ULM Warhawks

ULM (15-25 overall, 5-12 Sun Belt Conference) vs. Stephen F. Austin (18-19 overall, 11-10 WAC)
6 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, 2023 | Lou St. Amant Field | Monroe, La.
ULM | Adam Tubbs, 5-11, So., LHP (0-0, 4.15 ERA, 11 K, 5 BB) vs. SFA | Caleb Rutledge, R-Jr., RHP (2-1, 7.52 ERA, 20 K, 9 BB)
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MONROE, La. - The ULM baseball team gets a brief break from the road, playing its only home game in an eight-game stretch at 6 p.m. Tuesday against Stephen F. Austin at Lou St. Amant Field.

Tuesday's game is the 63rd all-time meeting between ULM and SFA, with the Warhawks leading the series, 41-22. ULM swept a home-and-home midweek series from SFA last season, winning 13-5 in Monroe on March 23 and 15-6 in Nacogdoches on April 4. In last year's game in Monroe, the Warhawks scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, as Grant Schulz hit a 3-run homer and Mason Holt belted a grand slam in the inning.

ULM (15-25 overall, 5-12 Sun Belt Conference) lost two out of three games for the second-straight weekend, winning Friday's game at Arkansas State, 8-6, before dropping Saturday's game, 25-4, and Sunday's series finale, 10-7, in Jonesboro.

On Friday, ULM was down to its final out before scoring three runs and going on to the 8-6 win over Arkansas State. Trailing 6-5 with one out in the ninth inning, Zack Floyd was hit by a pitch. Travis Washburn came in as a pinch runner and stole second base on the first pitch after his entrance. Washburn advanced to third on a wild pitch for a dropped third strike. With two outs, a pitch glanced off the catcher's glove and went to the backstop, allowing Washburn to sprint home to tie the game. After Washburn's run, ULM rallied for two more runs with Kade Dupont and Shawn Dalton Weatherbee picking up an RBI single apiece. Carson Orton earned the win, throwing the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and one strikeout.

On Saturday, it was all Arkansas State as the Red Wolves cruised to a 25-4 win. ULM hit four solo home runs in the loss, with Jake Haggard, Washburn, Davis Meche and Jarrett McDonald all going deep.

On Sunday, ULM built a 6-2 lead through 6 1/2 innings, but A-State struck for five runs in the seventh and three runs in the eighth to grab the 10-7 win to take the series. McDonald picked up where he left off on Saturday, going 3-for-3 with a double, home run, four RBIs, two walks and a run scored. Washburn added two hits, including a home run, with two RBIs and two runs scored. Hollis Huff threw five innings in the start, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts in a no-decision.

SFA (18-19 overall, 11-10 WAC) lost two out of three games at home to UT Arlington over the weekend. The Mavericks took Friday night's game, 9-8, before the Lumberjacks on on Saturday, 12-11. UTA took the rubber match on Sunday, 11-3. The Lumberjacks are 3-3 in midweek games after last week's 9-6 win over Arkansas-Pine Bluff in Nacogdoches. Tuesday's game is the first of two meetings between ULM and SFA in 15 days, as the Warhawks return the trip to Nacogdoches on May 10.

As of Thursday, ULM ranks in the Top 100 in a few NCAA stat categories. The Warhawks are 25th in NCAA Division I and third in the Sun Belt Conference with 34 double plays, 73rd nationally and seventh in the SBC with 19 sacrifice bunts, 83rd nationally and eighth in the SBC with 54 hit by pitch and 84th nationally and sixth in the SBC with 54 stolen bases.

Individually, Shawn Dalton Weatherbee is second in the nation and leads the SBC, having been hit by a pitch 22 times this year. He has been hit by a pitch in each of the last four games. Cardell Thibodeaux is ranked 89th in the nation and seventh in the SBC with four sacrifice flies.

There is no video stream available for Tuesday's game. The game will air on 105.7 FM/540 AM KMLB, KMLB.com and the TuneIn app with the Voice of the Warhawks, Mike Hammett, on the call. A link to live stats can be found on the baseball schedule page at ULMWarhawks.com.

