
Baseball player Jake Lane preparing for the season
Jake Lane is a senior playing baseball at Grambling State University.
Lane faced a lot of hardships when his junior year got cut short due to Covid in the spring.
“I planned to ball out and play to my best ability this season but a global pandemic ruined my baseball season for me,” he said.
When everyone went home for the rest of the spring semester early, Lane was upset because of how much he looked forward to playing with his team in the spring.
When he was home Lane said he worked out everyday and continued to train. He didn't let the pandemic stop him.
“I didn't let adversity change my outlook on life, I had a plan and I stuck to it, and that was to keep grinding until I came back next season,” Lane said.
Lane said his family members were affected by Covid.
“Yes, a family member I was closest to got affected and it was my mom,” Lane said. “For a while I stopped working out and caring about baseball because all I could think about was if she was going to be OK. My mom was hospitalized for a week and no one was able to visit her. My heart was heavy and my mental state was not good. I kept praying everyday and kept begging God to heal her. That was probably the lowest I have ever been in my life.”
As Lane's mom recovered Jake began to work back out and go harder than ever before.
“I don't know if my mom being sick helped me and gave me motivation but it definitely made me stronger and I wanted to work harder for her,” Lane said. “When she was sick she told me that she didn't want me to give up and stop achieving my goals because she was sick. My mom wanted me to be happy and keep doing whatever was going to make me happy so I could get my mind off of her being in the Hospital.”
As spring rolls back around Jake comes back to the baseball team better than ever and is the number one baseball player in the SWAC.
“I am definitely proud of the person I have made myself to be,” Lane said. “I pushed myself to the best of my ability and kept getting better. Going through my mom having covid made me become stronger and able to believe in myself because that's all my mom wanted for me.”
Lane said he is looking forward to the season.
”Being the number one leading the SWAC makes me feel good because it lets me know that I can do anything I put my mind to,” Lane said.

Get Top Stories Delivered Weekly
More thegramblinite News Articles
- New Head Coach Hue Jackson: G-Men on right track
- Tigers gear up for Spring Football Game
- Coach Roberts leaves GSU’s soccer team, takes over Salukis
- GSU's hoops seasons end with SWAC tourney losses
Recent thegramblinite News Articles
Discuss This Article
MOST POPULAR THEGRAMBLINITE

First Generation, next chapter By Office of Communications

Equal justice topic of March 25 symposium By Jalon Grant

Movie Review: ‘A Madea Homecoming’ By SheriDan Robinson

Ukraine conflict felt across the world, including at GSU By Damien Ishamel Fairconetue
GET TOP STORIES DELIVERED WEEKLY
FOLLOW OUR NEWSPAPER
LATEST THEGRAMBLINITE NEWS
- First Generation, next chapter
- Equal justice topic of March 25 symposium
- Movie Review: ‘A Madea Homecoming’
- Ukraine conflict felt across the world, including at GSU
- New Head Coach Hue Jackson: G-Men on right track
- Sen. Katrina Jackson delivers inspiring speech at Women’s History Month C...
- Tigers gear up for Spring Football Game
RECENT THEGRAMBLINITE CLASSIFIEDS
OUTSIDE THE LINES
- Big Tobacco And The Microplastics Problem
- Spring Shopping For Yard Equipment: Things To Know
- Pet’s Bad Breath May Mean Disease
- What’s In The Water? Fluoridated Water And Its Benefits
- Connecting The Community To Fight An Epidemic
- How To Support Your Pet’s Mental Health This Summer
- Keeping Your Kids Covered Finding Health Insurance...
- You Could Win Big
- FIRST Robotics Competition Builds Strong People, Not Just...
- Vaccines Continue To Be Essential To Our Safety
FROM AROUND THE WEB
- Vacation Doesn’t Have to Break the Bank: 5 Tips for S...
- Get Outside and Celebrate National Trails Day
- 12 Things You Need to Know Before Betting The 2022 NBA...
- Celebrate 10 Years of California Avocado Month this June
- NFL Week One Odds Released: Bronco's Host The Seahawks
- Storied Clubs Face-Off in Champions League Final: Odds on...
- Turning 65: What to Consider When Selecting a Medicare Plan
- A One-of-a-Kind Lifeline: A First Responder's Kidney...
- Seven Ways to Support Healthy Blood Pressure During...
- American Legion Auxiliary Honors Military on National...
COLLEGE PRESS RELEASES
- US College Students Have Wildly Different Approaches to Eating Healthy and Maintaining Mental Focus than the Rest of the World
- Calling All Besties Dennys is Hiring Best Friends and Offering Them a Chance to Win The Perfect Weekend Off
- Neighbor.com Survey Finds Nearly 70% of Recent Graduates Turn to Gig Work to Cover Their Bills
- As STDs Surge, Quest Diagnostics Debunks Common Myths; Highlights Importance of STD Testing
- CrowdStrike Accepting NextGen Scholarship Applications For 2022-23 Academic Year