Louisiana is a football state, but these numbers say the state can play a little baseball, too (2024)

Yes, I know football is king in Louisiana.

But don't be fooled.

The baseball around here isn't too shabby either. Well, you learned that last year when LSU marched right on to Omaha and won the school's 7th national championship. Fast forward to Monday and take a glance at just how well the state of Louisiana fared when the NCAA announced its field of 64 for this year's tournament.

Six schools from Louisiana made the field: Grambling, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Nicholls, Tulane and the University of Louisiana. That ties for the most Louisiana schools to make it one season, equaling the 2020 season when LSU, Tulane, UL, UNO, McNeese and UL-Monroe all made it.

The only other state with more teams in this year’s tournament is North Carolina, which has 7 schools in it: Duke, East Carolina, North Carolina, North Carolina State, Wake Forest, UNC-Wilmington and High Point.

The following four states have four teams each, which ranks third behind North Carolina and Louisiana.

California: (UC-Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, Fresno State, San Diego)

Florida: (UCF, Stetson, Florida and Florida State)

New York: (St. John, Army, Niagara and LIU)

South Carolina: (Clemson, Coastal Carolina, Wofford and South Carolina)

Which of the 6 Louisiana schools has the most homegrown talent. That would be Louisiana Tech, which has 16 players from Louisiana on its roster. Nicholls and UL aren't far behind, with 15 each.

In addition to the six Louisiana schools, there are 6 more schools in the tournament that have a player on their roster who played high school baseball in the state of Louisiana. A complete list of every player (84 players in all) who played high school in Louisiana is listed below.

Which Louisiana high school has produced the most players in this year’s tournament? Catholic High leads the way with 7, followed by Barbe's 6. Ruston and St. Amant are right behind them with 5 players, while Holy Cross is next with 4.

Arkansas (1)

Peyton Stovall, INF, Jr., Haughton (Haughton)

Army (1)

Addison Ainsworth, OF, So., Baton Rouge (Catholic)

Grambling (7)

Daylon Ardoin, INF, Jr., Mamou (Mamou)

Shamarian Brantley, OF, Fr., Ruston (Simsboro)

LaMarcus Jones, OF, Sr., St. Gabriel (Dutchtown)

Nick Robinson, LHP, Fr., Ruston (Ruston)

Kyle Walker, INF, So., New Orleans (Rummel)

Trey Ware, OF, Jr., Doyline (Doyline)

Brett Washington, RHP, Jr., Quitman (Cedar Creek)

LSU (11)

Kade Anderson, LHP, Fr., Madisonville (St. Paul’s)

Jake Brown, OF/LHP/1B, Fr., Sulphur (Sulphur)

Ethan Frey, OF/1B/C, So., Rosepine (Rosepine)

Gavin Guidry, RHP/INF, So., Lake Charles (Barbe)

Will Helmers, RHP, Sr., Metairie (Jesuit)

Alex Milazzo, C, Grad., Zachary (Zachary)

Josh Pearson, INF, Jr., West Monroe (West Monroe)

DJ Primeaux, LHP, Fr., Baton Rouge (Central)

Zeb Ruddell, OF, Fr., Monroe (Neville)

Hayden Travinski, C/1B, Grad., Shreveport (Airline)

Kade Woods, RHP, So., Monroe (Ouachita Christian)

Louisiana Tech (16)

R.J. Brown, C, Fr., Ruston (Ruston)

Grant Comeaux, INF, Fr., Lake Charles (Barbe)

Brody Drost, OF, Jr., Lake Charles (Barbe)

Kasten Furr, INF, Sr., Ruston (Ruston)

Ryan Harland, P, Jr., Baton Rouge (Parkview Baptist)

Hayden Harmon, P, Fr., Minden (Glenbrook)

Jake LaRocca, C, Fr., Lake Charles (St. Louis Catholic)

Slade Netterville, INF, So., Shrevepot (Byrd)

Cade Patterson, OF, Fr., Ruston (Ruston)

Ryan Porche, P, Fr., River Ridge (Jesuit)

Will Safford, INF, Jr., Baton Rouge (U-High)