WARHAWKS AND LUMBERJACKS MEET IN FIRST OF HOME-AND-HOME MIDWEEKS
For the second-straight year, ULM and Stephen F. Austin face each other in a home-and-home midweek set. SFA visits Lou St. Amant Field at 6 p.m. Tuesday, while the Warhawks return the trip to Nacogdoches on May 10.

Tuesday's game is the 63rd all-time meeting between ULM and SFA, with the Warhawks leading the series, 41-22. ULM swept a home-and-home midweek series from SFA last season, winning 13-5 in Monroe on March 23 and 15-6 in Nacogdoches on April 4. In last year's game in Monroe, the Warhawks scored eight runs in the bottom of the first inning and never looked back, as Grant Schulz hit a 3-run homer and Mason Holt belted a grand slam in the inning.

DUPONT SHOWS STEADY PLAY IN INFIELD
Red-shirt freshman Kade Dupont has provided some versatility on the infield for ULM. He joins Shawn Dalton Weatherbee as the only two players to start all 40 games, making 36 starts at second base and four at third base. He has played two positions in the infield in seven games, including an appearance at shortstop late in the game vs. Northwestern State on March 8. He has reached base safely in 27 consecutive games, the longest-active streak on the team behind Michelle Artzberger's 29-game streak. Against Arkansas State, he tallied three hits with an RBI on Friday, added a walk and a hit on Saturday and closed the series with two hits, one walk and a run scored on Sunday to extend his hitting streak to eight games, matching his career high and the team's best in the 2023 season.

In the month of April, Dupont is second on the team with a .320 batting average (16-of-50), with two doubles, five RBIs, nine runs scored and six walks. He leads the team with a .433 on-base percentage in the month.

The Watson, Louisiana, native has hit safely in 32 of 40 games and had his previous eight-game hitting streak broken up on April 8 at App State. He has hit safely in 16 of the last 17 games. He leads the team with a .290 batting average (45-of-142). He leads the team with 45 hits and is tied for the team lead with 24 RBIs. He is second on the team with a .381 on-base percentage, 27 runs scored, eight doubles and 59 total bases. He is tied for second on the team with nine multi-hit games. He has four three-hit games, coming in his collegiate debut vs. Bradley on Feb. 17, at Mississippi State on Feb. 21, vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21 and at Arkansas State on April 21.

He singled with a walk and was hit by a pitch twice while scoring two times at Louisiana Tech on April 12. He hit a 2-RBI double down the left-field line to spark a seven-run, two-out rally on April 6 at App State. He had a pair of hits with two runs scored vs. Little Rock on April 4. He hit his second home run of the season on March 31 vs. Marshall, belting a 2-run blast in the bottom of the first inning. 

He made his first career start at third base on March 21, but made his biggest impact at the plate, matching his career high with three hits while driving in a career-best four runs in ULM's 10-6 win over Louisiana Tech. He hit a two-out, 2-RBI single in the bottom of the second inning and added a 2-RBI double in the sixth inning against the Bulldogs. He had two hits, including an RBI double, with a run scored at Northwestern State on March 14. He had two doubles in the March 10 game vs. Nicholls, hit an RBI single on March 11 and added an RBI double in the eighth inning on March 12 vs. the Colonels. He picked up ULM's only RBI with a single in the third inning on March 8 vs. Northwestern State. He hit his first-career home run and picked up his first multi-RBI game in the process, driving in two runs at UIW on March 3. 

He hit safely in all three games of the weekend series against SIUE. He was 1-for-3 on Feb. 26 against the Cougars with a walk and a run scored. He had two hits on Feb. 25 while adding an RBI, two runs scored and a walk. He opened the series on Feb. 24 with a 1-for-5 day at the plate with a run scored. He picked up a hit in both games at Mississippi State. After opening the midweek set with a 3-for-5 game with a double, RBI and three runs scored, he went 1-for-3 at the plate on Feb. 22. In his collegiate debut against Bradley on Feb. 17, he had three hits, scored twice and stole a base. He closed out the series with Bradley on Feb. 19 by going 1-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored. Despite going 0-for-3 at the plate on Feb. 18, he picked up an RBI on his first sacrifice fly.

