By JERIT ROSER
Written for LSWA
A pair of junior aces who led their teams to Division-II Select state championships headlined the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class 4A baseball and softball teams.
Vandebilt Catholic’s Lauren Baudoin and Teurlings Catholic’s Evan Vincent drew top honors in their respective sports.
Baudoin earned an all-state selection for the third straight year after helping lead her Terriers to their third straight title game and second straight championship.
The Nicholls State commit posted a 24-1 record with a 1.10 ERA and 226 strikeouts in the circle, while also batting .380 with three home runs and 29 RBIs.
Vincent’s pitching was similarly critical in his Rebels’ run to their second straight title.
The hometown Ragin’ Cajuns commitment finished his junior season with a 10-0 record, 1.26 ERA and one save and struck out 86 batters in 61 innings of work. He also batted .270 with four doubles, two triples and 23 RBIs.
Rounding out the Class 4A superlatives, North DeSoto swept the Coach of the Year awards — just as its programs swept the Division-II Non-Select championships.
On the softball side, Tim Whitman led his ladies through a pair of opening-weekend losses to a 32-3 overall mark and back to their title-winning form of 2021, 2022 and 2023 with some critical coaching moves along the way, including a walk-off suicide squeeze in the bottom of the seventh in the final game.
Bo Odom meanwhile, in his final season at the helm, coached the Griffins to their first baseball championship since 2012.
The North DeSoto boys racked up a 28-13 record and upset top-seeded Brusly to complete their run and Odom’s 28-year career, as he announced his retirement days later.
LSWA CLASS 4A ALL-STATE CHARTS
SOFTBALL
Pos Player School Cl Avg
P Lilia Alleman Assumption So. 17-6
P Lauren Baudoin Vandebilt Catholic Jr. 24-1
P Margaret Oge St. Thomas More Jr, 20-6
P Avery McCloskey North DeSoto Sr. 27-2
C Shyanne Irvin St. Thomas More Sr. .495
IF Adrienne Arnett St. Charles Jr. .560
IF Maddy Stringer North DeSoto Sr. .420
IF Kallie Waalk Vandebilt Catholic Fr. .450
IF Zoe Fabre Brusly So. .471
OF Emma Bailey St. Thomas More Sr. .510
OF Livie Thibodeaux Assumption Sr. .504
OF Alivia Singletary Iowa Jr. .436
UT Shelbee Gros E.D. White So. 18-8
UT Raegan Henderson North DeSoto Sr. .446
UT Kennedy Stutes St. Thomas More Sr. .396
UT Miki Watts Loranger Sr. .615
UT Briley Whittington West Ouachita Sr. .372
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: LAUREN BAUDOIN, VANDEBILT CATHOLIC
COACH OF THE YEAR: TIM WHITMAN, NORTH DESOTO
Honorable Mention
Emersen Blanchard, Pearl River; Grace Chaisson, Caddo Magnet; Blair Clement, Lutcher; Maddie Bourgeois, Lutcher; Carsyn Curtis, North DeSoto; Bella Daniels, Grant; Allie Darbonne, Iowa; Alexis Dejean, Cecilia; Ashlee Douglass, West Ouachita; Mylie Elsensohn, Pearl River; Sasha Falls, North DeSoto; Kallie Gibson, North Vermilion; Leigha Gilbert, Minden; Abigail Heidbrink, Brusly; Makayla Husser, Loranger; Mackenzie Jagers, Northwood; Abby Jones, Tioga; Peyton Kirtland, Grant; Ava Kulivan, Archbishop Hannan; Ella Mabile, Assumption; Morgan Malveaux, David Thibodaux; Lexi Matherne, Vandebilt Catholic; Payton Miller, North DeSoto; Anistyn Nichols, Tioga; Bree Pech, E.D. White Catholic; Riley Perilloux, St. Charles; Haliegh Perrilloux, E.D. White Catholic; Khloe Renton, Archbishop Hannan; Kaitlyn Roberts, Tioga; Carleigh Roe, Grant; Hayes Ruttledge, Vandebilt Catholic; Eva Sattler, Eunice; Aubrey Savini, David Thibodaux; Mia Smith, Teurlings Catholic; Avery St. Pierre, Lutcher; Ayla Stollsteimer, Iowa; Alya Taylor, Archbishop Hannan; Lauren Taylor, Tioga; Mya Thompson, Belle Chasse; Baileigh Tregre, St. Charles; Braylyn Waggoner, West Ouachita; Presley Walker, Loyola; Tannah Willie, Lakeshore; Saydie Wilson, Grant;
BASEBALL
Pos Player School Cl Avg.
P Jace Garber Teurlings Catholic Sr. 9-0
P Brayden Ray Brusly Jr. 10-2
P Alex Richardson Belle Chasse Jr. 7-4
P Owen Stempel Archbishop Hannan Sr. 7-2
C Thomas LeCompte Vandebilt Catholic Jr. .398
INF James Guidry Vanderbilt Catholic Sr. .378
INF Reni Mason North Caddo Sr. .465
INF Will Power Teurlings Catholic Jr. .474
INF Jax Triche E.D. White Sr. .413
OF Gage Berthelot Lutcher Sr. .352
OF Cole Cory North DeSoto Sr. .383
OF Aiden Washington Brusly Sr. .383
UT Drew Daigle Brusly Sr. .384
UT Dalton Davidson Archbishop Shaw Sr. 7-3
UT Cameron DeRoche Lutcher Jr. 8-1
UT Cade Wilkerson St. Thomas More Sr. .411
UT Evan Vincent Teurlings Catholic Jr. 10-0
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: EVAN VINCENT, TEURLINGS CATHOLIC
COACH OF THE YEAR: BO ODOM, NORTH DESOTO
Honorable Mention
Kingston Adams, Loyola; Lucas Alexander, Iowa; Will Allen, West Ouachita; Jaxon Bentzler, Northwood; Ryan Berard, Teurlings Catholic; Grant Bouillon, Lakeshore; Braden Breaux, South Terrebonne; Gavin Brint, Loyola; Jack Carlisle, Northwood; Andrew Carriere, St. Thomas More; Nathan Cervantes, Northwood; Brayden Clement, South Terrebonne; Jake Clifton, Pearl River; Kayden Coghlan, Tioga; Ryan Crooks, Tioga; Peyton Daigle, Rayne; Cayden Dartez, St. Thomas More; Tyler Dartez, Iowa; Luke Delafield, North DeSoto; Noah Detillier, South Terrebonne; Blaze Duhon, North Vermilion; Reed Dupre, Iowa; Myles Futrell, Grant; Spencer Guilbeau, Vandebilt; Xan Harwell, Pearl River; Chip Joiner, West Feliciana; Braden Jones, North DeSoto; Patrick Kennedy, Archbishop Hannan; Gabe Kugler, St. Charles; Hayden Lebleu, Iowa; Jack Ledet, South Lafourche; Thomas Mancuso, Morgan City; Cam Martin, West Ouachita; Landon Martin, Northwood; Kaden Miller, West Ouachita; Ryland Nation, Grant; Brayden Netterville, Kenner Discovery; Jacob Pierce, South Lafourche; Cole Pryor, Loyola; Jack Purser, Teurlings Catholic; Ryan Reeves, Tioga; Dylan Robichaux, E.D. White Catholic; Mason Rogillio, West Feliciana; Riley Rowell, St. Thomas More; Reese Sanzone, Lakeshore; Aubrey St. Angelo, Brusly; Bryce Waguespack, St. Charles.