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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Gable Mitchell
Inflieder | Iowa | Iowa City , IA
Report : Mitchell was the 373rd-ranked player nationally by Prep Baseball Report ... Top-500-rated recruit nationally by Perfect Game ... No . 3 ranked player in Iowa by Prep Baseball Report ... No . 7 ranked player in Iowa by Perfect Game ... 2020 Prep Baseball Report Future Games Most Valuable Player in Midwest Region ... Hit . 352 with six doubles , two triples and one home run as a junior ... All-state super team and 4A all-state captain with a . 466 batting average senior year ... Stole 32 bases , scored 41 runs and had 30 RBIs ... Third-team all-state and first-team all-district and all-conference as a sophomore and junior ... First-team all-conference wide receiver in football , leading the Little Hawks to the state semifinals as a senior .
Freshman Switch / Right 5-9 | 172
Personal : Born on November 3 , 2003 ... Son of Brian and Jenni Mitchell ... Has two siblings , Jake and Eliza ... Father Brian played baseball at Iowa ... Grandfather Dan Gable is an Olympic gold medalist who wrestled at Iowa State and coached at the University of Iowa leading them to 15 NCAA titles ... Grandfather Bob Mitchell and uncles Dave Mitchell , Mark Mitchell , and Danny Olszta played football at Iowa ... Aunt Molly Olszta swam at Iowa ... Uncle Mike Gavin played baseball at Butler .
Ben Nippolt
Infielder | LSU | St . Paul , MN
Report : At Virginia Commonwealth , Nippolt was a 2022 First-Team All-Atlantic 10 selection at VCU , which claimed the ’ 22 A-10 title … Appeared in 51 games , including 45 starts , batting . 308 with a . 430 on-base percentage and a . 407 slugging percentage ; collected 53 hits , including 9 doubles , 1 triple , 2 home runs , 48 runs and 31 RBI ... Hit . 318 in 2021 at Des Moines ( Iowa ) Area CC with 1 home run , 45 RBI , 48 runs 12 steals and 39 walks , with only 19 strikeouts … earned JUCO All-Conference recognition .
Personal : Born on June 8 , 2001 , in Minneapolis , MN . … Son of Steve and Pam Nippolt … Has one sister , Kelsea , who competed on the rowing team at Boston University … Majoring in interdisciplinary studies at LSU .
Redshirt Junior Left / Right 5-10 | 170
Mic Paul
Outfielder | LSU | Salt Lake City , UT
Report : Paul was the No . 1 ranked outfielder in Utah for Class of 2022 … Ranked as the No . 69 outfielder in the nation by Perfect Game … Hit . 470 in his senior season at Olympus High with 9 home runs , 34 walks , 26 steals and only 12 strikeouts while posting an on-base + slugging mark of 1.607 … earned First Team All-State recognition , and he was a member of the National Honor Society .
Personal : Born on February 2 , 2004 , in Salt Lake City , Utah … Son of Michael and Amy Paul … Dad played basketball at Colby College … Has an older sister , Gabby and an older brother , Joe , who played men ’ s soccer at Bowdoin College … Majoring in international trade and finance at LSU .
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Freshman Left / Left 5-10 | 175