Louisiana All Star Baseball Team: All Star News

Former Louisiana All Star and Bill Hood Bronco LHP Wade Miley (Loranger/SLU) got called up to the Major Leagues (Arizona D'backs) following his win against the New Orleans Zephyrs the other night. Congratulations to Wade and his family!

The following current or former All Star players have made verbal commitments or have signed with the respective college listed.  Congratualtions to these young men and their families! 

Austen Smith  Alabama
Austin Southall  LSU
Joe Broussard  LSU
Josh Burris  LSU
Garin Cecchini LSU
Jake Anderson  Meridian CC
Gabe Woods  Univ. of Mississippi
Alex Facundus  Tulane
Jeff Harvill  Arkansas
Bronson Gillam  Arkansas
Sam Carriere  LSU-Eunice
Jackson Slaid  LSU
Brandon Allen  Auburn
Cale Elam  Wichita State
Jacob Saizan  Southeastern Louisiana
Tyler Caruthers  LSU-Eunice 
Keifer Sanders  Southern
Austin Sullivan  Univ. of Mississippi
Britt Gautreaux  LSU-Eunice
Justin Schopp  LSU-Eunice
Landon Thibodeaux  LSU-Eunice
Joe Rossi  Shelton State CC 
Landon Crowder  LSU-Eunice
Brandon Spencer  Bossier Parish CC
Brandon Robinson  Millsaps College
Matt Carona  William Carey
Dylan Delaune  Nicholls St. 
Karson Cullens  Loyola
Greg Bellelo  Loyola
Corey Laudermill  UNO
Alex Parra  UNO
Louie Armanini  BRCC

The following current or former All Star players have been chosen in the 2009 MLB Draft...congratulations to all of these young men and their families!

Josh Prince  INF  Tulane  3rd Rd.  Milwaukee Brewers SIGNED
Zack Von Rosenburg  RHP  Zachary HS  6th Rd.  Pittsburgh Pirates SIGNED
Bo Colvin  RHP  St. Thomas More  7th Rd.  Philadelphia Phillies SIGNED
Ben Soignier  INF  UL-Monroe  22nd Rd.  New York Yankees
Clint Dempster  LHP  MGCCC  31st Rd.  Seattle Mariners
Matt Jackson  RHP  South Alabama  31st Rd.  San Diego Padres SIGNED
Jesse Simpson  RHP  College of Charleston  40th Rd.  St. Louis Cardinals SIGNED
John Pivach  RHP  U of New Orleans  46th Rd.  Boston Red Sox

The following current or former Louisiana All Stars have been selected in the 2008 Major League Baseball Amateur Player Draft.  Congratualtions to these players and their families!

Day 1
Wade Miley (LHP, Southeastern) Arizona Diamondbacks, 1st Rd. 43rd pick (SIGNED)
Jeremy Bleich (LHP, Stanford)  New York Yankees, 1st Rd. 44th pick (SIGNED)

Day 2
Jeff Hulett (INF, OWCC)  Houston Astros, 12th Rd. (SIGNED)
Jamie Bruno (1B, Team Louisiana/BillHood)  New York Mets, 15th Rd.
T.J. House  (LHP, Team Louisiana/Bill Hood)  Cleveland Indians, 16th Rd. (SIGNED)
Ben Soignier (INF, ULM) Florida Marlins, 17th Rd.
Rodarrick Jones (OF, St. John HS)  Houston Astros, 21st Rd.
T.J. Forrest (RHP, Bossier Parish CC)  Pittsburgh Pirates, 32nd Rd.
Ryan Doiron (RHP, Barbe HS)  Oakland A's, 37th Rd.
Alan Knotts (RHP, LA Tech)  Pittsburgh Pirates, 38th Rd. (SIGNED)
Chris Simmons (C, USMA)  Pittsburgh Pirates, 41st Rd. (SIGNED)
Austin Nola (SS, Catholic HS)  Colorado Rockies, 48th Rd. 

Free Agent Signees
Rickey Noland (C, Delta State)  St. Louis Cardinals
Wilder Parra (C, Venezuela)  Houston Astros

Perfect Game has ranked the Louisiana All Star Baseball Program the #1 Select Program in Louisiana 18U-16U! 

18s were #16 Nationally
17s were #23 Nationally
16s were #15 Nationally

Perfect Game USA has released it's rankings of the Top 64 summer programs in the country at each age group.  There are some very good teams on those lists and we are humbled by their recognition of our players as one of the BEST programs in the country!   www.pgcrosschecker.com

Coach Counts would like to thank all the players and parents over the years for supporting us and helping establish our porgram as one of the best in the country!  Hard work, intregrity, and doing it the right way from our players have put us on top.  Now it will be up to the next generation of ALL STARS to keep us there and raise the bar! 