Jake Smith, INF, Fr., Rosepine (Rosepine)

Reid Snider, INF, Fr., Lake Charles (St. Louis Catholic)

C.J. Sturiale, OF/P, Fr., Denham Springs (Catholic)

Brenton Thiels, P, Sr., Otis (Alexandria)

Hayden Toal, P, Fr., Pineville (Tioga)

Mississippi State (4)

Brooks Auger, RHP, Sr., Farmerville, (Cedar Creek)

Amani Laryy, INF, Sr. Bossier City (Parkway)

Michael O’ Brien, OF, Fr., River Ridge (John Curtis)

Steven Spalitta, INF/C, Fr., Mandeville (Fontainbleau)

Nicholls (15)

Parker Coddou, INF, Sr., Thiibodaux (E.D. White)

Jaden Collura, C, Jr., Hammond (St. Thomas Aquinas)

Devin Desandro, RHP, Sr., Thibodaux (E.D. White)

Garrett Felix, INF, Sr., Scott (Acadiana)

Brayden Kuriger, OF/1B, So., Gonzales (St. Amant)

Jacob Mayers, RHP, So., Gonzales (St. Amant)

Luke McGibboney, RHP, Jr., St. Amant (Catholic)

Lex Melancon, C, Fr., Napoleonville (Ascension Catholic)

Matt Melancon, OF/2B, Fr., Thibodaux (E.D. White)

Noah Melancon, RHP, Fr., Lafayette (St. Thomas More)

Dallas Moran, RHP, Fr., Gonzales (St. Amant)

Cole Poirreir, RHP/OF, So., Prairieville (St. Amant)

Ashton Quiller, INF, Fr., Lake Charles (Barbe)

Nico Saltaformaggio, RHP, Jr., Destrehan (Holy Cross)

Basiel Williams, OF, Sr., Hammond (Ponchatoula)

Oklahoma State (1)

Donovan LaSalle, OF, Fr., Lake Charles (Barbe)

Southern Miss (2)

Brady Faust, INF, Sr., New Orleans (Brother Martin)

Matthew Russo, INF, So., Madisonville (St. Paul’s)

Texas (1)

Sam Ardoin, INF, Fr., Moss Bluff (Sam Houston)

Tulane (10)

Alex Ainsworth, RHP, Fr., Baton Rouge (Catholic)

Trey Cehajic, RHP, Jr., Shreveport (Byrd)

Grant Cohnm C, Fr. Baton Rouge (Dunham)

William Good, UTI, Fr., Metairie (Jesuit)

Eli Lirette, OF, Fr., Mandeville (Lakeshore)

Jacob Moore, RHP, So., Lacombe (Lakeshore)

Gavin Schulz, INF/OF, Jr., New Orleans (Holy Cross)

Henry Shuffler, RHP, Jr., Lafayette (Episcopal)

Brock Slaton, OF, Jr., Baton Rouge (U-High)

Chandler Welch, RHP, Jr., Slidell (Holy Cross)

University of Louisiana (15)

Lee Amedee, IF, So., Gonzales (St. Amant)

Bryan Broussard, OF, Jr., New Orleans (Holy Cross)

David Christie, RHP, Sr., Lafayette (St. Thomas More)

Kyle DeBarge, IF, Jr., Kinder (Barbe)

Tate Hess, RHP, Fr., Singer (Singer)

Maddox Mandino, LHP/OF, Fr., Minden (Glenbrook)

Riley Marcotte, LHP, Fr., Loreauville (Loreauville)

Blake Marshall, LHP, Sr., Mandeville (Fontainebleau)

Blake McGehee, RHP, So., Alexandria (Tioga)

Clayton Pourciau, C, Fr., Livonia (Catholic)

Ben Robichaux, IF, So., Baton Rouge (Catholic)

Caleb Stelly, OF, So., Baton Rouge (Parkview)

JR Tollett, RHP, Fr., Ruston (Ruston)

Luke Yuhasz, RHP/OF, So., Moss Bluff (Sam Houston)

Mason Zambo, IF, Jr., Baton Rouge (Catholic)