Brett Seidel

𝘽𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙩 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚; 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 Congratulations to our spring graduates! These five will be recognized next weekend as part of our Senior Day and Commencement Recognition! #AyZiggy

Thank you to Magna Visual for all their work in making our outfield wall design come to life! Magna Visual also made the Cast of Honor plaques presented last weekend to our new inductees! #AyZiggy

We're less than two weeks away from returning to Fifth Third Field! 🎟️: tinyurl.com/3ean5cut #AyZiggy

Welcome to The Shark Tank, Coach Isaac White. #SharkCounty // #ThePowerinBroward

HOME RUN!! Something about Sam Seidel and Big Ten games! He launches a three-run shot to right field!! BGSU 5, Michigan 6 Top 4 | 2 Outs

⚾️ Pitcher of the Week ⚾️ Ethan Stade struck out a career-high 14 batters against UMass on Saturday, April 18, matching the most by any MAC pitcher in a game this season. Stade retired the first 12 batters he faced, including 10 on strikeouts. Over seven innings, Stade held the Minutemen to a batting average of just .087. @BGSU_Baseball | #MACtion

Victory Wednesday hits different after a B1G-time win 😤 #AyZiggy 🟠🟤

RECAP ⚾️ | ICYMI: @BGSU_Baseball defeated the Ohio State Buckeyes 9-3 for the first time since 2011. Read more: @vaughn_ullom ⬇️ bgfalconmedia.com/179353/sports/…

⚾️Falcons Take Down Ohio State For First Time Since 2011 Behind 9-3 Victory ⚾️Bowling Green Now 4-0 In April, Best April Start Since 2006 📰: tinyurl.com/4c22huc9 #AyZiggy

WAVE THE FLAG 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️ The Falcons #FlyTheFlag in Columbus with a 9-3 midweek victory over Ohio State! @BGSU_Baseball | #MACtion

HOME RUN!! Sam Seidel lines a home run over the right field wall! BGSU 9, Ohio St. 3 Top 9 | 1 Out

.@BGSU_Baseball's Sam Seidel cements legacy through graphic design major and grand slam 🎨⚾️ 📰 on.ncaa.com/wwb6sui7 #NCAABaseball

You followed the construction. You watched the grand slam. You read the stories. Now, here's a closer look at the wall designs in the left and right field corners by senior infielder Sam Seidel! More names will be added in left on April 25 at Alumni Day! #AyZiggy

BGSU infielder leaves mark on renovated stadium. @SpectrumNews1OH @BGSU_Baseball spectrumnews1.com/oh/cleveland/n…

Willard's @R_Bedingfield named MVP as South tops North in Senior Showcase mansfieldnewsjournal.com/story/sports/h… via @MansfieldNJ

BGSU Baseball’s Sam Seidel doesn't just play on Steller field… he helped design it 👀 Seidel, a senior graphic design major and 2024 All-MAC second baseman, designed the graphics that now adorn the padding on the outfield wall of the newly renovated Steller Field, turning a class concept into a permanent part of @BGSU_Baseball. Read more: bit.ly/4uRPM7q

Friday starters for the Falcons! #AyZiggy

Thank you so much for all the support during BGSU One Day! Can’t wait to see you at The Stell! #AyZiggy | #BallersAndBosses

When you fail, two voices show up. The first voice is reasonable. It says, "Let’s find an easier path. No need to endure this." It sounds like wisdom, like it's protecting you. "Let's find a safer path. You don't need to expose yourself to this." The second voice is miserable, but convincing. It says, “You don’t have what it takes. It’s over." It sounds like panic, full of doubt. "You’ll never recover. There’s nothing left to do.” Both voices lie. They're just versions of quitting. Justify it if you want. It’s quitting on your journey, on yourself. And why . . . because you failed? The quitting voice wears a mask of wisdom to hide the truth of its weakness. Who are you to deserve a journey without painful failure? If you quit because you leaped and fell short, you failed more than the leap. You failed the lesson. The fall is there to teach you something. Blaming refuses the education. Complaining refuses the education. Getting defensive refuses the education. Quitting refuses the education. I've watched this pattern for twenty years. Someone attempts something meaningful. They fall short. Instead of examining why, improving, and trying again, they shrink back. Instead of stepping on the gas, they pull the emergency brake. The same challenge arrives again in a new form. They fail again. For the same reasons. Because they never learned the lessons from the first failure. So they repeat it. The same gap keeps appearing on their path until they learn how make the leap and overcome it. There is no promise they do. They often don’t. But those who leap-learn-leap-learn-leap, until they make it, earn rewards of excellence and fulfillment that others don't. They understand themselves and the world in a way others don't. That's the wisdom that can only be gained by making courageous leaps and enduring painful falls and failures. Resist the urge to quit. Don't listen to the quitting voices offering you relief from the struggle. Stay in the lesson. The fall is teaching you, but only if you keep making the leap.