Louisiana All Star Baseball Team: All Star News

Thursday, June 5
ALL STARS in the 2008 MLB Draft
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Wade Miley

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


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Jeremy Bleich

Tuesday, December 16

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?!



Monday, August 18
ALL STAR '08 Committments

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



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Thursday, June 7
ALL STARS in the 2007 MLB Draft
Current or former ALL STAR players selected in the 2007 MLB Draft...

33rd Rd.('06)Eric Fry (OF, San Jacinto JC) signed with the Rangers prior to the 2007 draft
11th Rd
Brett Durand  (RHP, Delta State Univ.)  Florida Marlins (SIGNED)
13th Rd.
  Chad Jones (OF, Southern Lab)  Houston Astros
28th Rd.  Derrick Conatser (RHP, Talahassee CC/Southwood HS)  Cincinnati Reds (SIGNED)
29th Rd
Matt Pillgreen (RHP, ULL/Northwood HS)  New York Yankees (SIGNED)
36th Rd.
  Leon Landry  (OF, Baker HS)  Cincinnati Reds

Congratulations to these young men and their families!


Sunday, July 15
ALL STAR '07 Commitments

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



'06 College Commitments...
The following current or former ALL STARS have signed with the respective universities...

Jeff Hulett  Texas A&M
Josh Prince 
Texas
Todd Fontenot 
McNeese St.
John Beauchamp  
Nicholls State
Patrick Juban  Nicholls State
BJ LeBlanc 
Nicholls State
TJ Forrest  
LSU
Matt Jackson  
LSU
Jacob Rhodes   LSU
Kellen Bozeman   LSU
Dillon Guillory 
ULL
Josh Bailey  ULL
Justin Juneau  
Northwestern St.
Josh Stinson   Northwestern St.
Eric Callender  
SLU
William Lefever  
SLU
Jeb Huber  
SLU
Devin Pourciau  
ULM
Tyler Slocum 
Okaloosa-Walton CC
John Pivach  UNO
Justin Morales 
Indiana Univ.
Max Berry 
Millsaps
Blaine Ivey  
Miss. Gulf Coast CC
Adam Miley 
Bossier Parish CC
Thomas Leger
  North Central Tx CC

Congratulations to these young men and their families!


ALL STAR '04 Committments!
INF Ben Soignier (West Monroe) Alabama
LHP Ryan Byrd (Denham Springs) LSU
RHP Blake Johnson (Parkview)   LSU
OF   Trey Simon (Destrehan) LSU
INF Chase Fontaine (Nease HS, Florida) Texas
LHP Jordan Thibodeaux (West Orange Stark, Texas) Oklahoma
C   Chris Simmons (Dutchtown) Army
OF Griffin Horridge (Rummel) SLU
OF Taylor Faul (Barbe) McNeese
RHP Derrick Townsend (St. Amant) Frank Phillips JC
RHP Devin Scott (Denham Springs) Louisiana Tech
RHP Brett Durand (Denham Springs) LSU-Eunice
1B Brad Jarrell (Denham Springs) LSU-Eunice
UTL Trey Falgout (Teurlings Catholic) Frank Phillips JC
INF Gatlin Jones (Denham Springs) LSU-Eunice
OF David Steele (Mandeville) Southern Mississippi
RHP Anthony Swarzak (Nova HS, FL) LSU
OF David Aubrey (Southwood) Panola JC
INF Patrick Maxwell (Evangel) Southern Mississippi
OF Shane Barksdale (Parkview) Bossier Parish CC
OF Patrick Thomas (Neville) Louisiana Tech
C Rickey Noland (Denham Springs) LSU-Eunice
INF Jeffrey Garidel (Catholic) Tulane
UTL Ronnie Causey (Episcopal) Millsaps
INF Brandon Ledet (Mandeville) Northwestern State
RHP Derrick Conatser (Southwood) Tallahassee CC


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2005 ALL STAR College Commitments
Here is a list of current or former ALL STAR players that have made verbal commitments or signed to continue their baseball careers at the listed school. Congratulations to all of the players and their families!

RHP   Josh Wall   LSU
LHP   Beau Jones   LSU
INF   Chris McGhee   LSU
RHP  Darryl Shaffer   LSU
LHP   Jeremy Bleich   Stanford
RHP   Tommy Pitarri   McNeese St.
RHP  Justin Beitzel  McNeese St.
RHP   Alex Ramirez   SLU
LHP   Wade Miley   SLU
LHP   Chase Richard   ULL
RHP/IF   Luke Wagley   LSU-Eunice
INF   Chris Ernest   LSU-Eunice
LHP   Sean West   San Jacinto CC
OF   Eric Fry   San Jacinto CC
C/OF  Kevin Fontenot   Loyola Univ.
RHP/1B   Whitney Dawes   Frank Phillips CC
LHP   Kevin Gerald   Pearl River CC
OF   Lloyd Jones   Austin College
OF  David Roux  Baton Rouge CC
OF  Nick Domaigne  Baton Rouge CC
RHP  Alex Doucet  Baton Rouge CC