The 2017 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns baseball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Ragin' Cajuns played their home games at M. L. Tigue Moore Field at Russo Park and were led by twenty-third year head coach Tony Robichaux.
Preseason
Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll The Sun Belt Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 8, 2017. Louisiana-Lafayette was picked to finish first in the West Division with 72 votes and 12 first-place votes; every first place vote available.
Coaches poll (West) 1 Louisiana-Lafayette 70 (10) 2 UT Arlington 50 3 Little Rock 45 4 Texas State 44 5 Arkansas State 27 6 Louisiana-Monroe 14
Preseason All-Sun Belt team The Preseason All-Sun Belt Team was announced on February 2, 2017, and consisted of four Ragin' Cajun players.
Andrew Beckwith (CCU, SR, Pitcher) Evan Challenger (GASO, R-SR, Pitcher) Gunner Leger (ULL, JR, Pitcher) Dylan Moore (ULL, JR, Pitcher) Brady Cox (UTA, SR, Catcher) Ryan Cleveland (GASO, SR, 1st Base) Jonathan Ortega (TXST, SO, 2nd Base) Drew LaBounty (USA, R-JR, Shortstop) Seth Lancaster (CCU, JR, 3rd Base) Dalton Thomas (LR, SR, Outfield) Billy Cooke (CCU, JR, Outfield) Travis Swaggerty (USA, SO, Outfield) Steven Sensley (ULL, JR, Designated Hitter) Joe Robbins (ULL, SR, Utility)
Roster
2017 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns roster Pitchers 2 Colton Schmidt - Junior 5 Colton Lee - Senior 6 Nick Lee - Sophomore 17 Gunner Leger - Junior 18 Evan Guillory - Junior 22 Trent Cormier - Senior 24 Caleb Armstrong - Freshman 26 Jevin Huval - Senior 29 Chris Charpentier - Senior 30 Hogan Harris - Sophomore 31 Wyatt Marks - Junior 32 Logan Stoelke - Junior 38 Oliver Campbell - Freshman 40 Dylan Moore - Junior 42 Haden Erbe - Freshman 43 Jacob Norman - Redshirt Freshman 45 Jack Burk - Redshirt Freshman
Catchers 1 Ryne Ray - Redshirt Freshman 23 Handsome Monica - Junior 34 Josh Aguilar - Freshman Infielders 4 Dylan Poncho - Sophomore 10 Brad Antchak - Senior 11 Alex Pinero - Senior 12 Joe Robbins - Senior 13 Brenn Conrad - Senior 14 Kennon Fontenot - Junior 19 Hunter Kasuls - Sophomore 27 Steven Sensley - Junior 41 Monroe Moll - Freshman
Outfielders 8 Zach Lafleur - Junior 9 Todd Lott - Freshman 28 Tyler Stover - Junior 33 Jamarius Williams - Junior 35 Ishmael Edwards - Senior 46 Tremaine Spears - Freshman
Coaching staff 2016 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns coaching staffTony Robichaux – Head Coach – 22nd year Anthony Babineaux – Associate head coach – 22nd year Jeremy Talbot – Assistant Head Coach – 3rd year Daniel Freeman – Volunteer Assistant Coach – 2nd year Chris Domingue – Director of Baseball Operations – 14th year Greg Davis – Student Assistant Tyler Girouard – Manager Debbie Guilbeaux – Administrative Assistant Jacob Raggio – Clubhouse Manager Colin Burgess – Clubhouse Manager Kaleb Istre – Field Manager Jared Stelly – Field Manager Victoria Stringer – Student Assistant
Schedule and results Louisiana–Lafayette announced its 2017 baseball schedule on October 31, 2016. The 2017 schedule consists of 27 home and 29 away games in the regular season. The Ragin' Cajuns will host Sun Belts foes Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, South Alabama, and Texas State and will travel to Coastal Carolina, Little Rock, Louisiana–Monroe, Texas–Arlington, and Troy.
The 2017 Sun Belt Conference Championship will be contested May 24–28 in Statesboro, Georgia, and will be hosted by Georgia Southern.
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