DAVIS BLOOMING AT PLATE IN APRIL
ULM junior catcher Riley Davis is second on the team with a .285 (41-of-144) batting average and leads the team with a .465 slugging percentage, 24 RBIs, 11 doubles, five home runs, 67 total bases and 13 multi-hit games. He tallied two hits in the series opener Friday at Arkansas State for his 13th multi-hit game of the season.

In the month of April, Davis leads ULM with a .333 (17-of-51) batting average, .667 slugging percentage, 17 hits, all five of his home runs and 12 RBIs while sitting second on the team with eight walks.

At Arkansas State, Davis picked up two hits in the series opener against the Red Wolves on April 21.

Over the weekend series against South Alabama, he totaled four hits, including two solo home runs. He picked up three hits, including a home run, on April 15 vs. the Jaguars. He had a 2-for-4 effort with a double, two RBIs and two runs scored at Louisiana Tech on April 12. He hit a 2-run home run and added a ground-rule double on April 6 at App State. He hit a grand slam and picked up five RBIs on April 4 vs. Little Rock. He had two hits with an RBI and a run scored, hitting his first-career home run on April 1 vs. Marshall. 

He hit a single and double at Central Arkansas on March 29. He had a pair of hits in the series opener at Troy on March 24. He hit an RBI double on March 18 vs. Old Dominion before picking up an RBI on a fielder's choice in the series finale on March 19. He picked up an RBI single in the fourth inning on March 14 at Northwestern State. He closed the series against Nicholls with an RBI in each of the last two games of the series, including a double on the March 12 series finale. He tallied his team-leading fifth multi-hit game on March 8 vs. Northwestern State, going 2-for-4 with a double. 

He went 2-for-2 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored with two walks on Feb. 28 vs. Grambling for his fourth multi-hit and third-multi-RBI game. His early-season hot streak picked up steam by hitting safely in all three games of the weekend series against SIUE. He picked up two hits, including a double, on Feb. 24 against the Cougars. On Feb. 25, he picked up another double with a pair of RBIs and a walk. He wrapped up the series on Feb. 26 with two more hits, including another double, with an RBI. He went 3-for-5 with a double and two RBIs on Feb. 21 vs. Mississippi State for his first three hits as a Warhawk.  

JONES COMING ON STRONG AT BOTTOM OF THE ORDER
ULM junior shortstop Carson Jones is in the mix at the top of the stat sheet. He is third on the team with a .276 batting average (32-of-116). He has increased his batting average 92 points since March 18. He has added three doubles, 16 RBIs, 19 runs scored, 11 walks and five stolen bases.

He is third on the team in hitting over the last 10 games, hitting .323 (10-of-31) with one double, eight RBIs, four runs scored and six walks. In Sun Belt Conference action, he leads the team with a .327 (18-of-55) batting average, with one double, nine RBIs and six runs scored. 

He had his first multi-hit game of the season with two hits, including a double, with three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Grambling on Feb. 28. He added two hits with a run scored vs. Memphis on March 7. He had back-to-back multi-hit games, closing out the series against Old Dominion with three hits, one RBI and one run scored vs. Old Dominion on March 19 before adding two hits with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21. He had two hits twice against Marshall, adding a run on April 1 and 2. Against South Alabama, he picked up two hits with an RBI on April 15. He had three RBIs with a double, walk and a run scored at Little Rock on April 19. He closed out a four-game hitting and RBI streak with his second three-hit game of the season, adding two RBIs with one run scored at Arkansas State on Friday. He is the only qualifying hitter for ULM this season that returns from the 2022 season.

WEATHERBEE PICKS UP PACE TO MOVE TO TOP OF STAT SHEET
ULM center fielder Shawn Dalton Weatherbee is fourth on the team with a .275 batting average (41-of-149) after hitting safely in 13 of his last 15 games. He leads the team in on-base percentage (.416) and runs scored (30) and is second on the team with 41 hits, four home runs and is third on the team with 58 total bases. He has 17 RBIs, with 12 of them coming in the last 15 games. He hit safely in all three games over the weekend at Arkansas State, adding a double on Saturday, an RBI on Friday and scored twice on Sunday.

Weatherbee ranks third in NCAA Division I after being hit by a pitch 19 times through the first 37 games of the season. The Booneville, Mississippi, native was hit by a pitch on Wednesday at Little Rock. He has been hit by a pitch twice against Bradley (Feb. 19), Memphis (March 7) and Louisiana Tech (March 21).

