Thursday, December 24, 2009

Inside Lions Baseball wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Opening day is set for Friday February 19 at Alumni Field.  First pitch scheduled for 6:00pm.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Southeastern Receives Votes in Pre-Season Poll


The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team received votes in Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s 2010 Pre-Season poll that was released today.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Lions Baseball Excels in the Classroom

Once again the Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team has excelled in the classroom. During the Fall semester the Lions finished with a cumulative team GPA of 3.16. The Lions had 24 out of 35 players post a GPA of 3.0 or higher, with 4 student-athletes posting a 4.0 GPA.

As they have done each season under head coach Jay Artigues, the Lions baseball team continues to put the student in student-athlete.

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Former Lion Closer Traded to Twins


Former Southeastern Lion closer Chris Province has been traded from the Boston Red Sox to the Minnesota Twins.

Province, a fourth round pick out of Southeastern in the 2007 MLB draft, projects as a middle reliever or closer with his new team. The 6’3 right hander posted a 2.60 ERA in 43 appearances over 79.2 innings with the Double A Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern league in 2009. Province struck out 55 batters and was named a 2009 Eastern League All Star.

The Slidell, LA native currently is the Lions All Time career saves leader with 14.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

NCBWA Names Lions Closer Pre-Season All-American


Southeastern Louisiana University’s Chris Franklin was named a 2nd team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, the organization announced today.

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Lion Baseball Holiday Update

As the holiday rush is fast approaching the Southeastern Louisiana baseball team is putting the brakes on the Fall semester. With Fall practice, workouts, and intra-squads behind them, the Lions are in their last week of the semester with final exams beginning next Monday.