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ix seasons in, California Baptist University’s STUNT team closed another perfect year at 33-0, earning its sixth consecutive national championship and extending a remarkable 140-0 run — the longest winning streak in college sports history. Since launching in 2020, the program has never dropped a competition.
“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong and we’ll adapt. That’s just life,” Seagondollar said.
“It’s that balance of being able to put God first, but then being able to be competitive and be driven to live our purpose that He gives us,” he said.
Gracie Thurston (’23), a member of the program’s first team, remembers the excitement and uncertainty of helping build something new. The first season was marked by close competitions and the challenge of competing against well-established programs.
When Brandon Seagondollar, head coach, started CBU’s program, he wanted to prioritize discipling the student-athletes and winning.
STUNT began at CBU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Seagondollar had no assistant coach and routines shifted as athletes tested positive. Flexibility was essential not optional. Yet, the team finished its inaugural season 12-0.
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Each season, Seagondollar introduces a new team motto. After the first year, it became “Prove It,” a challenge to show that early success was not a fluke. The results speak for themselves.
part of that was super exciting because it was like we got to show them, ‘we’re here and we’re ready to work.’”
For Ava Hersman, a backspot, team members help hold each other accountable.
“I love the pressure. Pressure makes diamonds. With pressure comes something beautiful,” he said.
“Everyone wants to be the best they can so that means listening and learning from one another in order to get better,” said Hersman, an early childhood studies junior.
“We were trying to prove ourselves and prove that we had what it took,” she said. “Being a
“I tell them if we were meant to lose, the story’s written,” Seagondollar said. “Then we’ll wake up and we’ll try our best the next day. There is that pressure, but it’s understanding that it doesn’t define you.”
However, with sustained dominance comes expectation, especially for athletes joining a program that has never experienced defeat.