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The 2024 Lamar Cardinals baseball team represented Lamar University during the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season as members of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals played their home games at Vincent–Beck Stadium and were led by eighth–year head coach Will Davis. On May 16, the team clinched at least a share of the conference regular season championship.[2] The Cardinals moved to sole regular season champions due to a 6–10 Nicholls loss to McNeese in both teams' final regular season game on May 18. The team compiled a 44–15 overall record and were 17–7 in conference play winning the regular season championship. They qualified for the SLC tournament as the number 1 seed. The Cardinals advanced to the tournament semi–finals with a 3–2 tournament record losing their first game 3–6 to 8th seeded Incarnate Word and winning three elimination games defeating 4th seeded Northwestern State 12–5, Incarnate Word 18–6 7, and McNeese 18–9. Their season ended with a loss to McNeese 4–14 7.
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Southland Conference regular season champions | |
Conference | Southland Conference |
Record | 44–15 (17–7 SLC) |
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Home stadium | Vincent–Beck Stadium |
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Lamar † | 17 | – | 7 | .708 | 44 | – | 15 | .746 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicholls †y | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 38 | – | 22 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Orleans | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 31 | – | 26 | .544 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
McNeese | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 32 | – | 27 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northwestern State | 11 | – | 13 | .458 | 22 | – | 33 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 30 | – | 28 | .517 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 22 | – | 35 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 10 | – | 14 | .417 | 26 | – | 31 | .456 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Houston Christian | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 18 | – | 31 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The Cardinals had a overall season record of 32–23 including a conference record of 13–11 finishing in third place in SLC play. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the third seeded team. The Cardinals were 0–2 in the conference tournament losing to fourth seeded New Orleans 1–4 and first seeded Nicholls 0–4.
On September 26, 2023, Lamar announced the addition of eight junior college transfers joining the team for the 2024 season. [3] On October 21, 2023, Lamar announced ten transfers from NCAA Division I programs and one player from an NCAA Division II program.[4]
Player | Position | Hometown | Previous Team |
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Cristian Cienfuegos | Pitcher (RHP) | Baytown, Texas | Rice |
Bryce Grizzaffi | Catcher | Morgan City, Louisiana | Southeastern Louisiana |
Logan Hamm | Outfielder /Pitcher (RHP) | Bridge City, Texas | Houston |
Peyton Harvard | Pitcher (RHP) | Bridge City, Texas | Louisiana |
Scott Jones | Outfielder | Sulphur, Louisiana | Butler |
Weston Peninger | Catcher | Flower Mound, Texas | Utah Valley |
Travis Phelps | Pitcher (RHP) | Alvin, Texas | Houston |
Will Ripoll | Pitcher (RHP)– | New Orleans, Louisiana | Houston Christian |
Austin Roccaforte | Outfielder / Infielder | Port Neches, Texas | Houston Christian |
Drake Varnado | Infielder | Tomball, Texas | Arizona State |
NCAA Division II Transfer | |||
Kyle Mosley | Pitcher (LHP) | Houston, Texas | Angelo State |
JUCO Transfers | |||
Brayden Evans | 1B / Outfielder | Pearland, Texas | Wharton JC |
Slade Foreman | Outfielder | Bridge City, Texas | Angelina College |
Colton Graham | Pitcher (RHP) | Surprise, Arizona | Glendale CC |
Heladio Moreno | Outfielder | Pearland, Texas | Angelina College |
Anthony Ortiz | Pitcher (RHP) | Caguas, Puerto Rico | Labette CC |
Hunter Rebando | Catcher | Lampasas, Texas | Hill College |
Ricky Sanchez | Infielder | Mexico City, Mexico | Barton CC |
Zak Skinner | Catcher | Melbourne, Australia | Vernon College |
College Top 25: April 15
The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 8, 2024. Lamar was picked to finish second in the Southland Conference with 106 overall votes and 1 first place vote.[5]
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Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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1 | Nicholls | 126 (14) |
2 | Lamar | 106 (1) |
3 | New Orleans | 92 (3) |
4 | Incarnate Word | 81 |
5 | McNeese | 67 |
6 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 55 |
7 | Southeastern Louisiana | 53 |
8 | Northwestern State | 42 |
9 | Houston Christian | 26 |
Ethan Ruiz, Brooks Caple, Hunter Hesseltine, and Kanin Dodge were named to the conference preseason first team. Austin Roccaforte, River Orsak, Jacob Ellis, and Jackson Cleveland were named to the conference preseason second team. [5]
*-2023 Southland All-Conference Selection
*-2023 Southland All-Conference Selection
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Will Davis – 8th season
Scott Hatten, Sean Snedeker, and Tod McDowell
Scott Hatten – 23nd season
Sean Snedeker – 7th season
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The Cardinals appeared in the top 25 in three national polls during the week of April 14. They were ranked #24 in the April 14 College Baseball nation poll.[10] On April 15, the Cardinals were ranked #24 in the Baseball America poll.[11] The same day, the Cardinals were ranked #25 in the Perfect Game poll.[12] The Cardinals dropped out of both polls the following week after losing two of three games in a conference series against Texas A&M–Corpus Christi.
Head coach Will Davis was named Southland Conference Coach of the Year. Brooks Caple was named Pitcher of the Year.
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Brooks Caple was named to the conference first team. Zak Skinner, Brayden Evans, River Orsak, Jacob Ellis, and Hunter Hesseltine were named as conference second team members. Kanin Dodge was named to the conference All–Defensive team.
Honors | Player | Position | Date Awarded | Ref. |
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SLC Pitcher of the Week | Brooks Caple | RHP | February 26, 2024 | [14] |
SLC Pitcher of the Week | Hunter Hesseltine | LHP | March 18, 2024 | [15] |
Hitter of the Week | Zak Skinner | C | April 1, 2024 | [16] |
SLC Pitcher of the Week | Jacob Ellis | LHP | April 8, 2024 | [17] |
SLC Pitcher of the Week | Brooks Caple | RHP | April 15, 2024 | [18] |
SLC Pitcher of the Week | Hunter Hesseltine | LHP | April 29, 2024 | [19] |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Final |
Coaches'[20] | — | —* | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | ||||
Baseball America[21] | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
NCBWA†[22] | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||
D1Baseball[23] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Perfect Game[24] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | — | 25 | — | — | — | — | — |
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
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