2024 LSWA All-Louisiana Baseball Team announced

LSU took home four of the five major awards for the 2024 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana Baseball team, the organization announced on Tuesday. The Tigers also finished with seven selections among the two squads and honorable mentions.

The major awards for the All-Louisiana team were given to LSU’s Tommy White for Hitter of the Year, Luke Holman was named Pitcher and Newcomer of the Year, and Steven Milam was named Freshman of the Year.

The LSWA All-Louisiana Baseball team is comprised of student-athletes from 14 universities and colleges from across the Bayou State throughout all affiliations of collegiate athletics.

The team was selected through a vote conducted by the state’s baseball athletic communicators and a statewide media panel.  This is the first LSWA All-Louisiana team that takes all postseason statistics and honors into account.

It’s the second time White was given a major LSWA award after being named the 2023 Newcomer of the Year.  A second-team All-American and second-team All-SEC selection, White finished in the Top 10 of the SEC in hits (92), total bases (178), homers (24) and runs batted in (70).  The third baseman currently holds 75 career home runs, ranking eighth all-time in NCAA Division I history.

Luke Holman becomes the first dual major award winner since LSU’s Alex Lange was named both the Pitcher and Freshman of the Year in 2015.  Holman served as LSU’s ace during the 2024 campaign, recording a 9-4 record with a 2.75 ERA, 127 strikeouts in 16 starts, finishing second in the SEC in punchouts. The Alabama transfer also placed in the top four of the SEC in opponent batting average (.174), ERA (2.75), wins (9), and innings pitched (91.2).

Steven Milam was named the 2024 Freshman of the Year.  Milam, a first-team Freshman All-American and Freshman All-SEC selection, became a breakout star for the Tigers in their postseason run. He hit two walk-off home runs in the postseason to finish his campaign with a .326 batting average with 40 RBI, 51 runs scored, and eight home runs.

LSU Eunice’s Jeff Willis was named LSWA Coach of the Year after he continued to cement his name as one of the best coaches in all of college baseball after the Bengals captured their 8th NJCAA Division II National Championship under his guidance.  LSUE finished the 2024 season with a 56-8 record, the 12th time winning 50-plus games under Willis.  The NJCAA Baseball Coaches Association and ABCA Hall of Fame member captured his 1,000th career win this season, all coming at LSU Eunice in his 22 seasons as the head coach.

The first-team consists of four pitchers – Holman, LSUE’s Blake Lobell, Louisiana’s LP Langevin, and LSU’s Griffin Herring.  Milam and White are joined by Louisiana Tech’s Jorge Corona, Nicholls State’s Edgar Alvarez and Louisiana’s Kyle DeBarge in the infield.

The outfield is made up of Louisiana Tech’s Cole McConnell, Mitchell Sanford of UNO and ULM’s Easton Winfield.  The first team is rounded out by designated hitter Hayden Travinski (LSU) and utility Ethan Bates (Louisiana Tech).

2024 LOUISIANA SPORTSWRITERS ASSOCIATION ALL-LOUISIANA BASEBALL TEAM

FIRST-TEAM

P	Luke Holman	LSU	Junior	Sinking Spring, PA
P	Blake Lobell	LSU Eunice	Sophomore	Livingston, LA
P	LP Langevin	Louisiana	Junior	Quebec City, QC, Canada
P	Griffin Herring	LSU	Sophomore	Southlake, TX
C	Jorge Corona	Louisiana Tech	Senior	Miami, FL
1B	Edgar Alvarez	Nicholls State	Senior	Orlando, FL
2B	Steven Milam	LSU	Freshman	Las Cruces, NM
3B	Tommy White	LSU	Junior	St. Pete Beach, FL
SS	Kyle DeBarge	Louisiana	Junior	Kinder, LA
OF	Cole McConnell	Louisiana Tech	Senior	Beaumont, TX
OF	Mitchell Sanford	New Orleans	R-Junior	Berwick, LA
OF	Easton Winfield	ULM	Freshman	Alvin, TX
DH	Hayden Travinski	LSU	Graduate	Shreveport, LA
UTL	Ethan Bates	Louisiana Tech	Senior	Hot Springs, AR

SECOND-TEAM

P	Sam Brodersen	Louisiana Tech	Senior	Orlando, FL
P	Gage Jump	LSU	Sophomore	Aliso, CA
P	Luke Barbier	Delgado CC	Sophomore	Morgan City, LA
P	Isaach Rohde	LSU Shreveport	Junior	Rice Lake, WI
C	Miguel Useche	New Orleans	Senior	Caracas, Venezuela
1B	Jared Jones	LSU	Sophomore	Marietta, GA
2B	Kyle Walker	Grambling State	Sophomore	New Orleans, LA
3B	Cameron Bufford	Grambling State	R-Senior	South Holland, IL
SS	Dawson Willis	LSU Eunice	Sophomore	Ruston, LA
OF	Jackson Linn	Tulane	Junior	Boston, MA
OF	Tiger Borom	Grambling State	Sophomore	New Orleans, LA
OF	Teo Banks	Tulane	Junior	Odessa, TX
DH	Teddy Johnson	LSU Eunice	R-Sophomore	Kenner, LA
UTL	Josh Gibson	LSU Shreveport	Junior	O’Fallon, IL

HONORABLE MENTION

Pitcher: Owen Schexnaydre, LSU Eunice; Stephen Still, Loyola (NO); Chase Morgan, Louisiana

Catcher: Tyler McKenna, Louisiana Christian

Second Base: Vantrel Reed, LSU Shreveport

Third Base: Gavin Shulz, Tulane; Jaxon Buratt, Loyola (NO)

Outfielder: Cooper Hext, McNeese State; Trevor Burkhart, LSU Shreveport; Basiel Williams, Nicholls State; Carson Livesay, Centenary College

Designated Hitter: Braden Trull, Louisiana Christian

Utility: Michael Lombardi, Tulane