"People don't understand the impact that this is having on high school athletes..
Once you declare to go be a pro you're done with college and thats how I feel about it"
Marcus Spears #PMSLive
"𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘰 ... 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘐 𝘢𝘮."
The epitome of a 𝗦𝗘𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡𝗧 𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗥, Louisiana's Lee Amedee is the national winner of the second annual Tony Gwynn Community Service Trophy.
The award honors collegiate baseball student-athletes who are active in their community, represent their programs with integrity, and excel in both the classroom and on the field.
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Sometimes, a coach loses a game, much less a regional final, and they're ready to hit the showers, hit the road, and not talk much.
It was refreshing to see Louisiana's Head Coach Matt Deggs, who'd just lost 19-5 to Mississippi State, after playing in mid 90s temps earlier in the afternoon just to get the opportunity, willing to talk about the game, his team, and even his expectations for next year.
If you're fans of Mississippi State and its Head Coach Brian O' Connor, he will remind you of the same candor, plain-spoken-but-well-spoken type of coach who has both affection for his players but expectations of what he asks and demands of them.
This is a coach whose team survived multiple elimination games at the Sun Belt tournament, played at all hours and even multiple locations last week, winding up in the championship game. And when offered a chance to deflect the lopsided score with the drain his team might have faced having only a short while after gutting out a win over 2-seed Cincinnati 8-6, he said his team wasn't tired, though. They just ran out of pitching.
And, his analogy that "they were going to have to kill us, and they did" was a tip of the cap to his opponent, whom he deemed worthy of a long run in Omaha.
Anyway, let's let Coach Deggs say that, and so much more, in his own words. Write it down now, they look like a team to watch in the Sun Belt for 2027.
And, since this was the last game of the Starkville Regional, we'll remind you again the video is courtesy of @NCAABaseball and @HailStateBB, with additional editing by @CollegeBaseCNT.
A few weeks ago we were concerned about this team making the conference tournament. Tonight, we played in a regional final.
Perseverance. Refusal to quit. Grit. Everything it means to be a Cajun, this team embodied.
The core is there. Let’s run it back next year boys. 🤟🏻
Mark Collins, you are cleared for takeoff 🛫
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