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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Josh Leerssen
Pitcher | Birmingham-Southern | Sandy Springs , GA
Report : Leerssen was a Southern Athletic Association Academic Honor Roll selection in 2022 ... Appeared in 14 games for the Panthers making 11 starts ... Pitched 53.2 innings striking out 69 batters allowing a . 217 opponenet batting average ... Finished the season 4-1 with a 7.04 ERA ... Member of team that won both the regular season and tournament championships ... Won the Lynchburg Regional and advanced to the super-regionals .
Personal : Born May 28 … Son of Scott and Debra Leerssen … Has one younger sister , Hannah … Plans to study business finance … Did community outreach , hurricane cleanup , and painted houses , in a part of the Stump Scholar Program and an ARC Tutor .
Junior Right / Right 6-2 | 190
Christian Maceda
Outfielder | Barry | Englewood , NJ
Report : At County College of Morris in 2022 , Maceda started 34 of 35 games ... Led the team to a 21-18 record ... Hit . 384 with 6 home runs , 2 triples , 11 doubles and 37 RBI ... Drew 20 walks ... Had a slugging percentage of . 679 and an on-base percentage of . 481 ... At UMBC in 2021 , he started in 19 of 25 games ... Hit . 245 with 5 home runs , 1 triple , 3 doubles and 13 RBI ... Scored 12 runs and went 3 for 3 on stolen bases ... Had a slugging percentage of . 623 with an on-base percentage of . 375 .
Personal : Son of Carlos Maceda and Karen Evans ... Has one sibling , Trinae ... Majoring in business .
Junior Right / Right 6-0 | 190
Ashton Michek
Pitcher | Augustana ( SD ) | Bangor , WI
Report : Michek garnered first team all-conference , first team all-district , and first team all-state honors as a senior ... He was also named the DIV4 player of the year and added academic all-state honors ... On the mound , Michek pitched 67.1 innings and had a . 45 ERA with 150 strikeouts and held a record of 27-2 overall in high school .
Freshman Left / Left 6-3 | 190
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