ULM Warhawks

ULM (15-29 overall, 5-15 Sun Belt Conference) vs. Alcorn (6-32 overall, 3-18 SWAC)
6 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 | Lou St. Amant Field (1,800) | Monroe, La.
ULM | Zach Shaw, 5-11, So., LHP (0-0, 11.08 ERA, 9 K, 6 BB) vs. ASU | TBA
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GAME NOTES

MONROE, La. - The ULM baseball team opens a stretch of seven home games in eight contests at 6 p.m. Wednesday against Alcorn at Lou St. Amant Field.

Wednesday's game marks the seventh all-time meeting between ULM and Alcorn, with the Warhawks leading the all-time series, 6-0. The two teams last squared off on April 30, 2019, in Monroe, with ULM collecting an 11-4 victory. ULM defeated the Braves twice in 2013, winning 12-0 on Feb. 16 and 7-3 on Feb. 17 at Warhawk Field as part of the season-opening ULM Baseball Tournament. ULM also picked up a pair of wins over Alcorn in a doubleheader on Feb. 18, 1998, in Monroe, sweeping the Braves 7-2 and 10-0. The two teams first met on March 15, 1994, with ULM picking up a 6-1 victory, also in Monroe.

ULM (15-29 overall, 5-15 Sun Belt Conference) was swept in a three-game Sun Belt Conference series at Georgia Southern over the weekend, losing 8-6, 35-8 and 15-3 in seven innings.

On Friday, ULM built a 6-1 lead on a 3-run home run by Riley Davis in the top of the first inning, an RBI single by Jake Haggard and a 2-run home run by Travis Washburn, with both coming in the sixth inning. The Eagles answered with a 3-run home run in the bottom of the sixth and closed within a run on an RBI groundout in the seventh inning. The Warhawks had the Eagles down to their final out with no runners on base when a walk and an error put two on base before Noah Ledford's walk-off 3-run home run delivered the 8-6 win.

On Saturday, Georgia Southern scored three-or-more runs in seven of eight offensive innings on their way to school records with 35 runs and 27 hits in a 35-8 win over ULM. Five Warhawks had two hits each in the loss, led by Haggard, who clubbed a 2-run home run over the scoreboard in left field.

On Sunday, Georgia Southern used a go-ahead grand slam in the second inning to take control and go on to the 15-3 win by run rule in seven innings. All of Georgia Southern's runs were scored with two outs in an inning.

Alcorn (6-32 overall, 3-18 SWAC) has lost five-straight games after getting swept vs. Texas Southern, 9-2, 17-7 and 9-4, at home over the weekend. The Braves are 2-5 in midweek games this year, with a 3-2 win over Southeastern Baptist on March 28 and a 4-3 win over Tougaloo on April 11.

As of Thursday, ULM ranks in the Top 100 in a few NCAA stat categories. The Warhawks are 38th in NCAA Division I and third in the Sun Belt Conference with 36 double plays, 81st nationally and fourth in the SBC in stolen bases (59) and 81st nationally and seventh in the SBC in sacrifice bunts (19), 

Individually, Shawn Dalton Weatherbee is third in the nation and leads the SBC, having been hit by a pitch 22 times this year.

There is no video stream available for Wednesday'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.

ULM, ALCORN MEET FOR SEVENTH TIME WEDNESDAY
Wednesday's game marks the seventh all-time meeting between ULM and Alcorn, with the Warhawks leading the all-time series, 6-0. The two teams last squared off on April 30, 2019, in Monroe, with ULM collecting an 11-4 victory. ULM defeated the Braves twice in 2013, winning 12-0 on Feb. 16 and 7-3 on Feb. 17 at Warhawk Field as part of the season-opening ULM Baseball Tournament. ULM also picked up a pair of wins over Alcorn in a doubleheader on Feb. 18, 1998, in Monroe, sweeping the Braves 7-2 and 10-0. The two teams first met on March 15, 1994, with ULM picking up a 6-1 victory, also in Monroe.

SENIOR STRENGTH
ULM features just two seniors on its 2023 roster, and both are playing their best baseball of the season down the stretch.

Second baseman/outfielder Travis Washburn is wrapping up his third and final season at ULM. He brings a six-game hitting streak into Wednesday's game against Alcorn and has compiled seven of his 14 hits on the season and six of his nine RBIs in the stretch. He has both of his triples and all three of his home runs in the last nine games. He hit a triple vs. South Alabama on April 14. In the series at Arkansas State, he hit a solo home run on April 22 before adding another solo shot with two hits, two RBIs and two runs scored on April 23. He collected a triple with a walk and an RBI vs. Stephen F. Austin on April 25. He blasted a 2-run homer over Georgia Southern's Blue Monster on April 28. He had hits in each of the last two games of the series against the Eagles, scoring two runs on April 29 and one run on April 30.

Outfielder Jarrett McDonald is concluding his only season at ULM. The Bastrop, Louisiana, native and Sterlington High School alumnus is hitting .556 (10-for-18) with seven appearances and four starts in the last 10 games, adding one double with two home runs, eight RBIs, six runs scored and four walks. He hit a solo home run on April 22 at Arkansas State before going 3-for-3 at the plate with a double, home run, four RBIs, two walks and one run scored on April 23 against the Red Wolves. He added two hits with two RBIs and a run scored against SFA on April 25. He picked up a hit with an RBI and a run scored with two walks on April 29 at Georgia Southern. He closed the series against the Eagles on April 30 with two hits and a run scored.

