Cryer Named Academic All-American

Senior 3B Josh Cryer was recently named a 2nd Team Academic All-American on the 2011 Capital One Academic All-America Baseball Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).  Cryer becomes the first baseball player in SLU history and the 13th overall SLU student-athlete to earn Academic All-America honors.

On Deck - SLC Tourney

#4 SLU Lions (0-1) vs #1 Texas State Bobcats (0-1)
SLC Tourney - Elimination Game
Bobcat Ballpark - San Marcos, TX
Noon Thursday May 26

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On Deck - SLC Tournament

Southland Conference Tournament
#4 Lions (35-20, 18-14 SLC) vs #5 Sam Houston Bearkats (34-22, 17-16 SLC)
Bobcat Ballpark - San Marcos, TX
4pm Wednesday May 25

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Lions Place Seven on All-SLC Team

The SLU Lions placed seven members on the 2011 All-Southland Conference Teams by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors.  Leading the way was SS Justin Boudreaux, RHP Tyler Watkins, and RHP Brandon Efferson, who were selected to the 2nd Team.

Watkins, Hargis Get Honorable Mention Honors

Seniors Tyler Watkins and Cass Hargis were named honorable mention Southland Conference Player of Week for their performances his past weekend against Northwestern State.  Watkins was named honorable mention Pitcher of the Week as he tossed his 5th complete game of the season in the Lions 5-0 win over the Demons on Thursday night.  Watkins ran his record to 10-3, as he scattered eight hits, walked one, and struck out two.  Hargis, who notched his 298th hit on Friday night, hit .500 (4-8) in the series.  The senior OF went 3-5, with a triple, RBI, two runs scored, and two stolen bases in the Lions 5-0 win.  On Friday night he went 1-3, with a run scored and a stolen base.

SLC Players of the Week

SLU Splits with Demons, Gets 4 Seed in Tourney

The SLU Lions split their season series finale with Northwestern State winning game one 5-0 and falling to the Demons 13-3 in game two.  Due to standing water in the outfield at Brown-Stroud Field game three of the series was cancelled and will not be made up.  Not playing the game coupled with Texas A&M Corpus Christi's win over Sam Houston on Saturday left the Islanders a half game ahead of the Lions in the standings, which pushes SLU to the four seed in the Southland Conference tournament.

Lions Celebrate Their Own

Check out this player-made video commemorating Senior Day at The Pat.
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From the Dugout with Tyler Watkins

Tyler Watkins

To get an inside look at what it is like to be a member of the 2011 Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team, ILB has asked senior RHP Tyler Watkins to write a weekly journal giving the Lion Nation a behind the scenes look at one of the top programs in the Southland Conference. To read all of Tyler's weekly journals you can click on his picture on the left menu.

Here is journal #7 for the 2011 season.

On Deck - Lions vs Northwestern State

SLU Lions (34-19, 17-13 SLC) vs Northwestern State Demons (21-31, 10-20 SLC)
Brown-Stroud Field - Natchitoches, LA
Game 1:  6:30pm Thursday May 19
Game 2:  6:30pm Friday May 20
Game 3:  2pm Saturday May 21

Senior Send-Off at The Pat

Sunday, May 15, was the final home game of the Lions 2011 season.  On this day the seniors were celebrated at "Senior Day".  Each was presented on the field with their family and given a framed jersey bearing their uniform number.
It was an emotional day at The Pat as this roster includes several 3+ year members of the Lions Baseball Program.
Congrats to all the baseball seniors and their families.