ARE YOU NEXT?!

The following current or former ALL STAR players have made a verbal commitment and/or have signed National Letters of Intent to the respective college listed.  Congratualtions to these young men and their families!

Zack Von Rosenburg  LSU
Ryan Downing  Southeastern Louisiana
Brennan Middleton  TULANE
Tanner Mathis  Ole Miss
Dillon Day  Southern Miss 
Kramer Peak  United States Military Academy 
Matt Pitarri  Southeastern Louisiana
Justin Creel  Univ. of New Orleans
Cade LeBlanc  LSU-Eunice CC
Taylor Abdalla  Univ. of Louisiana-Monroe
Alex Edward  LSU
Bo Colvin  LSU
Alex Byo  Univ. of New Orleans
Andrew Reeves  LSU-Eunice CC 
Brady Landry  LSU-Eunice CC 
Ben Carter  LSU-Eunice CC 
Matt Creel  Univ. of Houston from LSU-Eunice
Clint Dempster  Nicholls State from MS Gulf Coast CC
Taylor Ort  Bossier Parish CC
Tyler Theriot  LSU-Eunice CC 
Brandt Legendre  Northwestern State (FB) 
Phillip Menou  Louisiana Tech 
Tyler Naquin  Pensacola JC
Seth Barnett  Baton Rouge CC
Brent Bonvillain  Nicholls State
Brock LeBlanc  Panola JC
Steven Poche  Southeastern Louisiana
Blaine Posey  Alabama Southern CC
Chris Hutchinson  Alabama Southern CC
Wesley Perkins  Millsaps
Kyle Wheeler  SW Mississippi CC
Tyler Kendrick  SW Mississippi CC
Charlie Lester  Auburn-Montgomery from FLA Gulf Coast CC 
Zach LaSuzzo  LSU
Zack Pohto  NE Texas CC
Ray Johnson  NE Texas CC
Dane Morin  Baton Rouge CC
Caleb Templet  Loyola University 

The following current or former All Star or Team Louisiana players have made verbal commitments and/or signed with the respective universities to continue their careers...congratulations to these young men and their families!

Austin Nola  LSU
Randy Zeigler  LSU
Grant Dozar  LSU
Taylor Dugas   Alabama
Alex Williams  Louisiana Tech
Alex Fuselier  ULL
Jacob Fisher  LSU-Eunice
Donnie White  UNO 
Clint Ourso  LSU-Eunice 
Dan Breazeale  Louisiana Tech 
Slade Sanders  Loyola
Jamie Bruno  Tulane
T.J. House  Tulane
Ben Frith    Marshall University 
Fred Rossi  Springhill
Spencer Harrell  Northwestern St. (Football)
Jordan Bourque  LSU-Eunice
Jacob Williford  Northwestern St.
Evan Mistich  Tulane
Jeff DeBlieux  Co-Lin CC
Austin Proctor  Louisiana College (Football)
Roderrick Jones  UNO
Troy Collins  Loyola
Derek Fontenot  Loyola 
Ryan Doiron  Tulane
Trey Brown  McNeese St.
Josh LeBert  McNeese St.
Grant Castillo  LSU-Eunice
Bubba Hoffpauir  BRCC
Jeb Stefan  Louisiana Tech
Tank Denison  Sewanee
Wet Delatte  LSU
Greg Judice  St. Louis University
Wade Delaneauville  Univ. of Mobile
Tyler Vanderheiden  Samford Univ.
Travis Roy  UNO
Clayton Mounger  LSU-Shreveport
Seth Hartley  LSU-Shreveport

The following players have signed with the schools listed...congratulations to these young men and their families!

Leon Landry    LSU
Jordy Poche    ULM
Mike Cook   ULL
Dayton Marze   ULL
Nick Eubanks  McNeese St.
Frankie Darden  Louisiana Tech
Cody Watts  Louisiana Tech
Michael LeBreton  Louisiana Tech
Matt Creel  LSU-Eunice
Paul LeVasseur  LSU-Eunice
Damian Cross  LSU-Eunice
Lee Seal  Gulf Coast CC (Panama City)
Charlie Lester  Gulf Coast CC (Panama City)
Drew Granier  Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Chad Jones  LSU
Luke Wagley   ULL from LSU-Eunice
Matt Collins  ULM from LSU-Eunice
Ben Colona  SW Miss CC
Clint Dempster  Mississippi Gulf Coast CC
Brook Boudreaux   LSU-Eunice
Christian Rossi  Springhill
Brent Hidalgo  Nicholls State
Blake Mitchell  Nicholls State
Mitchell Marks  SW Miss CC
Taylor Roy  Faulkner State