ULM Warhawks

ULM (10-20 overall, 1-8 Sun Belt Conference) at App State (16-11 overall, 6-3 Sun Belt Conference)
Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium | Boone, North Carolina

6 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. CDT Thursday, April 6, 2023 | Cam Barlow, 5-11, Jr., LHP (1-4, 5.12 ERA, 33 K, 12 BB) vs. Xander Hamilton, 6-3, Jr., RHP (5-1, 4.54 ERA, 57 K, 20 BB)
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6 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. CDT Friday, April 7, 2023 | Hollis Huff, 6-2, Jr., LHP (1-1, 4.34 ERA, 22 K, 13 BB) vs. Bradley Wilson, 6-4, R-So., RHP (2-2, 8.46 ERA, 26 K, 18 BB)
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1 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT Saturday, April 8, 2023 | Chipper Menard, 5-11, Jr., LHP (2-3, 5.14 ERA, 44 K, 14 BB) vs. TBA
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GAME NOTES

MONROE, La. - The ULM baseball team heads to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Boone, North Carolina, to face off with App State in a three-game Sun Belt Conference series. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. EDT/5 p.m. CDT Thursday and Friday and 1 p.m. EDT/12 p.m. CDT Saturday at Beaver Field at Jim and Bettie Smith Stadium.
 
ULM (10-20 overall, 1-8 Sun Belt Conference) lost Tuesday's midweek game against Little Rock, 12-7, at Lou St. Amant Field. The Trojans pounded out 17 hits in the win, including nine in the seven-run second inning. After trailing by eight runs, ULM rallied, pulling within two, 9-7, on Riley Davis' grand slam in the six-run fourth inning. Little Rock added two runs in the sixth inning and another in the seventh to go on to the 12-7 victory. Last weekend, ULM lost two-out-of-three games to Marshall, winning Saturday's game, 4-3 in 11 innings, on a walk-off home run by Shawn Dalton Weatherbee for the Warhawks' first Sun Belt Conference win of the season.

App State (16-11, 6-3) is tied for third in the SBC and has won each of its first three conference series, taking two-out-of-three games at Marshall, vs. Georgia State and at the Ragin' Cajuns. The Mountaineers won 3-2 on Friday and 8-5 on Saturday last week in Lafayette before dropping Sunday's game, 6-0. App State bounced back with a 7-3 win at UNC Asheville on Tuesday.

As of Thursday, ULM ranks in the Top 100 in several NCAA stat categories. The Warhawks are sixth in NCAA Division I and second in the Sun Belt Conference in double plays (28), 62nd nationally and fifth nationally in stolen bases (43), 70th nationally and fifth in the SBC in sacrifice bunts (13), 71st in the nation and sixth in the SBC in hit by pitch (42) and 98th nationally and third in the SBC in walks allowed per nine innings (4.34).

Individually, Shawn Dalton Weatherbee is third in the nation and leads the SBC, having been hit by a pitch 18 times this year. Cardell Thibodeaux is ranked 23rd in the nation and third in the SBC with four sacrifice flies. Chipper Menard is 92nd nationally and seventh in the SBC with 11.31 strikeouts per nine innings.

All three games of the weekend series are available to stream on ESPN+. The Voice of the Warhawks, Mike Hammett, will be on the radio call for all three games on 105.7 FM/540 AM KMLB, KMLB.com and the TuneIn app on the Warhawk Radio Network from Learfield. A link to live stats can be found on the baseball schedule page at ULMWarhawks.com.

