Turning Up The Dude: The 2024 Walk-Up Playlist
February 14, 2024 | Baseball, Joel Coleman
Take a peek at the songs that will welcome the Diamond Dawgs to the plate or mound in the season ahead.
STARKVILLE – "You can run on for a long time…Run on for a long time…Run on for a long time…Sooner or later God'll cut you down."
If you're a true Mississippi State baseball fan, only one image could come to mind with the reading of those song lyrics: Jonathan Holder trotting in from the bullpen near the left-field foul pole at Dudy Noble Field, just about to slam the door shut on an opponent's dreams of a ninth-inning comeback.
Ahhh, what sweet memories.
Make no mistake about it, walk-up/walk-out music is special in Starkville. It's the soundtrack of springs on campus. It fires up the Maroon and White faithful. It sets the scene for the Dude Effect to take over. And, like with Holder, when the combination is just right, magic happens and a song is sometimes forever associated with the player that picked it. Â
Perhaps such a thing will happen again in 2024. At the very least, this year's selection of player walk-up/walk-out songs will have you tapping your foot, ringing your bell in rhythm or singing along.
Ready to pick out your favorites? Here's the full Diamond Dawg walk-up/walk-out song playlist for 2024:
- No. 2 Cam Schuelke: "Low Rider" by War
- No. 3 David Mershon: "My Type" by Saint Motel
- No. 4 Mikhai Grant: "We Should" by Lil Baby and Young Thug
- No. 5 Aaron Downs: "Throwback" by HARDY
- No. 6 Logan Forsythe: "Run This Town" by Jay-Z, Rihanna and Kanye West
- No. 7 Connor Hujsak: "Famous" by Kanye West
- No. 8 Amani Larry: "Swag Surfin'" by F.L.Y.
- No. 9 Pico Kohn: "Kickstart My Heart" by Motley Crue
- No. 10 Dylan Cupp: "Ladies Love Country Boys" by Trace Adkins
- No. 11 KK Clark: "White Horse" by Chris Stapleton
- No. 12 Evan Siary: "My Kinda Party" by Jason Aldean
- No. 13 Nate Chester: "Hotel Room Service" by Pitbull
- No. 14 Khal Stephen: "Get In Trouble (So What)" by Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike vs. Vini Vici
- No. 15 Luke Dotson: "Seven Nation Army" by The White Stripes
- No. 16 Cole Cheatham: "Are You Ready" by AC/DC
- No. 17 Stone Simmons: "Way Down We Go" by KALEO
- No. 18 Johnny Long: "Pump It Louder" by Tiesto and Black Eyed Peas
- No. 19 Max Miller: "Brain Stew" by Green Day
- No. 20 Will Passeau: "Live Your Life" by TI and Rihanna
- No. 21 Colby Holcombe: "Fireman" by Lil Wayne
- No. 22 Ross Highfill: "Paradise" by Bazzi
- No. 23 Jackson Owen: "Let the Moonshine" by Luke Combs
- No. 24 Jace Norton: "1994" by Jason Aldean
- No. 25 Nate Dohm: "Crack a Bottle" by Eminem
- No. 26 Tyson Hardin: "All of the Lights" by Kanye West, Rihanna and Kid Cudi
- No. 27 Gavin Black: "Sold Out" by HARDY
- No. 28 Gage Haley: "Big Poppa" by The Notorious B.I.G.
- No. 29 Nate Williams: "Hail to the King" by Avenged Sevenfold
- No. 30 Bradley Loftin: "Sweet Child O' Mine" by Guns N' Roses
- No. 31 Karson Ligon: "Crazy Town" by Jason Aldean
- No. 32 Michael O'Brien: "Lights Come On" by Jason Aldean
- No. 33 Rives Reynolds: "Is This Love" by Eminem and 50 Cent
- No. 36 Nolan Stevens: "Run Up" by J Boog and Fiji (batting)/"Losing It" by FISHER (pitching)
- No. 37 Brett House: "Return of the Mack" by Mark Morrison
- No. 38 Bryce Chance: "Don't Blame Me" by Taylor Swift
- No. 40 Logan Kohler: "Boombastic" by Shaggy
- No. 41 Ethan Pulliam: "You Know How We Do It" by Ice Cube
- No. 42 Dakota Jordan: "Go DJ" by Lil Wayne
- No. 43 Steven Spalitta: "South On Ya" by Luke Combs
- No. 44 Hunter Hines: "Rockstar" by Nickelback
- No. 45 Tyler Davis: "Waiting for the Thunder" by Blackberry Smoke
- No. 46 Jackson McKenzie: "Good Feeling" by Flo Rida (batting)/"The Beast" by Tech N9ne (pitching)
- No. 48 Brooks Auger: "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC
- No. 50 Jurrangelo Cijntje: "4K" by El Alfa, Darell and Noriel
- No. 54 Jud Files: "Beat It" by Michael Jackson
- No. 55 Joe Powell: "20 Min" by Lil Uzi Vert
- Will Gibbs: "Gorgeous" by Kanye West, Kid Cudi and Raekwon
