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Former pro baseball player Jacob House on faith, identity and sports ministry
Former pro baseball player Jacob House on faith, identity and sports ministry
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Length:
46 minutes
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jacob House is a former professional baseball player who is currently serving with Sports Spectrum as a marketing integration manager. In college, Jacob played baseball with Arkansas in the SEC and Texas A&M in the Big 12. In his two seasons with the Aggies, House hit over .300 twice and had 108 RBI in 128 games played and helped his team to a Big 12 Championship in 2011 as well as a birth at the Men's College World Series that same year." In 2012, Jacob was selected in the 20th round of the MLB Amateur Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. He would play just one season in Single A ball in the minor leagues, hitting .281 in 36 games before walking away from the game he played since he was a kid. Today on the podcast, we talk to Jacob about his baseball journey, serving in sports ministry, his time at Texas A&M, his testimony of faith, walking away from his baseball dream and finding his true identity and purpose. Receive our 10-day Sports Spectrum Devotional written by professional athletes for FREE when you sign up for our Sports Spectrum Weekly Email Newsletter. Sign up here.
Released:
Oct 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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