ULM CLIMBS THE MOUNTAIN FOR EASTER WEEKEND SERIES
Friday's game is the 18th all-time meeting between ULM and App State with the Mountaineers leading the series, 10-7. The road team has won the last three of the last four series between the teams, with App State winning last year's series in Monroe by taking the Friday game, 5-1, and the Saturday contest, 10-0, before ULM salvaged the series on Sunday, 8-5. ULM won two of three games in Boone in 2021. After the Mountaineers won the series-opener, 6-4, the Warhawks bounced back and rallied with a six-run top of the ninth to win the middle game of the series, 10-7, and used a six-run top of the eighth to pull away before winning 13-5 in eight innings due to the drop-dead time for travel. App State led in all three games of the series. App State protected home field in 2019, winning 3-2 on Friday and 10-8 on Saturday before Sunday's game was canceled due to weather. The Mountaineers won two of three games in their trip to Monroe in 2018, winning the series opener and finale by 4-1 scores, while ULM won the middle game, 5-0.
 
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 30 games, making 26 starts at second base and four at third base. He has played two positions in the infield in six games, including an appearance at shortstop late in the game vs. Northwestern State on March 8. 

The Watson, Louisiana, native has hit safely in 23 of 30 games and carries a team-best seven-game hitting streak into the weekend series at App State. He leads the team with 19 RBIs and is second on the team with 20 runs scored. He has seven doubles and two home runs. He is third on the team with seven multi-hit games after picking up two hits, including a double, vs. Little Rock on Tuesday. He has three three-hit games, coming in his collegiate debut vs. Bradley on Feb. 17, at Mississippi State on Feb. 21 and vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21. He leads the team with a .280 batting average (33-of-118).

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.

WEATHERBEE'S BOASTS BIG WEEKEND VS. HERD
ULM center fielder Shawn Dalton Weatherbee shot to the top of the stat sheet over the weekend series against Marshall last week, picking up six hits with four RBIs and three runs scored.

Weatherbee is second on the team with a .279 batting average (31-of-111) and 22 runs scored. He has added three doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs.

He opened the weekend against Marshall 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.

Weatherbee ranks third in NCAA Division I after being hit by a pitch 18 times through the first 30 games of the season. The Booneville, Mississippi, native was hit by a pitch in Sunday's series finale vs. Marshall. 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. He is tied with Riley Davis for the team lead with eight multi-hit games after picking up two more multi-hit games against Marshall.

FLOYD GIVES COACHING STAFF LINEUP OPTIONS
ULM junior infielder/outfielder Zack Floyd is third on the team with a .270 batting average (20-of-74). He has made starts at third base, right field and designated hitter. He returned to the starting lineup on March 29 at Central Arkansas, going 1-for-4 at the plate. He saw only a pinch-hitting appearance over the three-game series at Troy due to injuries he suffered on March 21 vs. Louisiana Tech. He had started 16 consecutive games prior to his injuries against the Bulldogs. He did not join the regular lineup until Feb. 25 against SIUE, but his stellar play kept him in the starting nine until his injury. He has 20 hits with two doubles, one triple, two home runs, five RBIs, 15 runs scored, six walks and six stolen bases. Floyd had two hits, including a double, with two runs scored vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21. He had a pair of singles on March 14 at Northwestern State. He had a hit in each of the three games against Nicholls over the weekend, including an RBI in the eighth inning on March 12. He also made a back-handed stop on the foul line behind the third base bag in the March 12 game, leaped in the air and threw out the batter at first base to help keep the shutout of the Colonels intact. Floyd had two hits, including a double, with a run scored to become a qualifier in team-leading categories on March 7 vs. Memphis. He had two hits, including a solo home run, on March 5 at UIW. He had three hits, including a triple and a solo home run, in his first-career start vs. SIUE on Feb. 25.

THIBODEAUX MAKING BIG IMPACT AS FRESHMAN
Freshman left fielder Cardell Thibodeaux hit safely in seven of the last eight games, and has four doubles over the last four games after connecting for another on Tuesday vs. Little Rock. He had three doubles over the weekend series vs. Marshall. He had two doubles on March 31 with a run scored against the Thundering Herd. He drove in at least one run in all three games of the series at Troy on March 24-25. Thibodeaux has hit safely in nine of his last 10 starts, with 11 hits and five RBIs in the stretch.