His eight stolen bases on 10 attempts leads the team. His nine multi-hit games rank second on the team.

He had two hits on April 19 at Little Rock. He hit a 2-RBI double with a run scored on April 14 vs. South Alabama and added two more RBIs and walked three times on April 15 vs. the Jaguars. He picked up two hits with two RBIs at App State. He tallied an opposite-field RBI single in the seven-run third inning on April 6 against the Mountaineers before a solo home run, his third of the season, cut the deficit in half on the way to ULM's 3-2 come-from-behind victory on April 8.

He shot to the top of the stat sheet over the weekend series against Marshall, picking up six hits with four RBIs and three runs scored. He opened the weekend against the Thundering Herd with two hits with an RBI, a run scored and a walk on March 31. On April 1, he had three hits, including the walk-off home run in the 11th inning in the 4-3 win. He closed the series on April 2, going 1-for-3 with a 2-RBI single in the bottom of the ninth with a walk and was hit by a pitch.

He collected three hits in a game three times, coming against Marshall on April 1, at Troy on March 25 and at Northwestern State on March 14. He has two RBIs in a game twice, coming vs. Marshall on April 2 and in the season opener vs. Bradley on Feb. 17.

TUBBS MAKES FIRST-CAREER START TUESDAY
Sophomore left-handed pitcher Adam Tubbs makes is slated for his first-career start on Tuesday night against Stephen F. Austin.

The Sterlington, Louisiana, native has a 4.15 ERA over 8 2/3 innings spread across eight appearances in 2023, allowing seven runs, four earned, on nine hits with five walks and 11 strikeouts. In his last outing, Tubbs allowed one hit with one strikeout over 1 1/3 innings at Little Rock on April 19. He has not allowed an earned run in seven of his eight appearances, including his last four appearances in 2023. He struck out a career-high four batters against Little Rock on April 4.

In 2022, Tubbs made nine appearances, all out of the bullpen, with a 10.80 ERA over 6 2/3 innings, allowing eight runs on five hits with six strikeouts and seven walks. He threw a shutout inning with a hit and a walk against SFA on March 23. He also threw a scoreless inning with one strikeout and one walk at Northwestern State on May 10. He pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout vs. No. 15 Texas State on May 7. Tubbs threw a shutout inning, allowing a hit with a strikeout at Nicholls on March 12. He made his collegiate debut, picking up a strikeout on four pitches vs. Missouri on Feb. 25.

He sat out the 2021 season while redshirting at ULM.

Tubbs was a four-year letterwinner for Sterlington High School, helping the Panthers claim a pair of state championships in 2017 and 2019. As a senior in 2020, he helped the Panthers to an 11-2 start to the season before the season was cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic. As a junior in 2019, Tubbs was named All-District, All-NELA, All-Region and All-State as the Panthers claimed a state championship with a 35-4 record and 11-2 mark in district play. As a sophomore in 2018, he was named All-District, All-NELA and All-Region as the Panthers finished 32-4 and 10-3 in district play. As a freshman in 2017, he was named All-District as the Panthers won a state championship at 34-5 with a 7-0 mark in district play.

BURRELL, JUDICE, ORTON, ROBINSON STRONG OUT OF BULLPEN
Junior right-handed pitchers Dalton Burrell, Nicholas Judice, Carson Orton and Justin Robinson have been bright spots out of the bullpen so far in 2023. 

Burrell, a transfer from LSU Eunice, has a bullpen-best 2.37 ERA over 19 innings, spread among 12 appearances, allowing 10 runs, five earned, on 20 hits with 15 strikeouts and seven walks. He made his ULM debut against Bradley on Feb. 18, throwing three innings, allowing one run on four this with one walk and two strikeouts. He threw two perfect innings against SIUE on Feb. 24 before throwing another scoreless inning with one hit and one walk on Feb. 26 against SIUE. He settled down UIW's bats on March 5, throwing a shutout inning, allowing two hits with one strikeout. He stranded a pair of inherited runners on March 7 vs. Memphis, pitching 1 2/3 perfect innings with three strikeouts. He threw a scoreless inning with three hits in the first game of the March 25 doubleheader at Troy. He was perfect over 1 1/3 innings to close out the April 6 win at App State. He fired a scoreless inning with two walks and two strikeouts at Louisiana Tech on April 12. He threw 2 1/3 innings, allowing an unearned run on two walks with three strikeouts vs. South Alabama on April 15. He tossed 2/3 of a scoreless inning on April 19 at Little Rock, allowing one hit with one strikeout.

