2024 Baseball Roster

Luke Richard/ULM Athletics
Dezmond Jackson
Luke Richard/ULM Athletics

10 Chipper Menard

  • Position Left-Handed Pitcher
  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Houma, Louisiana
  • Highschool New Iberia HS

Biography

2023 (JUNIOR)
Made 14 appearances with 10 starts on the mound, going 2-6 with one save and a 6.96 ERA over 54 1/3 innings, allowing 49 runs, 42 earned, on 59 hits with 28 walks and 58 strikeouts … Opened the season in ULM’s weekend rotation, making nine starts before going to the bullpen and making a spot start at Georgia Southern (4/30/23) … Threw 3 2/3 innings out of the bullpen, allowing two runs on five hits with one walk and two strikeouts vs. Southern Miss (5/14/23) ... Fired seven innings, taking a tough-luck loss, allowing two runs on six hits with no walks and seven strikeouts vs. Marshall (4/2/23) … Picked up the win, throwing six shutout innings, allowing two hits with five walks and a career-high 11 strikeouts vs. Nicholls (3/12/23) … Threw five shutout innings before running into trouble in the sixth inning, allowing four runs on six hits with one walk and seven strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings vs. SIUE (2/26/23) … Made his ULM debut, retiring 17 consecutive batters while throwing six-plus innings, allowing two runs on two hits with two walks and a career-high six strikeouts vs. Bradley (2/19/23).

UL LAFAYETTE
Played two seasons for the Ragin’ Cajuns at UL Lafayette … As a sophomore in 2022, made 26 appearances with a 5-1 record with three saves and 4.48 ERA over 26 1/3 innings with 30 strikeouts to 11 walks … Earned his final win on the season, firing four innings shutout innings, allowing one hit with two walks and two strikeouts vs. Nicholls (5/17/22) … Tossed 2 1/3 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with three strikeouts at Rice (5/11/22) … In the series against ULM, threw 2 1/3 combined shutout innings over two appearances, allowing four hits with two strikeouts and one walk (4/15-4/16/22) … Picked up the win in relief against Arkansas State, throwing 2 2/3 innings, allowing a run on three hits with a walk (4/9/22) … Did not allow a run in four consecutive outings with five strikeouts from March 25 to April 1 … Earned a save in his third consecutive appearance, pitching a scoreless and hitless inning with a strikeout vs. Georgia Southern (4/1/22) … Allowed just one hit with two strikeouts over a scoreless inning for the save at Southeastern (3/29/22) … Collected his first save of the season with 1 1/3 scoreless innings vs. South Alabama (3/27/22) … Threw 2/3 of an inning, allowing no runs or hits, to pick up the win vs. South Alabama (3/25/22) … Struck out four batters over 1 2/3 shutout innings to pick up the win at McNeese (3/16/22) … Pitched a scoreless inning while fanning three with one walk vs. Northwestern State (3/2/22) … Made 17 appearances as a freshman in 2021, posting a 1-1 record with a 5.06 earned run average ... Fanned 30 batters in 21 1/3 innings on the mound ... Earned his first collegiate victory with a three-inning performance against Nicholls (4/6/21) ... Fanned a season-best five batters and scattered four hits in helping the Ragin' Cajuns to the 3-2 win ... Earned his first career save with a five-pitch effort in a win over North Alabama (5/8/21) ... Made his collegiate debut at Tulane (2/20/21), fanning three batters in 2.0 innings of relief ... Recorded four strikeouts at UT Arlington (5/14/21) and fanned three batters in games against South Alabama (4/19/21) and Texas State (5/1/21) ... Allowed five hits and no runs over his final six appearances on the season.
 
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year varsity letterwinner, playing his freshman and sophomore seasons at DeRidder High School and his junior and senior seasons at New Iberia High School … In 2020 at New Iberia, he threw 24 innings with a 3-0 record, posting a 0.88 ERA and 0.792 WHIP with 47 strikeouts while hitting .467 with 21 hits, two home runs and 13 RBIs … Academic All-State in 2020 … Tabbed Preseason Collegiate Baseball Newspaper High School All-American, District 3-5A Second Team, All-District member, New Iberia Senior High Pitcher of the Year and Best of the Teche Pitcher … In 2019 as a junior, threw 62 innings with a 3-5 mark, posting a 1.81 ERA and 0.823 WHIP with 112 strikeouts while hitting .361 with 44 hits, two triples and 27 RBIs while earning Second-Team All-District honors … As a sophomore at DeRidder in 2018, was named District 3-4A MVP and threw a one-hit complete game in the state semifinals … Pitched 82 innings with an 11-2 record, posting a 0.51 ERA and 0.646 WHIP while racking up 147 strikeouts and hitting .382 with 52 hits, one home run and 29 RBIs … Named 2018 LBCA First-Team, All-State Pitcher … In 2017 as a freshman, pitched 56 2/3 innings going 5-5 with a 2.34 ERA, 1.288 WHIP and 81 strikeouts while hitting .415 with 51 hits, three triples and 25 RBIs … Named MaxPreps Freshman All-American and First-Team All-District … Named to the honor roll all four years.
 
CLUB
Played for the Louisiana Knights from 2017-2019.
 
PERSONAL
Born December 27, 2001, in Sulphur, Louisiana … Son of Chad and Joanna Menard … Father, Chadwick, played baseball at McNeese … Has three sisters, Alexis, Baylie and Ashlyn and one brother, Krash … Enjoys video games, movies and music … Majoring in marketing.
 
CAREER SINGLE-GAME HIGHS
Innings Pitched: 7, vs. Marshall (4/2/23)
Walks Allowed: 5, vs. Nicholls (3/12/23)
Strikeouts: 11, vs. Nicholls (3/12/23)
Batters Faced: 30, vs. South Alabama (4/15/23)
Putouts: 1, 3x, last vs. Marshall (4/2/23)
Assists: 2, 2x, last vs. South Alabama (4/15/23)

CAREER STATS
Year G GS IP H R ER BB SO 2B 3B HR
2021 (ULL) 17 1 21.1 20 18 12 16 30 4 0 3
2022 (ULL) 26 0 26.1 32 15 13 11 30 8 1 2
2023 14 10 54.1 59 49 42 28 58 11 0 9
Career 57 11 102.0 111 82 67 55 118 23 1 14
Year WP BK HBP IBB W-L SV ERA
2021 (ULL) 2 0 6 1 1-1 1 5.11
2022 (ULL) 0 0 7 2 5-1 3 4.48
2023 7 0 15 1 2-6 1 6.96
Career 9 0 28 4 8-8 5 5.91

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Historical Player Information

  • 10

    2023Junior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
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    2024Senior

    Left-Handed Pitcher
    5'11" 175 lbs
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