BATON ROUGE – The LSU baseball team had four players receive All-Southeastern Conference honors.
LSU centerfielder Derek Curiel and shortstop Steven Milam were both selected to the All-SEC Second Team, and Jay Johnson’s star players were also placed on the SEC All-Defensive Team.
Milam is hitting .300 this season with 15 doubles, one triple, 10 homers, 47 RBI and 52 runs. He has a current reached-base safely streak that has stretched to 33 games. Milam has committed just three errors all season in 207 chances, producing a .986 fielding percentage.
Curiel is batting a team-high .345 this season with 15 doubles, two triples, six homers, 45 RBI, 62 runs, and 13 stolen bases. He is No. 3 in the SEC this season in hits with 77, and he is No. 7 in the league in runs scored (62) and No. 9 in triples (2).
LSU catcher Omar Serna Jr. and first baseman/outfielder Mason Braun received Freshman All-SEC honors.
Serna Jr. is batting .306 this season with 10 doubles, nine homers, 37 RBI, and 35 runs. He is LSU’s third-leading hitter in SEC games, batting .320 (33-for-102) in league contests with eight doubles, seven homers, 21 RBI, and 19 runs.
Braun is hitting .318 this season with five doubles, one triple, three homers, 21 RBI, and 29 runs. He is the Tigers’ leading hitter in SEC games, batting .355 with three doubles, one triple, two homers, 11 RBI, and 16 runs.
Georgia’s Daniel Jackson was selected as SEC Player of the Year, Florida’s Aidan King was tabbed as SEC Pitcher of the Year, Texas’ Anthony Pack Jr. was selected as SEC Freshman of the Year, Texas’ Aiden Robbins was named SEC Newcomer of the Year, and Georgia’s Wes Johnson was named SEC Coach of the Year.
LSU will take on Oklahoma in the first round of the SEC Tournament at the Hoover Metropolitan Complex on Tuesday. First pitch is set for 8 p.m., and the game can be heard on ESPN 103.7 Lafayette and 104.1 Lake Charles.