Shreveport, La. - Four LSUS players were named to the Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana college baseball team Saturday with Andrew Brouillette picking up first team honors as a catcher, Brent Lavallee earning second-team honors as a utility player and pitchers Justin Ennis and John James leading the way on the second-team's pitching staff.

LSU’s College World Series baseball team dominated the special awards announced as part of the annual Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana college baseball team.

Outfielder Ryan Schimpf was named the Hitter of the Year in an extremely close vote that saw six different players receive votes. Louis Coleman added state Pitcher of the Year to his Southeastern Conference honor and relief pitcher Matty Ott was named Freshman of the Year. Paul Mainieri, in his third year at LSU, was named the state Coach of the Year.

Louisiana Tech outfielder Devon Dageford, was named the Newcomer of the Year for first-year non-freshman Louisiana players.

The team and special award winners were selected based on nominations from Louisiana’s four-year colleges and universities. Voting was done by a panel of selected LSWA members. Statistics are through the end of conference tournaments only.

Schimpf edged out Dageford for the Hitter of the Year honor after a season in which he led the Tigers in home runs (17), hits (71) and slugging percentage (.626). Schimpf was a second team All-Southeastern Conference selection, adding 13 doubles, 1 triple and 17-of-24 stolen base attempts to his total.

Coleman was the only player named on every ballot submitted for the first-team received 20 of the 21 votes cast for Pitcher of the Year. The senior posted an 11-2 record through the SEC Tournament with a 2.84 ERA. In 98.1 innings pitched, he allowed 78 hits, just 31 earned runs with 101 strikeouts.

Ott, the co-freshman of the year in the SEC, earned state freshman honors as the Tigers closer, posting a 3-2 record with a 2.27 ERA in 32 appearances. He had 14 saves and 61 strikeouts in 43.2 innings. Ott tied the LSU single-season record for saves that was originally set in 1991, earning first team All-SEC honors.

State newcomer Dageford, a junior college transfer, hit for a .385 average with a Tech single season home run total of 23 and 168 total bases. The outfielder drove in 68 runs in earning All-WAC First Team honors and well as All-WAC Tournament team.

Mainieri guided the Tigers to a 46-16 record through the SEC Tournament, leading the Tigers to the SEC regular-season title, the schools first since 2003 and its second straight SEC Tournament championship. The 2009 Tigers posted LSU’s best regular-season record (41-15) since 2004. LSU won it’s regional and super regional that it hosted to advance to the College World Series for the second straight year under Mainieri and advanced to the championship series that begins on Monday.

Joining Coleman and Ott as first-team pitchers are Conrad Flynn of Tulane and LSU’s Anthony Ranaudo with LSUS's Brouillette at catcher. Across the All-State infield is Sam Honeck of Tulane at first base, DJ LeMahieu of LSU at second, Ben Soignier of ULM at shortstop and Northwestern State’s Joe Urtuzuastegui at third.

With Dageford and Schimpf in the outfield are LSU first-round draft pick Jared Mitchell with the Tigers Blake Dean at DH and Chris Kersten of Louisiana Tech as the first-team Utility selection.

Brouillette was the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Player of the Year for the Pilots, while Honeck (Conference USA) and Soignier (Sun Belt) were first team conference selections.  

Ennis and James, who combined for a 22-2 record, highlight the second team with Justin Robichaux of Louisiana-Lafayette and Chad Sheppard of Northwestern State the other selections at second team pitcher with Taylor Freeman of McNeese the battery mate.

The second team infield features Justin O’Neal of Northwestern State and Demon teammate Chase Lyles at second with Tulane’s Josh Prince at short and UNO’s Nick Schwaner at third. Mikie Mahtook of LSU, Victor Franklin of Southern and Jon Prevost of ULM comprise the second-team outfield with Alan Harris of UNO and Lavallee at Utility.

Pitcher Jarrett Malory of Southern and shortstop Nick Wade of ULM earned enough votes to be awarded honorable mention status.

