HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana shortstop Brennan Breaud earned Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America honors, Collegiate Baseball newspaper announced Wednesday.

One of four players from the Southland Conference to earn the distinction, Breaud becomes the seventh player in program history to be honored as such.

A native of Norco, Louisiana, Breaud finished the season hitting .293, with seven doubles, one triple and one home run. He led the conference with 59 runs scored and drove in another 26.

The team leader with 20 stolen bases, he helped the Lions to the sixth-most stolen bases in the nation (113). He walked 39 times and was hit by another seven pitches, helping him compile a .414 on-base percentage.

Breaud, who was named the Southland Conference Freshman of the Year, is joined on the squad by fellow Southland players Robin Adames (3B) of Lamar, Bryan King (LHP) of McNeese and Tyler Starks (LHP) of Stephen F. Austin.

He joins former Lions Cass Hargis (2008), Jordan Hymel (2010), Andro Čutura (2012), Mason Klotz (2013), and fellow teammates Jameson Fisher (2013) and Mac Sceroler (2015) in having earned the distinction.

Collegiate Baseball's 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America team is headed by Freshman Co-Players of The Year Seth Beer of Clemson and Kevin Strohschein of Tennessee Tech, Freshman Pitcher of The Year Colton Eastman of Cal State Fullerton and Freshman Relief Pitcher of The Year Bryce Fehmel of Oregon State.

Beer, the Player of the Year in the Atlantic Coast Conference, hit .369 with 18 home runs, 13 doubles and 70 RBI. Strohschein hit .393 with 15 homers, 21 doubles and 73 RBI. Eastman posted an 8-3 record with a 2.24 ERA, 100 strikeouts and 20 walks over 100.2 innings in 16 appearances. Fehmel was 10-1 with a 2.31 ERA, two saves and 51 strikeouts over 26 appearances that stretched across 70 innings.


2016 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-Americans
Starting Pitchers
RHP Colton Eastman, Cal State Fullerton
RHP Braden Webb, South Carolina
RHP Davis Martin, Texas Tech
LHP Cullen Dana, Seton Hall
LHP Dalton Horton, Texas Christian
LHP Ross Massey, Tulane
LHP Steve Theetge, Bryant
RHP Nick Lee, Louisiana-Lafayette
LHP Steven Gingery, Texas Tech
LHP Tim Cate, Connecticut
LHP Brandon Walter, Delaware
LHP Bryan King, McNeese State
LHP Austin Drury, North Florida
RHP Adam Hill, South Carolina
RHP Alex Royalty, N.C. Wilmington
RHP Andrew Gottfried, High Point
RHP Caleb Sampen, Wright State
RHP Dylan Coleman, Missouri State
RHP Jensen Elliott, Oklahoma State
RHP Justin Hagenman, Penn State
RHP Kyle Bradish, New Mexico State
RHP Kyle Molnar, UCLA
RHP Michael Dailey, Virginia Commonwealth
RHP Mitch Ullom, Houston
RHP Noah Song, Navy
RHP Patrick Raby, Vanderbilt
RHP Tristan Beck, Stanford
RHP Tyler Ward, Indiana State
RHP William Anderson, Northern Illinois
RHP Bret Clarke, Stony Brook
RHP Cole Gnetz, Miami (OH)
RHP Scott Politz, Yale
RHP Jake Irvin, Oklahoma
RHP James McArthur, Mississippi

Relief Pitchers/Closers
Bryce Fehmel, Oregon State
Chad Luensmann, Nebraska
Frankie Bartow, Miami (FLA)
Andy Pagnozzi, Mississippi
Nick Sandlin, Southern Mississippi
Zach Wolfe, Seattle
Austin Kitchen, Coastal Carolina
Brady Feigl, Mississippi
Sean Hjelle, Kentucky
Trey Cumbie, Houston
Justin Lewis, Kentucky
Conard Broom, Mercer
Tyler Starks, Stephen F. Austin
Durbin Feltman, Texas Christian
Ethan Roberts, Tennessee Tech

Catchers
Fabian Pena, Manhattan
Cal Raleigh, Florida State
Justin Kunz, Gardner-Webb
Matt O'Neill, Pennsylvania
Michael Curry, Georgia
Nick Meyer, Cal Poly
Joey Bart, Georgia Tech
Dominic DeRenzo, Oklahoma
Andy Pratt, New Mexico

First Basemen
Tristan English, Georgia Tech
Joe Davis, Houston
Charlie Concannon, St. Joseph's
Nick Patten, Delaware
Danny Rodriguez, Bethune-Cookman
Greyson Jenista, Wichita State
Rudy Rott, Ohio
Chas Hadden, Belmont

Second Basemen
Eriq White, Alabama State
Josh Shaw, St. John's
Nick Dunn, Maryland
Nick Madrigal, Oregon State
Richie Palacios, Towson
Dupree Heart, College of Charleston
Ethan Paul, Vanderbilt
Devon Ortiz, S.C. Upstate

Third Basemen
Jonathan India, Florida
Nic Ready, Air Force
Kyle Isbel, UNLV
Robin Adames, Lamar
Luke Miller, Indiana

Shortstops
Brennan Breaud, Southeastern Louisiana
Ford Proctor, Rice
Owen Miller, Illinois State
Kyle Marinconz, Cal Poly
Connor Smith, Western Michigan
Reid Leonard, Morehead State
Jeremy Eierman, Missouri State

Outfielders
Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech
Seth Beer, Clemson
Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
Jimmy Herron, Duke
Calvin Newsome, Jackson State
Jabari Richards, Furman
Darius Hill, West Virginia
DaShawn Keirsey, Jr., Utah
Dayton Dugas, Wichita State
D.J. Artis, Liberty
Dwanya Williams Sutton, East Carolina
Hunter Steinmetz, Missouri State
Jameson Hannah, Dallas Baptist
Josh Watson, Texas Christian
Keaton Kringlen, Brigham Young
Kevin Collard, San Diego
Miles Lewis, North Dakota
Nick Angelini, Bryant
Steele Walker, Oklahoma
Tanner Mann-Fix, Appalachian State
Andy Shadid, Bradley
Kyle Baker, Delaware
Devin Foyle, Kansas
Marty Costes, Maryland
Blake Benefield, Middle Tennessee
Brett Kinneman, N.C. State
Travis Swaggerty, South Alabama
Luken Baker, Texas Christian
Matt Vierling, Notre Dame

Designated Hitters
Alonzo Jones, Vanderbilt
Josh Rolette, Kansas State
Alec Bohm, Wichita State
Alex Dee, Illinois-Chicago
Diandre Amion, Alabama State
Trevor Snyder, Morehead State