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2026 Softball Roster

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Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Arief Harlan / Hammond America Media
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics
Sam Conners / SLU Athletics

7 Cera Blanchard

7 Cera Blanchard

  • Position:
    Pitcher
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Graduate Student
  • Hometown:
    Metairie, La.
  • Prev School:
    Copiah-Lincoln CC
  • Highschool:
    De La Salle HS

Summary

Biography

Career Honors:
- 2024 All-Southland Conference (First Team)
- 2024 All-Louisiana (First Team)
- 2024 Southland Conference All-Academic Team (First Team)
- 2024 Southland Conference All-Tournament Team
- 2024 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2023 All-Louisiana (Honorable Mention)

- 2023 Spring Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll
- 2023 Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week (Feb. 13)


2025: Spent season at Division II national champion UT Tyler … Finished 22-3 with a 1.37 ERA … Named NFCA All-American, All-South Central Region, All-Lone Star Conference and earned an LSC Golden Glove.

2024: First team All-Southland Conference and All-Louisiana selection … Posted an 18-3 record with a 1.77 earned run average and four saves, striking out 111 in 146.0 innings pitched and holding opponents to a .196 batting average … Led the SLC in saves and opposing batting average, while also ranking among the league leaders in ERA (2nd), innings pitched (4th), strikeouts (6th) and wins (2nd) … Finished the season with an 11-0 record versus conference opponents … Struck out season-high eight batters in shutout wins over UTSA and UIW … Also pitched in shutout wins over Green Bay, UT Arlington, Montana, Texas A&M-Commerce, HCU, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (twice) and Lamar … Only losses of the season came at Ole Miss, LSU and Alabama … Earned saves in wins over UT Arlington, UIW, ULM and Pacific … Excellent student earned SLC All-Academic and SLC Commissioner’s Honor Roll honors … Named to SLC All-Tournament team after helping SLU to first-ever league tournament championship and NCAA Regional appearance.

2023: Earned All-Louisiana honors in her debut season in Hammond … Started 17 of the 32 games she appeared in … Finished with a 17-7 record with two saves and a 2.45 earned run average, striking out 102 in 117.0 innings pitched and allowing opponents to hit .212 … Ranked in the SLC top 10 in earned run average (6th), opposing batting average (2nd), strikeouts (5th), wins (4th) and saves (5th) … Named SLC Pitcher of the Week in season’s first week after a couple of scoreless outings in wins over Missouri State … Won her first nine decisions of the season … Threw a complete-game shutout and struck out a season-high 10 in a 3-0 victory at Northwestern State … Gave up one run and struck out eight in 4.2 innings of shutout work in SLC Tournament win over HCU … Picked up saves in wins over St. Thomas and Alcorn State … Also represented SLU on Southland Commissioner’s Honor Roll.  

Prior to Southeastern: Two-time All-America, MACCC All-Conference and All-Region performer at Copiah-Lincoln Community College … Posted 40-10 record and 1.44 ERA, striking out 321 in 329 innings pitched in junior college career … Named MACCC Pitcher of the Year as a sophomore after helping team to state championship.

High School: All-state, all-district and All-Metro selection at De La Salle High School.

Personal: Born in Metairie, Louisiana … Daughter of Michael and Katherine Blanchard … Has two brothers, Trent and Gavin … Earned her degree in general studies following the spring 2024 semester … Working towards a second bachelor’s degree in business administration.
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Historical Player Information

  • 14

    2023Junior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    14
  • 14

    2024Senior

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    14
  • 7

    2026Graduate Student

    Pitcher
    5'7"
    7