LSWA All-Louisiana Baseball Team

(Stats Through Conference Tournaments)

First Team

Pos/Name, School/Class/Hometown/Notes

P/Louis Coleman, LSU/Sr./Schlater, Miss./SEC POY; 11-2, 2.84 ERA; 111 Ks

P/Conrad Flynn, Tulane/So./Midland, Texas/8-3, 3.93 ERA, 58 Ks

P/Matty Ott, LSU/Fr./Metairie, La./First Team All-SEC, 3-2, 2.27 ERA, 14 Sv

P/Anthony Ranaudo, LSU/So./Jackson, N.J./Second Team All-SEC, 8-3, 3.29 ERA 124 Ks

C/Andrew Brouillette, LSUS/So./Benton, La./GCAC POY, .455 BA, 95 H, 21 HR, 100 RBI

1B/Sam Honeck, Tulane/Sr./Austin, Texas/First Team All-CUSA, .313 BA, 65 H, 16 HR, 70 RBI

2B/DJ LeMahieu, LSU/So./Bloomfield Hills, Mich./.335 BA, 76 H, 4 HR, 33 RBI

SS/Ben Soignier, ULM/Sr./West Monroe, La./First Team ALL-SBC, .376 BA, 85 H, 11 HR, 71 RBI

3B/Joe Urtuzuastegui, Northwestern St./Sr./Mesa, Ariz./HM All-SBC, .371 BA, 56 H, 8 HR, 45 RBI

OF/Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech/Jr./Beatrice, Neb./First-Team All-WAC, .385, 75 H, 23 HR, 68 RBI

OF/Ryan Schimpf, LSU/Jr./Covington, La./Second Team All-SEC, .324 BA, 71 H, 17 HR, 56 RBI

OF/Jared Mitchell, LSU/Jr./New Iberia, La./.326 BA, 60 H, 8 HR, 40 RBI, 30 SB

DH/Blake Dean, LSU/Jr./Crestview, Fla./First Team All-SEC, .327 BA, 71 H, 14 HR, 62 RBI

UT/Chris Kersten, Louisiana Tech/Sr./Kiowa, Kan./Second Team All-WAC, .372 BA, 71 H, 18 HR, 58 RBI

Hitter of the Year – Ryan Schimpf, LSU

                Voting – Schimpf 7, Devon Dageford 6, Andrew Brouillette 3, Ben Soignier 3, Sam Honeck 1, Justin O’Neal 1

Pitcher of the Year – Louis Coleman, LSU

                Voting – Coleman 20, Conrad Flynn 1

Freshman of the Year – Matty Ott, LSU

                Voting – Ott 16, Jeremy Schaffer 2, Chad Shepherd 2, Brooks McMinn 1

Newcomer of the Year -- Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech

                Voting – Dageford 12, Boomer Blanchard 3, Zach Osborne 2, Conrad Flynn 1, John James 1, Michael Thompkins 1, Chris Franklin 1

Coach of the Year – Paul Mainieri, LSU

                Voting – Mainieri 16, Wade Simoneaux 3, Roger Cador 2.

Second Team

P – Justin Ennis, LSUS, So., Big Sandy, Texas (9-1, 3.11 ERA, 78 K); John James, LSUS, Jr., Tucson, Ariz. (13-1, 5.77 ERA, 53 K; Justin Robichaux, Louisiana-Lafayette, Jr., Crowley, La. (3-3, 1.98 ERA, 38 K); Chad Sheppard, Northwestern State, Fr., Enterprise, La. (4-1, 2.34 ERA 10 SV, 43 K).

C – Taylor Freeman, McNeese, Jr., Carney, Okla. (.333 BA, 65 H, 12 HR, 56 RBI).

1B – Justin O’Neal, Northwestern State, Sr., Ruston, La. (.373 BA, 11 HR, 52 RBI)

2B – Chase Lyles, Northwestern State, Jr., Plain Dealing, La. (.362 BA, 72 H, 14 HR, 47 RBI)

SS – Josh Prince, Tulane, Jr., Sulphur, La. (.353 BA, 77 H, 6 HR, 31 RBI)

3B – Nick Schwaner, UNO, Jr., Slidell, La. (.332 BA, 12 HR, 53 RBI)

OF – Mikie Mahtook, LSU, Fr., Lafayette, La. (.336 BA, 6 HR, 29 RBI); Victor Franklin, Southern, Sr., Houston, Texas (.331 BA, 11 HR, 47 RBI); Jon Prevost, ULM, Sr. Montreal, Canada (.332 BA, 15 HR, 52 RBI)

DH – Alan Harris, UNO, Jr., Clinton, Miss. (.344, 9 HR, 44 RBI)

Util – Brent Lavallee, LSUS, Sr., North Delta, British Columbia (.335 BA, 18 HR, 78 RBI)

Honorable Mention

P – Jarrett Malory, Southern; SS – Nick Wade, ULM.