Savoy named Player of the Year

Published 7:47 am Wednesday, May 25, 2016

South Beauregard junior pitcher/first baseman Logan Savoy was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Louisiana after leading the Golden Knights to their first appearance in the state tournament and a runner-up finish in Class 3A.

“It feels great, it is a big accomplishment,” Savoy said. “I have been working hard and it is good to see that it is paying off.”

Savoy went 10-2 on the mound with a 1.71 ERA and two saves. He hit .365 with five home runs and 38 RBIs. He is a Louisiana-Lafayette commitment and was named a second-team Louisville Slugger All-American after the 2015 season, when he was 10-0 on the mound.

Savoy was the winning pitcher and hit a two-RBI triple in South Beauregard’s 4-2 win over top-seeded Brusly in the state semifinals.

“Making it to the finals was a big privilege, something our school had never done before,” Savoy said.

“It was pretty intense and nerve-racking, but you had to put that aside and just play,” he said. “It was great, it was a lot of fun. I feel like I helped the team out in the pitching area and hitting. I didn’t want to let my team down so I did everything I could. I want to keep working hard, hopefully increase my velocity for next year and be undefeated instead of losing two games like I did this year.”

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NATIONALLY KNOWN: Barbe is fifth and Teurlings Catholic 12th in the Perfect Game/Rawlings National High School baseball rankings released Tuesday.

Barbe finished the season 35-6 and won the Class 5A state championship. Teurlings Catholic went 35-4 and won the Class 4A state championship.

l HONORS LIST: Sam Houston alum Dayton Dugas was named second-team All-Missouri Valley Conference. Dugas, a freshman outfielder at Wichita State, hit .314 with four HRs and 24 RBIs. In conference play, Dugas hit .347.

Wichita State is coached by former McNeese State head coach Todd Butler. The Shockers finished the regular season 21-35, 9-12 in MVC play.

Sulphur alum Stefan Trosclair, a senior second baseman at ULL, was named Sun Belt Conference Baseball Student-Athlete of the Week after leading the Ragin’ Cajuns to four wins last week, including a sweep of conference rival Louisiana-Monroe.

Trosclair hit .444 with three doubles, two triple, a home run and eight RBIs for the week, including a walk, RBI double in the second game against ULM which gave ULL a 6-5 win and a share of the regular-season championship. Trosclair is hitting .273 with six HRs and 32 RBIs.

The Cajuns are the top seed in the conference tournament, which begins today at Texas State in San Marcos, Texas.

Barbe alum Sara Corbello was named first team All-Sun Belt Conference. Corbello is hitting .320 with 12 HRs and 32 RBIs for the Cajuns, who will play a best-of-three series at Oklahoma this weekend for a spot in the Women’s College World Series.

Corbello went 3-for-10 with a HR and four RBIs during last weekend’s regional tournament, helping the Cajuns to wins over Boston University, Texas and Texas A&M. Corbello hit a three-run homer in ULL’s 9-8 championship game win over Texas A&M.

Starks alum and Centenary infielder Wendy Gillet named Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference second-team at first base as a freshman and was runner-up in the voting for Newcomer of the Year.

Gillet led all conference rookies in batting average (.410), hits (59), RBIs (39), doubles (16), home runs (4), and fielding percentage (.996, 1 error in 284 chances). She ranked second in batting average, second in hits, sixth in RBIs, third in doubles, fourth in home runs, and first in fielding percentage overall in the SCAC.

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