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App State Brew 7/8: Reaching New Heights

App State Brew 7/8: Reaching New Heights

Mountaineers Take On Grandfather Mountain For Summer Challenge

July 08, 2026

Good morning, App State Fam. The fellas are back for round ✌️!

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What all do we have stirring in today’s Brew? Check it out below.

⚾️ The Haflway Point
🏀 Just Getting Started
⏱️ Counting Down
🟡 And much more

Throughout the summer, we will be counting down the days
to the return of App State Football this fall. The Mountaineers will
host Maine on September 5 at 3:30 p.m.

5️⃣9️⃣ Days Away. Lining up behind center for three years as the Mountaineers’ starter, Richie Williams was a co-captain for App State’s first Division I-AA National Championship.

Williams finished his college career as the Mountaineers' all-time total offense leader with 9,370 yards. That total is still third all-time in the Southern Conference. He rewrote the passing records at App State by graduating with records in career passing yards (7,759), most passing yards in a single game (517), and with 3,745 yards passing his senior season.

During his Hall of Fame career, Williams tossed 5️⃣9️⃣ TDs, which currently sits as the fourth-highest total in program history.

🔼 Reaching New Heights. While the Mountaineers prepared for the upcoming 2026-27 season, the App State men’s hoops team hit the trails and took on Grandfather Mountain.

Last week, the squad summited the Mile High Swinning Bridge and Linville Peak for some great team-building experience.

🔼 The Halfway Point. Tonight, App State’s Jeffrey Springs takes the hill for his 19th start of the 2026 season for the Athletics.

With the All-Star break just days away, Springs is hitting the halfway point of his ninth MLB season.

Springs is just 6.2 innings away from reaching 100+ innings for the third time in his career and first time in back-to-back seasons. He is also just 20 strikeouts away from reaching 100+ Ks in back-to-back years.

For his career, the southpaw is 37-31 with a 3.99 ERA.

🔼 Just Getting Started. One year down, plenty more to come.

It was quite a debut season for App State’s own CJ Huntley. The two-way player appeared in 42 games for the G-League’s Valley Suns and four for the Phoenix Suns.

At the G-League level, Huntley averaged 16.0 points per game and 8.8 rebounds per game, while recording 13 double-doubles.

🎥 Huntley’s 2025-26 Highlights