Judice, who is in his fourth season at ULM, leads bullpen pitchers with 34 2/3 innings pitched over 17 appearances out of the bullpen, posting a 3.37 ERA with a 2-0 record and two saves, allowing 13 runs on 27 hits with 10 walks and ranks second on the team with 45 strikeouts. He threw three scoreless innings in the season opener against Bradley on Feb. 17, allowing one hit with one walk and five strikeouts. After giving up two runs on two hits with a walk and a strikeout while pitching the ninth inning of ULM's 11-5 win at Mississippi State on Feb. 21, he bounced back by throwing the final three shutout innings on Feb. 25 vs. SIUE to earn the save, allowing one walk with four strikeouts. He pitched four innings vs. UIW on March 3, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He picked up his first win on March 7 vs. Memphis, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and two strikeouts over two innings. He made two appearances vs. Nicholls, on March 10 and 12, throwing a combined 3 2/3 innings of shutout ball, allowing three hits with five strikeouts and no walks. On March 17 against Old Dominion, he threw three innings, allowing one run on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts. He threw two innings, allowing a solo home run with two strikeouts vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21. He threw a scoreless inning for his second save of the season on March 29 at Central Arkansas. He fired three shutout innings with one hit, two walks and six strikeouts vs. Marshall on April 1. He threw a perfect eighth inning with two strikeouts and was credited with the win in a team-pitched game on April 12 at Louisiana Tech. He allowed one run on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts vs. South Alabama on April 14.

Orton, who is in his third season at ULM, has a 4-4 record with three saves and a 5.54 ERA over 26 innings, spread over 16 appearances out of the bullpen. He has allowed 22 runs, 16 earned, on 22 hits with 13 walks and 26 strikeouts. His 18 career saves rank as the second most in program history. He collected his third save with a scoreless ninth inning with one walk and one strikeout on April 14 vs. South Alabama. He threw a scoreless ninth inning with one strikeout on April 12 at Louisiana Tech for his second save of the year. He picked up his first save of 2023 on March 7 vs. Memphis, pitching a scoreless and hitless ninth inning, allowing one walk with two strikeouts. He pitched two perfect innings with three strikeouts vs. SIUE on Feb. 24. He fired the final 3 2/3 innings at UIW on March 3, all in extra innings, allowing one run on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. He threw a scoreless ninth inning with one hit and two strikeouts vs. Nicholls on March 12. He threw a shutout inning with two strikeouts vs. Old Dominion on March 19. He picked up back-to-back Saturday wins, throwing three shutout innings with one hit and two strikeouts vs. Marshall on April 1 and three more shutout innings with one walk and three strikeouts on April 8 at App State. He earned his fourth win of the season on Friday at Arkansas State, throwing the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing one run on two hits with two walks and one strikeout.

Robinson, a true freshman from Carriere, Mississippi, has made 13 appearances with two saves, posting a 2.81 ERA over 16 innings, allowing seven runs, five earned, on 10 hits with 16 strikeouts and nine walks. He tossed a scoreless inning on April 19 with a hit and a strikeout at Little Rock, needing just eight pitches to navigate the inning. He recorded a shutout inning to earn his second save of the season, allowing one walk with one strikeout in the April 8 win at App State. He had a string of six-straight scoreless outings snapped on April 2 vs. Marshall, allowing two unearned runs on three hits with two strikeouts over 1 2/3 innings. He fired two scoreless innings with three strikeouts at Central Arkansas on March 29. He threw a scoreless inning despite issuing a pair of walks in game two of the March 25 doubleheader at Troy. He fired a scoreless inning on seven pitches vs. Old Dominion on March 19. He pitched a scoreless inning with one hit and one strikeout at Northwestern State on March 14. He matched his season high with two innings, allowing no runs and no hits with one walk and one strikeout vs. Northwestern State on March 8. In his collegiate debut, he earned the save, throwing 1 2/3 scoreless innings with two walks and two strikeouts vs. Bradley on Feb. 19.

