Jacob Stallings-(Paul Jones)

I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO BRENTWOOD ACADEMY'S JACOB STALLINGS.

YOU MAY NOTICE HE LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE VANDERBILT'S KEVIN STALLINGS.

THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
HE'S THE COACH'S SON.

BUT WHILE DAD MAKES A NAME FOR HIMSELF ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.

JACOB IS DOING IT ON THE DIAMOND!


((17:34:28 "I don't know what it is about it. I just love being out here."))

IT'S NOT THAT JACOB STALLINGS DOESN'T LIKE BASKETBALL.
HE JUST LIKES BASEBALL BETTER.

AND IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THIS - HIS DAD DOES TOO.

((Kevin Stallings says: 17:53:29 "For every hour we spent...a friend of mine...a baseball family that makes our living at basketball."))

YES BASKETBALL PAYS KEVIN STALLINGS BILLS.

BUT HIS FAVORITE THING IS LIFE IS WATCHING HIS SON DO WELL ON THE DIAMOND.

((Nats - Batting Cage))

AND HE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO ENJOYS IT.
VANDERBILT AND NORTH CAROLINA BOTH OFFERED THIS TOP NOTCH CATCHER A SCHOLARSHIP.

((Jacob Stallings says: 17:35:44 "The decision was where would I become the best player for the future...help that process."))

WITH THE DORES LOADED AT HIS POSITION - JACOB CHOSE THE TAR HEELS.

CALLING IT THE HARDEST DECISION OF HIS LIFE.

AND IT WASN'T EASY ON MOM OR DAD EITHER.

((Kevin Stallings says: 17:49:17 "We have to be willing to...cry like a baby."))

BUT FOR NOW - A FATHER CAN CONTINUE TO ENJOY HIS SON AT PRACTICE.

AND WONDER IF ANYTHING WILL CHANGE WHEN JACOB STEPS FOOT IN CHAPEL HILL.

((Jacob Stallings says: 17:40:18 "I'll be going to the Dean Dome...for the Commodores."))
Jacob Stallings-(Paul Jones)