Da Boot Sports
7/23/2025
LSU Sports Communications
By: William Franques


   ​BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU led the nation in college baseball attendance in 2025 with a total of 458,606 tickets sold in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field. The Tigers have finished No. 1 in total attendance 26 times since 1996.
 
   LSU was also No. 1 in the nation this season in average attendance with a figure of 11,186 per game, a mark that that was just two shy of the school record of 11,188 established in 2023.
 
   The Tigers played 41 home games in 2025 and posted a record of 35-6 at “The Box,” including championship game victories in the NCAA Regional and the NCAA Super Regional.
 
   LSU also established in 2025 a school single-game attendance record with a figure of 13,376 for the Tigers’ April 26 game versus Tennessee. LSU exceeded a single-game attendance mark of 12,000 six times during the 2025 season.
 
   Following is the 2025 Top 10 in College Baseball Attendance:
 
              School                              Total Attendance

1. LSU                                     458,606
2. Arkansas                           407,196                            
3. Ole Miss                            344,364
4. Mississippi State              330,009
5. South Carolina                 251,414
6. Texas                                 250,754
7. Tennessee                        235,035
8. Florida                               226,903
9. Texas A&M                       206,577
10. Auburn                             201,703

 

​John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior)

​*John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Da Boot Sports
7/17/2025
LSU Sports Communications
By: William Franques


​   ​BATON ROUGE, La. – Ten members of LSU’s 2025 National Championship baseball team began their journey toward a Major League Baseball career this week, as nine Tigers were selected in the MLB Draft and one signed a free agent deal.
 
Below is LSU’s 2025 MLB Draft/Free Agent Signee list:

• LHP Kade Anderson (1st Round, No. 3 overall – Seattle Mariners)
• RHP Chase Shores (2nd Round, No. 47 overall – Los Angeles Angels)
• RHP Anthony Eyanson (3rd Round, No. 87 overall – Boston Red Sox)
• OF Ethan Frey (3rd Round, No. 95 overall – Houston Astros)
• 2B Daniel Dickinson (6th Round, No. 185 overall – Milwaukee Brewers)
• 1B Jared Jones (9th Round, No. 263 overall – Pittsburgh Pirates)
• RHP Jacob Mayers (9th Round, No. 268 overall – Boston Red Sox)
• RHP Kade Woods (10th Round, No. 307 overall – Atlanta Braves)
• LHP Conner Ware (15th Round, No. 463 overall – New York Mets)
• C Luis Hernandez (Free Agent Signee – Minnesota Twins)

 
   LSU has produced during coach Jay Johnson’s four-year tenure a total of 36 drafted players, including five selections in the first round, 16 selections in the Top 5 rounds and 24 selections in the Top 10 Rounds.
 
   When Kade Anderson was chosen in the opening round on Sunday, he became the third LSU player in the past three seasons to be selected among the Top 3 overall picks, and the fourth LSU player in the past four seasons to be selected among the Top 5 overall picks.
 
   LSU right-hander Paul Skenes and centerfielder Dylan Crews in 2023 became the first players from the same school to be selected first and second overall in the draft. Skenes was selected No. 1 by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Crews was selected No. 2 by the Washington Nationals. LSU third baseman Jacob Berry was the No. 5 overall pick in the 2022 Draft by the Miami Marlins.
 
   LSU has had 14 pitchers selected in the draft over the past two seasons, which is tied with Mississippi State for the most in the nation in that span.
 
   An SEC-record eight LSU pitchers were selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft, marking the second straight season the Tigers tied the conference mark for drafted hurlers.
 
   LSU tied in 2023 the Southeastern Conference record for most drafted players in a single season when 13 Tigers were selected by MLB teams.
 
   Since the MLB Draft began in 1965, LSU players have been selected on 271 occasions, including 22 first-round selections.
 
   Since 1984, LSU players have been selected in the MLB Draft on 250 occasions – 129 pitchers and 121 position players – an average of nearly seven players per season. The Tigers have produced 21 first-round selections since 1989.
 

​John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior)

​*John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

Da Boot Sports
7/3/2025
LSU Sports Communications
By: William Franques


​   BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU outfielder Derek Curiel was named Wednesday the 2025 D1Baseball.com National Freshman of the Year.
 
   Curiel, also a Second-Team All-America, First-Team Freshman All-America and Second-Team All-SEC selection this season, hit a team-high .345 with 20 doubles, two triples, seven homers, 55 RBI and 67 runs, as he helped lead LSU to the NCAA College World Series National Championship.
 
   The product of West Covina, Calif., was named to the College World Series All-Tournament Team after collecting six hits, three RBI and three runs in the CWS. Curiel hit a team-high .571 in the Tigers’ NCAA Super Regional sweep of West Virginia with one double, one homer, five RBI and six runs.
 
   He was voted to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team, batting .400 (6-for-15) with two doubles, two RBI and four runs.
 
   Curiel finished the season No. 1 in the SEC in doubles (20), No. 3 in the league in walks (53), No. 4 in hits (89), No. 4 in on-base percentage (.470), No. 6 in runs scored (67) and No. 10 in batting average (.345).
 
   Kendall Rogers writes of Curiel in a feature story posted to D1Baseball.com:
 
   Curiel didn’t waste much time making his presence known for the Tigers during fall workouts. The way (Jay) Johnson talks about Curiel’s immediate impact in the fall reminds me a lot of the same feeling I got when I saw Dylan Crews for the first time in the fall in Baton Rouge. At first glance, Crews did not look like someone who belonged in college as a whole — the hit tool, the power potential and the maturity from a physical standpoint. All elite for Crews. Curiel showed a great aura in the fall, and he showed an extremely advanced approach and hit tool. He did not show the same power as Crews in his first fall, but the feeling overall was the same — this guy was born to be a superstar in college baseball, and probably in pro ball as well.
 
   Curiel began his LSU career this season by posting a 43-game reached base safely streak, marking the fifth-longest on record in the annals of LSU Baseball.
 
   He was named SEC Freshman of the Week on April 28 after leading LSU to a series win over Tennessee, batting .417 (5-for-12) in the series with two doubles, one homer, three runs and six RBI. He enjoyed a remarkable day at the plate in the April 27 series-clinching victory, going 4-for-4 with one homer, two doubles and a career-high five RBI.
 
   Curiel’s two-out RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning in the April 25 Game 1 versus Tennessee tied the contest at 3-3 and set the stage for first baseman Jared Jones to follow with a walk-off homer that lifted the Tigers to victory.
 
   He was voted SEC Co-Freshman of the Week on March 17, as he hit .571 (8-for-14) in four games – including a three-game SEC sweep of Missouri - with two doubles, one triple, four RBI and six runs.
 
   Curiel becomes the eighth LSU player to earn National Freshman of the Year recognition, joining second baseman Todd Walker (1992), right-handed pitcher Brett Laxton (1993), second baseman Mike Fontenot (2000), left-handed pitcher Lane Mestepey (2001), shortstop Alex Bregman (2013), right-handed pitcher Alex Lange (2015) and outfielder Dylan Crews (2021).
 

​John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior)

​*John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.