Thibodeaux is hitting .267 (24-of-90) with six doubles and one home run while scoring 11 times. He ranks third on the team with 18 RBIs and six stolen bases. He is 23rd in NCAA Division I and third in the Sun Belt Conference with four sacrifice flies. Over the last 10 games, Thibodeaux is second on the team, hitting .321 (9-for-28) with five doubles, four RBIs and four runs scored.

DAVIS CONTINUES AS A TOP OFFENSIVE THREAT
ULM junior catcher Riley Davis is hitting .262 (27-of-103) with a team-high nine doubles while adding two home runs, 18 RBIs and 12 walks. He is second on the team with 42 total bases. He has homered in two of the last three games after hitting a grand slam and picking up five RBIs on Tuesday vs. Little Rock. He is tied with Shawn Dalton Weatherbee for the team lead with eight multi-hit games after picking up 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 leads the team in hitting over the last 10 games, hitting .361 (13-of-36) with one double, five RBIs and six runs scored. He has four multi-hit games in the last 10 games, picking up three hits with an RBI and a run scored vs. Old Dominion on March 19, two hits with an RBI and two runs scored vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21, and two hits on April 1 and April 2 vs. Marshall. He is tied for fourth on the team with six multi-hit games, adding a two-hit game vs. Memphis on March 7 and two hits with a double, three RBIs and two runs scored vs. Grambling on Feb. 28. Overall on the season, Jones has two doubles, eight RBIs and 15 runs scored.
 
BARLOW RETURNS TO FRIDAY NIGHT ROLE IN 2023
Junior left-handed pitcher Cam Barlow makes his eighth series-opening start of the 2023 season at App State. On March 24 at Troy, he bounced back after allowing 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. He is 1-4 with a 5.12 ERA over 31 2/3 innings, allowing 20 runs, 18 earned, on 32 hits with 12 walks and 33 strikeouts.

Barlow enters 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.

Barlow started the series opener on the first 13 weekends of the 2022 season before sticking with his Friday spot in the final week of the regular season against Arkansas State. He made his first postseason appearance against Texas State in the Sun Belt Conference Championship quarterfinals on May 27. He suffered the loss against the Bobcats, allowing three runs, one earned, on four hits with one walk and eight strikeouts. Last year vs. Troy, he threw a career-high 7 1/3 innings and 100 pitches on April 8, allowing six runs, four earned, on nine hits with four strikeouts and one walk.

The Halls, Tennessee, native finished the 2022 season at 2-7 with a 5.14 ERA over 77 innings, allowing 53 runs, 44 earned, on 82 hits with 69 strikeouts and 31 walks. He is scheduled to graduate with his master's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport management in May.

HUFF MOVES INTO WEEKEND ROTATION
ULM head coach Michael Federico hands the ball to junior left-handed pitcher Hollis Huff for his third-straight weekend start on Friday at App State. Last week, Huff threw five innings, allowing three runs on five hits with one walk and four strikeouts in a no-decision on Saturday 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 last 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.

LEFT-HANDER MENARD TAKES THE BALL SUNDAY
Junior left-handed pitcher Chipper Menard is slated for his eighth-straight weekend start to begin the 2023 season to close out the series at App State. He is 2-3 with a 5.14 ERA over 35 innings, allowing 23 runs, 20 earned, on 30 hits with 14 walks and a team-high 44 strikeouts.

He suffered a tough-luck loss last Sunday vs. Marshall, throwing seven innings, allowing two runs on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts, giving up only a 2-run home run to Marshall's Daniel Carinci in the seventh inning in the 4-3 loss. He allowed two runs on two hits with one walk and two strikeouts in three-plus innings on March 25 at Troy in the first game of a doubleheader. He battled through some traffic in his March 19 start vs. Old Dominion, allowing five runs, two earned, on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts. He made an appearance on SportsCenter's Top 10 plays on ESPN on Sunday night after making a sliding catch in foul territory after the ball hit off the mitt of catcher Matt Abshire before falling to Menard. He bounced back in his March 12 start vs. Nicholls, firing six shutout innings with two hits, five walks and a career-high 11 strikeouts. He struggled on March 5 at UIW, giving up eight runs on seven hits with two walks and four strikeouts in three innings after opening the season with two strong performances. He worked five scoreless innings before running into trouble in the sixth inning against SIUE on Feb. 26, allowing four runs on six hits with one walk and a career-high seven strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings. Menard dazzled in his ULM debut on Feb. 19 against Bradley, working into the seventh inning before running into trouble. After allowing a leadoff single to Ryan Vogel, Menard retired the next 17 batters and faced the minimum through six innings. He allowed two runs on two hits with six strikeouts and two walks to pick up the win.

