2012 Media Guide Now Available

The 2012 SLU baseball media guide is now available on-line.  Damon Sunde, the Assistant Director of Media Relations, has done an outstanding job with this years media guide.  ILB would like to thank Damon and Matt Sullivan, the Assistant AD for Media Relations, for providing us with tons of information.  Without them our blog would not be possible.  Thanks guys!

2012 SLU Baseball Media Guide

Stitch Head Picks the Lions 2nd in SLC

As always, year after year the best college baseball preview material is put out by Eric Sorenson with College Baseball Today.  Once again he has provided the nation with the most in-depth conference by conference preview.  Click the link below to read his breakdown of the Southland Conference, where he picks SLU to finish second behind Texas State.  Stitch Head also mentions Texas State's visit to The Pat on April 13-15 as the Southland's "Can't Miss Series of the Year".  Once you are done with the Southland preview be sure to check out his write ups on all the other conferences.  This is truly some good stuff.

College Baseball Today's 2012 SLC Preview

SLU Baseball is Solid Gold

Jonathan Pace models the new unis

Making a fashion statement is becoming a way of life in college athletics and the fashion show has made its way to Hammond, LA.  At the 2012 SLU Alumni game Coach Jay Artigues and the Lions busted out their brand new gold uniforms for the Lion Nation. 

As expected some fans gave them the thumbs up.  Others kind of made a face and said let me put on my shades.  Either way the new unis will surely take college baseball by storm this season.  For the record Inside Lions Baseball gives the solid gold digs TWO THUMBS UP! 

ILB to go Pink Tonight

To show our support for The Cure Baseball Inside Lions Baseball will be going "Pink" tonight at midnight.  For the next seven days the background color of our blog will be pink to show support for people and families who have been affected by cancer.  The Cure Baseball is a nonprofit organization supporting this mission through a collegiate summer league team, support groups, a scholarship fund and donations to cancer research groups.

Marten to Receive Inaugural Lion for Life Award

SLU Hall of Fame coach Greg Marten will receive the first ever "Lion for Life" award at the 2012 spring baseball banquet tonight.  The Lion for Life award is given to the SLU baseball alumnus the coaching staff feels best represents the program through community involvement.

Pace, Hebert Selected Preseason All-SLC

Senior IF Jonathan Pace and junior IF Brock Hebert were named Preseason 2nd Team All-Southland Conference by the leagues head coaches.  Pace led the Lions at the plate during the 2011 season with a .343 batting average.  The Terry, MS native also was tied for the team lead with 13 doubles to go along with a HR and 39 RBI's.  Hebert, who hails from Bourg, LA was the Lions 2nd leading hitter with a .340 average to go along with his two HR's and 31 RBI's.  He also lead the team in on-base percentage (.451) and steals (26).

2012 Preseason All-Southland Conference Teams

Southland Coaches Pick Lions 2nd, SID's 3rd

Just to give you an idea of how far the SLU baseball program has come since Jay Artigues took over in 2006.  The Lions lost eight players who made up the winningest class (144 wins) in program history to graduation, including the all-time hits leader, the single season doubles leader, the Louisiana Pitcher of the Year, and a pitcher who collected the second most wins in school history.  And let us not forget SS Justin Boudreaux signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers, after being selected in the 14th round of the MLB draft.  In all, the 2012 Lions need to replace six position players and two of their weekend starters from 2011.

From the Dugout with Cody Gougler



 To get an inside look at what it is like to be a member of the 2012 Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team, ILB has asked senior OF Cody Gougler to write a weekly journal giving the Lion Nation a behind the scenes look at one of the top programs in the Southland Conference.

NCBWA Names Lopez to Stopper of the Year Watch List

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association named SLU junior closer Stefan Lopez to their 2012 preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List.  The preseason list for the award that goes to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I college baseball included forty-five players.  Lopez and Texas State's Jeff McVaney are the only Southland Conference pitchers on the list.

Did You Know?

Did you know.....Cass Hargis (2008-2011) is the only player in program history to hit for the cycle.  The Lions All-Time Hit King hit for the cycle in a 4-3 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at The Pat during the 2009 season.  Hargis went 4-4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.