ULM Warhawks

ULM (15-26 overall, 5-12 Sun Belt Conference) at Georgia Southern (20-21 overall, 10-8 Sun Belt Conference)
J.I. Clements Stadium | Statesboro, Georgia
 
6:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. CDT Friday, April 28 | WATCH: ESPN+ | LISTEN: 105.7 FM/540 AM KMLB | LIVE STATS
ULM | Cam Barlow, 5-11, Jr., LHP (3-4, 5.14 ERA, 42 K, 19 BB) vs. GS | Ty Fisher, 6-4, Jr., LHP (3-4, 5.43 ERA, 48 K, 22 BB)
 
2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. CDT Saturday, April 29 | WATCH: ESPN+ | LISTEN: 105.7 FM/540 AM KMLB | LIVE STATS
ULM | Hollis Huff, 6-2, Jr., LHP (1-2, 5.00 ERA, 29 K, 16 BB) vs. GS | Mitchell Gross, 5-10, So., LHP (2-2, 2.93 ERA, 38 K, 10 BB)
 
1 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT Sunday, April 30 | WATCH: ESPN+ | LISTEN: 105.7 FM/540 AM KMLB | LIVE STATS
ULM | TBA vs. GS | TBA
 
GAME NOTES
 
MONROE, La. – The ULM baseball team concludes a stretch of seven road games in eight contests with a three-game series at Georgia Southern at 6:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. CDT Friday, 2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. CDT Saturday and 1 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT Sunday at J.I. Clements Stadium in Statesboro.
 
Friday's game is the 20th all-time meeting, with Georgia Southern leading the series, 13-6. The Eagles swept the 2021 regular-season series in Statesboro, 4-3, 4-1 and 7-1 on April 9-11. The Eagles then won the meeting between the two in pool play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship, 9-5, on May 28 in Montgomery, Alabama. 
 
ULM (15-26 overall, 5-12 Sun Belt Conference) has lost three straight games and six of its last seven contests entering the weekend series at Georgia Southern. The Warhawks are coming off a 14-8 loss to Stephen F. Austin on Tuesday at Lou St. Amant Field. SFA scored three runs in the top of the first inning and added another in the second for the early 4-0 lead. ULM closed within two on a solo home run by Shawn Dalton Weatherbee and an RBI triple by Travis Washburn in the bottom of the second inning, but SFA answered with two runs in the top of the third. SFA expanded a 6-3 lead with one run in the fifth inning, two in the sixth and five in the seventh to lead, 14-3. ULM tried to battle back, picking up four runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, with Weatherbee, Jarrett McDonald and Jake Haggard picking up RBIs, but ultimately fell, 14-8. Weatherbee tallied three hits, three RBIs and three runs scored while Haggard had a career-high three hits with an RBI. On the mound, Steve Owings threw two shutout innings for ULM, allowing just one hit with three strikeouts.
 
Georgia Southern (20-21 overall, 10-8 Sun Belt Conference) is part of a log jam near the top of the Sun Belt Conference, as one of five teams tied for third place. The Eagles dropped their weather-delayed midweek to Charleston, 8-5, on Wednesday night in Statesboro after taking the first two games of the series from Marshall, 16-4 and 6-1, before dropping Sunday's game, 8-1. The Eagles have won two of three games in each of the last two weekends against Marshall and App State after dropping two of three games to Coastal Carolina, Old Dominion and Southern Miss. Georgia Southern swept the SBC opening series against South Alabama.
 
As of Thursday, ULM ranks in the Top 100 in a few NCAA stat categories. The Warhawks are 24th in NCAA Division I and third in the Sun Belt Conference with 35 double plays, 75th nationally and seventh in the SBC with 19 sacrifice bunts, 77th nationally and fourth in the SBC with 57 stolen bases and 83rd nationally and eighth in the SBC with 55 hit by pitch.
 
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 four of the last five games.
 
All three games of the weekend series are available to watch on ESPN+. The series 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 EAGLES CLASH IN STATESBORO
ULM and Georgia Southern meet in a regular-season Sun Belt Conference series for the first time since 2021 at 6:30 p.m. EDT/5:30 p.m. CDT Friday, 2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. CDT Saturday and 1 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT Sunday at J.I. Clements Stadium in Statesboro. Friday's game is the 20th all-time meeting, with Georgia Southern leading the series, 13-6.
 