A transfer from the Ragin' Cajuns, Menard transitions into a starting role after serving primarily as a reliever in Lafayette. As a sophomore in 2022, he made 26 appearances for the Cajuns, going 5-1 with three saves and a 4.48 ERA over 26 1/3 innings with 30 strikeouts and 11 walks. He faced ULM twice, throwing 2 1/3 combined shutout innings against his future team, allowing four hits with two strikeouts and a walk.

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

Burrell, a transfer from LSU Eunice, leads qualifying bullpen pitchers with a 2.31 ERA over 11 2/3 innings, spread among seven appearances, allowing three runs on 14 hits with eight strikeouts and two 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 Saturday's doubleheader at Troy.

Derbyshire, a transfer from Mineral Area Community College, has pitched 10 2/3 innings over 12 appearances, allowing five runs on 14 hits with five walks and nine strikeouts. He has made eight scoreless appearances, including seven of his last nine appearances. He made two appearances at Troy, throwing a scoreless frame with two strikeouts and a walk on March 24 and another scoreless inning in the second game of the March 25 doubleheader. He threw a scoreless 1 1/3 innings with one strikeout vs. Louisiana Tech on March 21, scoreless innings against Bradley (Feb. 17), at UIW (March 5), Northwestern State (March 8) and tossed 2/3 of an inning with a strikeout vs. Nicholls on March 11 and 2/3 of an inning at Northwestern State with two strikeouts on March 14, stranding an inherited runner at third base.

Judice, who is in his fourth season at ULM, leads bullpen pitchers with 27 innings pitched over 12 appearances out of the bullpen, posting a 3.33 ERA with a 1-0 record and two saves, allowing 10 runs on 19 hits with eight walks and ranks second on the team with 35 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.

Robinson, a true freshman from Carriere, Mississippi, has made nine appearances with a save, posting a 2.13 ERA over 12 2/3 innings, allowing five runs, three earned, on seven hits with 11 strikeouts and eight walks. He had a string of six-straight scoreless outings snapped on Sunday 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.

TRENDING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
Over the last 10 games, several Warhawks are showing improvement on their season stats.

Junior Carson Jones is leading the team over the last 10 games, hitting .361 (13-of-36) with one double, five RBIs and six runs scored. He has five of his eight RBIs for the season in the last 10 games. Overall on the season, he is hitting .259 (22-of-85) with two doubles, eight RBIs and 15 runs scored.

Freshman Cardell Thibodeaux is hitting .321 (9-of-28) over the last 10 games and is at .267 (24-of-90) for the year. He has collected five of his six doubles over the last 10 games, including four in the last four games.

Junior Jayson Zmejkoski has played in each of the last 10 games with nine of his 13 starts on the season in that stretch. He is hitting .265 (9-of-34) with nine of his 14 hits in the last 10 games with three of his five RBIs. He has started each of the last eight games in right field.

On the mound, red-shirt junior right-hander Steve Owings has made four appearances in the last 10 games, throwing 5 2/3 innings, allowing three runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks. Prior to the last 10 games, he threw four innings, allowing eight runs, seven earned, on 11 hits with one walk and four strikeouts.

Freshman right-hander Justin Robinson has made four appearances in the last 10 contests, allowing two unearned runs over 5 2/3 innings, allowing three hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He has posted an ERA of 2.13 over 12 2/3 innings on the season with eight walks and 11 strikeouts.

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.