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 44 games, making 38 starts at second base and six at third base. He has played two positions in the infield in nine games, including an appearance at shortstop late in the game vs. Northwestern State on March 8. He has reached base safely in a team-high 31 consecutive games. He had base hits on Friday and Sunday and was hit by a pitch Saturday at Georgia Southern to keep his streak alive.

The Watson, Louisiana, native has hit safely in 34 of 44 games and has had a pair of eight-game hitting streaks. He has hit safely in 18 of the last 21 games. He leads the team with a .281 batting average (47-of-167), 47 hits and four sacrifice bunts. He is second on the team with a .381 on-base percentage, 30 runs scored, 25 RBIs and has been hit by a pitch 12 times. He is third on the team with nine multi-hit games, eight doubles and 61 total bases. 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.

WEATHERBEE MOVES TO THE TOP OF STAT SHEET
ULM center fielder Shawn Dalton Weatherbee is second on the team with a .280 batting average (46-of-164). He leads the team in on-base percentage (.419) and runs scored (34). He is second on the team with 11 multi-hit games, 46 hits, five home runs, 67 total bases and eight stolen bases. He ranks third on the team with a .409 slugging percentage. He has 20 RBIs, with 15 of them coming in the last 19 games. He had his fourth three-hit game of the season on April 25 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 third 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).

Over the weekend at Georgia Southern, he tallied two hits with a walk and a run scored in the series opener before earning walks on Saturday and Sunday to extend his reached base streak to eight games. 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.

DAVIS BLOOMING AT PLATE IN APRIL
ULM junior catcher Riley Davis is third on the team with a .275 (44-of-160) batting average and leads the team with a .456 slugging percentage, 27 RBIs, 11 doubles, six home runs, 73 total bases and 14 multi-hit games. He picked up two hits with one run at Georgia Southern on Sunday for his 14th multi-hit game of the year. 

In the month of April, Davis led the team with a .299 (20-of-67) batting average, .597 slugging percentage, 20 hits, all six of his home runs and 15 RBIs. He added 12 runs scored and eight walks in the month.

He closed out April by hitting a three-run home run in the series opener on April 28 at Georgia Southern before adding two hits with a run scored in the series finale on April 30. 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 .263 batting average (35-of-133). He has added three doubles, 17 RBIs, 20 runs scored, 11 walks and five stolen bases.

In Sun Belt Conference action, he is second on the team with a .299 (20-of-67) batting average, with one double, 10 RBIs and seven runs scored with five walks and a team-high four stolen bases. 

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 tallied two hits with an RBI and a run scored at Georgia Southern on April 29. He is the only qualifying hitter for ULM this season that returns from the 2022 season.

SHAW SELECTED FOR WEDNESDAY START VS. BRAVES
Sophomore right-handed pitcher Zach Shaw is scheduled to make his first-career start on Wednesday vs. Alcorn. Shaw has made 12 appearances out of the bullpen for ULM in 2023, throwing 13 innings, allowing  22 runs, 16 earned, on 26 hits with six walks and nine strikeouts.

Shaw fired three innings against Stephen F. Austin, allowing three runs, one earned, on three hits with a walk on Apirl 25. He made four consecutive scoreless appearances from March 4 to March 29, throwing three innings, allowing three hits with two walks and four strikeouts in the stretch, pitching against UIW, Old Dominion, Troy and Central Arkansas.

As a freshman in 2022, he joined the team following fall practice and after the Warhawk football team closed its season, making 18 appearances out of the bullpen, going 0-1 with a save and an 8.28 ERA over 25 innings, allowing 26 runs, 23 earned, on 33 hits with 16 strikeouts and 11 walks. He tossed two scoreless innings, allowing one hit with two walks and one strikeout at UT Arlington on April 2. He earned his first career save, throwing three shutout and hitless innings with two strikeouts vs. Georgia State on March 26. He came out of the bullpen and threw a scoreless 1 2/3 innings, allowing one hit with one strikeout and no walks at Coastal Carolina on March 19. Shaw threw a perfect inning with one strikeout vs. Louisiana Tech on March 15. He tossed a shutout inning, allowing a hit with one strikeout at Nicholls on March 12. He pitched a season-high 2 2/3 innings, allowing two runs on two hits with two strikeouts vs. New Orleans on March 6. He made his ULM debut, throwing one inning with two strikeouts and one walk vs. Southern Illinois on Feb. 19.

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 3.98 ERA over 20 1/3 innings, spread among 13 appearances, allowing 14 runs, nine earned, on 26 hits with 17 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 both a 3.38 ERA and 37 1/3 innings pitched over 18 appearances. He is 2-1 with two saves, allowing 17 runs, 14 earned, on 29 hits with 11 walks and ranks second on the team with 50 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 5.47 ERA over 26 1/3 innings, spread over 17 appearances out of the bullpen. He has allowed 22 runs, 16 earned, on 23 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 14 appearances with two saves, posting a 4.58 ERA over 17 2/3 innings, allowing 11 runs, nine earned, on 12 hits with 18 strikeouts and 11 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 utility player Jayson Zmejkoski leads the team with a .327 batting average (16-of-49) with three RBIs and seven runs scored while playing in 17 games and starting 15. He has walked nine times in SBC action and has 12 walks overall on the season. Sixteen of his 22 hits have come in SBC action.

Junior shortstop Carson Jones is second on the team with a .299 batting average (20-of-67). He has 20 of his 35 hits and 10 of his 17 RBIs 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.