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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Brandon Hager
Catcher / Infielder | Arkansas State | Festus , MO
Report : Last season , Hager led A-State in hitting (. 309 ), while tallying 10 homers , 38 hits and 22 RBIs … Slugged a team-best . 610 … Hit a team-best . 326 in Sun Belt Conference play … Slashed . 327 /. 443 /. 663 when playing as the Red Wolves ’ catcher ( 33 games ) with 9 home runs and 20 RBI .
Junior Right / Right 6-1 | 245
Sam Hart
Pitcher | Iowa | Highlands Ranch , CO
Freshman Season ( Spring 2022 ): Made 19 appearances on the mound for the Warriors , tied for the second-most on the team ... Posted a 1-2 record with one save in 29.1 innings of work ... Recorded a 9.51 K / 9 rate after striking out 31 batters on the year ... Finished the season with a 4.30 earned run average ... First-career appearance for the Warriors came in the season-opener , an 8-7 win over # 6 Cowley on 3 / 3 ... Named to the 2022 Spring ICCAC All-Academic First-Team ( 3.5-4.0 GPA )... Member of the NJCAA Academic Team of the Year
Freshman Right / Right 6-0 | 185
Before IHCC : Attended ThunderRidge High School in Highlands Ranch , CO ... Member of the baseball program under coaches Brad Johnson , Kent Lansville , and Joe White ... Second-team All-Conference selection ... Also attended Cowley Community College
Personal : Born November 22 , 2002 in Highlands Ranch , CO ... Son of Lynnette Hart and Nelson Rodriguez ... Three siblings Amy , Kara , and Austin ... General Studies major
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Sophomore Left / Right 6-3 | 210
Carson Hornung
Outfielder | South Carolina | Overland Park , KS
Report : Hornung played in 41 games with 32 starts for the Gamecocks in 2022 ... Had 19 hits , 11 runs scored , 2 doubles , 2 triples and 11 RBI ... Also had 19 walks and a . 342 on-base percentage ... Attended Blue Valley Southwest High School in Overland Park , Kan . Kansas Association of Baseball Coaches All-Class 5A first team ( 2021 ) ... All-Eastern Kansas League first team ( 2021 ) ... Hit . 435 with a pair of home runs and 15 RBI and 24 runs scored his senior season for the Timberwolves ... Named the No . 2 overall player and the No . 1 shortstop in the state of Kansas for the class of 2021 by Perfect Game ... Perfect Game All-Central Region first team ( 2021 ).
Personal : Born on Aug . 11 , 2003 ... Son of Byron and Tracy Hornung ... Major is sport and entertainment management .