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What’s the story on John Melvin University in Crowley?

Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:27 pm
Posted by King of New Orleans
In front of The Hungry Tiger
Member since Jul 2011
11249 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:27 pm
They just had a baseball post pop up on my socials. Went to their Instagram and they have a baseball and softball team. Not many posts on the classroom aspect. Appears to be a Christian school.

I went to maps to find where they are and the building looks like an industrial building with shipping containers in a yard behind the building.

Random. Anyone know anything about them?
Posted by slinger1317
Northshore
Member since Sep 2005
7269 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:29 pm to
Grifters hiding behind education as a way for free money

Louisiana version of a Somali daycare
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 1:30 pm
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
86390 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:33 pm to
If you’re desperate to play college ball but not good enough to play college ball, John Melvin is for you
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
107155 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:33 pm to
Geaux Millers!
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
26895 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:36 pm to
My son had an offer to pitch for Vanderbilt but we felt John Melvin was a better fit for him.
All the best baseball is played in the gulf atlantic athletic conference. School has no accreditation but is working on the coveted Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools accreditation. I hear the Yankees regularly scout Crowley for their next Jeter
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 1:43 pm
Posted by Walt OReilly
Poplarville, MS
Member since Oct 2005
125297 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:36 pm to
Solid baseball school. A feeder college to big time schools across the country. Good place for your son to get exposure to scouts
Posted by ghost2most
Member since Mar 2012
8096 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:38 pm to
Their dorms at the Crowley Days inn are legit as is their meal plan at the donut shop
Posted by BatonrougeCajun
Somewhere in Texas
Member since Feb 2008
7706 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:39 pm to
they get talked about here a lot. It’s a garbage dump for travel sports athletes to be “college” athletes
Posted by jmorr34
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2004
3546 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:40 pm to
Place looks about as legit as the South Harmon Institute of Technology
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
84066 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:44 pm to
John Melvin wanted a college athletics program so he had to start a college.
Posted by BlackPot
Member since Oct 2016
2755 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:44 pm to
Mainly an online college from what I've heard. Blows my mind they have sports.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99124 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:45 pm to
Crowley is a tiny town and most people from Crowley don’t know it exist
Posted by purple18
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2009
1868 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:46 pm to
It’s not a school. They take online classes and play sports. They the second best football team in Crowley behind
Notre Dame…lol
Posted by CaptainsWafer
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Posted on 11/5/26 at 1:52 pm to
Posted by Jenious
Member since Apr 2020
1089 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 2:07 pm to
quote:

donut shop


Ruddock's has some fire arse donuts though!
Posted by Jimbeaux
Member since Sep 2003
22176 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 2:48 pm to
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It’s not a school. They take online classes and play sports. They the second best football team in Crowley behind Notre Dame…lol


At least they’re not woke. Their BS credentials are no worse than a Women’s Studies degree from Vanderbilt
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Posted by Ellis Dee
G-Lane aka Pakistan
Member since Nov 2013
7192 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 2:48 pm to
A friend of mine was the men's soccer coach there when they first opened and from what I gathered from him, he still hasn't gotten paid and a lot of expenses for the program came out of his own pocket with the promise that he'd get paid back
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 2:49 pm
Posted by BayMar
Member since Jun 2026
117 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 2:53 pm to
Looks like a helluva institution. Website is full of AI pictures of students
Posted by GreatLakesTiger24
Member since May 2012
62572 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 3:00 pm to
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Blows my mind they have sports.
that's the only reason it exists

I'm pretty sure the founder said something about creating it because high school kids were missing out on opportunities due to the transfer portal and additional eligibility
This post was edited on 11/5/26 at 3:01 pm
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23871 posts
Posted on 11/5/26 at 3:08 pm to
I got my associates in forklift operation and repair from there.
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