Former LSU baseball All-Americans, Paul Skenes and Alex Bregman are headed back to the Major League Baseball All-Star game. Skenes is an All-Star for the second consecutive year. The right-hander leads the National League with an ERA of 1.94 and has struck out 125 in 116 innings.
Bregman is in his first season with the Red Sox and is hitting .299 with 11 homers and 35 RBIs. But the 2018 All-Star MVP has not played since May 23rd because of a quadriceps injury, so it’s unlikely he’ll play in the All-Star game in Atlanta on July 15th.
And on the hardwood, former LSU star Angel Reese is a WNBA All-Star for a second straight season. Reese leads the league with 12.6 rebounds a game and she’s also averaging 12 points a contest.
Former McNeese star Christian Shumate will be play on the Pelicans Summer League Team, which will have its first game in Las Vegas on Thursday against Minnesota.
LSU football received two verbal commitments on July 4th, projected safety Isaiah Washington from Haynesville and the second best offensive lineman in the state of Mississippi, Bryson Cooley, a four-star prospect from West Johnson High School in Laurel, Mississippi.
Getting back to Washington, his stock rose after winning the 110-meter hurdles and the triple jump at the outdoor state track championships in May.
During the fourth of July holiday, LSU quarterback Garrett Nussmeier got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Ella Springfield, who is an LSU graduate. Nussmeier is 23-years-old and is the leading returning passer in college football, after throwing for four-thousand yards last season.
LSU’s Jay Johnson has been named D-1 Baseball National Coach of the Year. He’s the first two-time winner in the award’s 11 year history.
Northwestern State baseball coach Chris Bertrand has received a contract extension that keeps him in Natchitoches through 2028. The Demons won 35 games last season, the most since 2018.
And former Ragin Cajuns pitching coach Gunner Leger has been named the new pitching coach at Southern Miss.