HERE COMES THE SUN
A couple ULM players have increased their statistical output during Sun Belt Conference play.

Junior shortstop Carson Jones leads the team in SBC play with a .327 batting average (18-of-55). He has 18 of his 32 hits and nine of his 16 RBIs in SBC action.

Junior utility player Jayson Zmejkoski is second on the team with a .318 batting average (14-of-44) with three RBIs and seven runs scored while playing in 15 games and starting 14. He has walked nine times in SBC action and has 12 walks overall on the season. Fourteen of his 20 hits have come in SBC action.

LOCAL CONNECTIONS
The 2023 ULM baseball roster includes six players who played high school baseball inside Ouachita (wah-shuh-tah) Parish. The roster includes three players from Sterlington High School in senior outfielder Jarrett McDonald, freshman infielder Seaver Sheets and sophomore left-handed pitcher Adam Tubbs; two players from West Monroe High School in junior infielder and right-handed pitcher Chase DeJean and junior infielder Carson Jones; and one player from Ouachita High School in sophomore right-handed pitcher Zach Shaw.

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR
The 2023 ULM baseball roster features both a Canadian and an Australian. Pitcher Russell Derbyshire (Leamington, Ontario) represents Canada on the roster. It marks the sixth consecutive season ULM has had at least one Canadian on the roster. Pitcher Maxim Mrakovcic (Sydney, Australia) is the lone Australian on the roster.

WELCOME TO "THE LOU"
ULM baseball is playing its first season at the school's baseball facility with its newly-appointed name: Lou St. Amant Field. The name change to honor the former baseball head coach and Northeast Louisiana University alumnus was approved by the Louisiana Board of Supervisors on Aug. 25, 2022.

St. Amant spent 18 seasons as the head coach of the NLU baseball team, picking up 414 career victories, and was instrumental in both the initial construction of the baseball facility in 1983 and the turf and Stadium Club renovation project, which culminated prior to the 2022 season.

There were several high points in St. Amant's career. His first feat came in his initial season as head coach. After spending two years as an assistant, the 1970 NLU graduate took over in 1976 and led Northeast to a 20-13 record, halting a string of four consecutive losing seasons.
 
His first victory as a head coach came in his very first game, 6-2 over Northwestern State.
 
Northeast was an NCAA Division I independent when the Norco, Louisiana, native took over. St. Amant's first three seasons were as an independent before NLU joined the Trans America Athletic Conference in 1979. The best finish for NLU in the TAAC was a tie for first in the West Division during the 1982 season.
 
Northeast joined the Southland Conference in 1983 and made a sudden impact. St. Amant led the Indians to their first conference title in any major men's sport in the SLC. The Indians also advanced to the NCAA playoffs for the first time. They had previously played in the NAIA playoffs four times, reaching the 1970 World Series, before becoming an NCAA member.

Prepping at Destrehan High School, St. Amant was an outstanding high school player who continued his career at LSU. Difficulties with his pitching arm ended his career at LSU. After leaving LSU, St. Amant started his teaching and coaching career at schools in south Louisiana. He spent time at Sacred Heart School in Norco (1960-64), St. Charles Boromeo in Destrehan (1964-66 and 1967-68) and St. Joan of Arc School in LaPlace (1966-67) before coming to Northeast as an assistant and completing his bachelor's and master's degrees.

After his graduation in 1970, St. Amant returned to the high school ranks. His greatest success came during five years as athletic director and head football coach at Lutcher High School, where he posted a 44-13 record, including LHSAA Class 3A state championship and runner-up teams. His 1975 squad went undefeated at 13-0-1 in taking the Class 3A title.

Returning to NLU in January of 1976, he was also an assistant football coach, but dropped those duties in 1979 to devote all of his time to baseball.
 
His wife Marilyn was a fixture at home games and enjoyed traveling and cheering on Lou and his teams. The couple was married for 58 years before her passing in July 2020.
 
St. Amant has also had his number retired by ULM baseball and was named a Warhawk Ambassador Award winner by the ULM Foundation in May of 2022.