The Eagles swept the 2021 regular-season series in Statesboro, 4-3, 4-1 and 7-1 on April 9-11. The Eagles then won the meeting between the two in pool play at the Sun Belt Conference Championship, 9-5, on May 28 in Montgomery, Alabama.  Out of ULM players remaining on the roster from the 2021 season, Travis Washburn had three hits, including a double, a run scored and two walks while Carson Jones hit a 2-run home run in the SBC tournament game. Cam Barlow threw five innings on April 10, allowing four runs on six hits with no walks and four strikeouts. Carson Orton threw 3 2/3 scoreless innings with three hits with no walks and two strikeouts on April 11.
 
WEATHERBEE MOVES TO THE TOP OF STAT SHEET
ULM center fielder Shawn Dalton Weatherbee leads the team with a .286 batting average (44-of-154) after hitting safely in 14 of his last 16 games. He leads the team in on-base percentage (.421) home runs (5) and runs scored (33) and is second on the team with 44 hits and is third on the team with 65 total bases. He has 20 RBIs, with 15 of them coming in the last 16 games. He had his fourth three-hit game of the season on Tuesday against Stephen F. Austin, hitting a solo home run and RBI double while totaling season highs with three RBIs and three runs scored.
 
Weatherbee ranks second in NCAA Division I after being hit by a pitch 22 times through the first 41 games of the season. The Booneville, Mississippi, native was hit by a pitch in four consecutive games from April 19 to April 23. 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 are second on the team. His 10 multi-hit games rank second on the team.
 
He hit safely in all three games over the weekend at Arkansas State, adding a double on April 22, an RBI on April 21 and scored twice on April 23. 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 four times, coming against Stephen F. Austin on April 25, Marshall on April 1, at Troy on March 25 and at Northwestern State on March 14. He has two RBIs in a game four times, coming twice against South Alabama on April 14 and 15, vs. Marshall on April 2 and in the season opener vs. Bradley on Feb. 17, with a three RBI game against Stephen F. Austin on April 25.
 
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 41 games, making 37 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 28 consecutive games, the longest-active streak on the team behind Michelle Artzberger's 29-game streak. He kept his streak alive as he was hit by a pitch and walked against Stephen F. Austin.
 
The Watson, Louisiana, native has hit safely in 32 of 41 games and has had a pair of eight-game hitting streaks. He has hit safely in 16 of the last 18 games. He is second on the team with a .285 batting average (45-of-158). 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 .382 on-base percentage and 28 runs scored and third on the team with eight doubles and 59 total bases. He is third 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.
 
Against Arkansas State, he tallied three hits with an RBI on April 21, added a walk and a hit on April 22 and closed the series with two hits, one walk and a run scored on April 23. 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 third on the team with a .275 (41-of-149) batting average and leads the team with a .450 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 April 21 at Arkansas State for his 13th multi-hit game of the season.
 
In the month of April, Davis is second on the team with a .304 (17-of-56) batting average, while leading ULM with a .607 slugging percentage, 17 hits, and all five of his home runs. He has 12 RBIs and eight walks on the month, both of which are second on the team.
 
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 fourth on the team with a .273 batting average (33-of-121). He has increased his batting average 89 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 .313 (10-of-32) with one double, seven RBIs, four runs scored and six walks. He leads the team with a .306 (15-of-49) average in the month of April with eight RBIs, six 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 April 21. He is the only qualifying hitter for ULM this season that returns from the 2022 season.
 
DEATH, TAXES AND BARLOW THROWING ON FRIDAY
Junior left-handed pitcher Cam Barlow makes his 11th series-opening start of the 2023 season on Friday against Georgia Southern. He made 13 of 14 series-opening starts as a sophomore in 2022 (vs. Arkansas State in week 14) and five series-opening starts as a third-year freshman in 2021. He has made 25 of the last 26 series-opening starts for the Warhawks dating back to May 14, 2021, at No. 6 TCU.
 
If Barlow records seven outs (2 1/3 innings) against the Eagles on Friday, he will reach the 200th inning pitched of his career.
 
