday.
UMHB baseball alum Landon Dieterich announces retirement from pro baseball
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.-Former Crusader outfielder Landon Dieterich has retired from professional baseball.
The 24-year old from Riesel, Texas announced the decision on Sunday evening, after three years in the Washington Nationals organization.
Bolin and Holiday named All-Region honorees by D3baseball.com
BELTON- The final awards of the 2022 baseball season were announced by D3baseball.com on Tuesday, as the nationally-renowned website released its All-Region teams, which included two Crusaders in Malek Bolin and Caimyn Holiday.
UMHB baseball ends season with valiant extra-innings fight against ETBU in ASC Tournament
MARSHALL, Texas- They took on a valiant fight, a fight no Crusader baseball team had taken on before, and while in the end, it ended in a loss, what this year’s UMHB baseball team accomplished will set a standard for years to come.
UMHB baseball avenges run-rule loss to ETBU in 10-0 victory over McMurry to advance in ASC Tournament
MARSHALL, Texas- A day that began with one of the UMHB baseball team’s most lopsided losses of the season ended in a run-rule victory for the Cru, simultaneously breaking the program record for postseason wins.
UMHB baseball advances in ASC Tournament with 11-7 win over McMurry
MARSHALL, Texas- It took a late rally, but the UMHB baseball team, for the second consecutive year, has a victory under its belt at the ASC Tournament.
On Friday afternoon, the Crusaders took down McMurry, a team that had beaten UMHB twice in February, by a score of 11-7. UMHB now advances into Saturday’s tournament semifinal, with the winner earning a spot in the ASC’s Blue Bracket championship.
With tremendous speed and irreplaceable leadership, Caimyn Holiday leading UMHB baseball into ASC Tournament
BELTON- Caimyn Holiday is certainly one of the most recognizable figures on the UMHB baseball team.
His quickness has been spoken of time and time again. When he reaches first base, sometimes on a bunt single, other times on a hard-hit ball to the left side of the infield, fans begin drifting their gazes towards second. Because more often than not…
UMHB baseball’s series win over Howard Payne closes regular season, propels Cru into ASC Tournament
BELTON- There are times when moments in sports seem to play out in exactly the way they should happen.
In the ninth inning of Saturday’s regular season finale against Howard Payne, Cayden Musgrove was called on to pitch. It was not an opportunity he had been expecting. After all, the Arizona native had gone 39 games without seeing the field. But in the final inning of the last home game of the 2022 season, UMHB head coach Mike Stawski decided to change that.