Last week, he took a no-decision in ULM's 8-6 win at Arkansas State, throwing 4 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on five hits with three walks and one strikeout. Overall on the season, he is 3-4 with a 5.14 ERA over 49 innings, allowing 31 runs, 28 earned, on 50 hits with 19walks and 42 strikeouts.
 
He picked up his third win of the season on April 14, throwing five innings, allowing five runs, four earned, on six hits with one walk and six strikeouts vs. South Alabama. He fired a career-high 7 2/3 innings on April 6 at App State, allowing three runs on seven hits with three walks and two strikeouts to earn his second win of the season.
 
On March 24 at Troy, he bounced back after giving up four first-inning runs to work four innings, allowing five runs on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts. He had no decision in the March 17 SBC opener against Old Dominion, allowing two runs on three hits with one walk and a season-high nine strikeouts over six innings. He took a tough-luck loss on March 10 against Nicholls, allowing one run on five hits with one walk and six strikeouts over 6 1/3 innings. He was efficient on March 3 at UIW, throwing just 58 pitches over five innings, allowing two runs on five hits with no walks and four strikeouts in a no-decision.
 
He suffered the loss on Feb. 24 vs. SIUE, allowing six runs on seven hits with four walks and two strikeouts over four innings. In his 2023 debut, Barlow threw five innings to pick up the win against Bradley on Feb. 17, scattering four hits with seven strikeouts and two walks.
 
Barlow is in his fifth season at ULM in 2023. He joined the club and redshirted the 2019 season and received a COVID-eligibility waiver for the 2020 season, leaving him as the longest-tenured Warhawk. He will receive his master's degree in kinesiology in May. He has one more year of eligibility available for 2024.
 
HUFF SLATED FOR SATURDAY START AT GEORGIA SOUTHERN
ULM head coach Michael Federico hands the ball to junior left-handed pitcher Hollis Huff for his sixth weekend start on Saturday at Georgia Southern. Last week, he took a no-decision at Arkansas State, firing five innings, allowing two runs on four hits with one walk and four strikeouts. He threw five innings, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts in a no-decision in his last start on April 1 vs. Marshall. In his first weekend start of his ULM career on March 25 at Troy, he threw three innings, allowing two runs on three hits with three walks and four strikeouts. He started the first four Tuesday games of the season for ULM. He made a long-relief appearance out of the bullpen on March 18 vs. Old Dominion, allowing six runs on eight hits with two walks and two strikeouts over four innings.
 
In his start on March 14 at Northwestern State, he threw two innings, allowing a solo home run among his two hits with one walk and three strikeouts. On March 7, he allowed one run on six hits with three walks and four strikeouts over 4 1/3 innings in a no-decision vs. Memphis. He earned the win by throwing six innings, allowing one run on one hit with two strikeouts and one walk on Feb. 28 vs. Grambling. He made his first appearance and start as a Warhawk on Feb. 21 at Mississippi State, throwing 4 2/3 shutout innings, allowing just one hit with two walks and three strikeouts.
 
Huff is a transfer from Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas. The Norman, Oklahoma, native appeared in eight games as a red-shirt second-year freshman in 2022, going 1-1 while throwing 9 2/3 innings, allowing 11 runs with 10 strikeouts and nine walks. He did not pitch in 2021 after having elbow surgery. As a true freshman in 2020, he appeared in six games for the Cougars, going 1-0 with a 3.52 ERA over 7 2/3 innings before the season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. He originally committed to Wichita State out of high school. Huff helped Norman North High School win district and regional championships, going 9-1 with a 1.00 ERA on the mound as a senior.
 
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 33 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.
 
P-40 SUNDAYS
ULM unveiled its P-40 Warhawk series uniforms on March 7, 2021, vs. Nicholls. The Warhawks wear the P-40 uniforms every Sunday, home or away. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawks constituted the principal armament of the U.S. Army Air Force (USAFF) fighter squadrons in the early 1940s. In the summer of 1941, Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, who grew up in Louisiana, began recruiting and training pilots for the American Volunteer Group, who became known as the "Flying Tigers" in China during World War II. The P-40 Warhawk served as inspiration for ULM's new nickname/mascot, adopted in 2006. The P-40 uniform series incorporates details of the fighter into its design. The ULM baseball team is the third Warhawk team to wear a P-40 Warhawk alternate uniform, joining football and men's basketball.