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2023 La Crosse Loggers Baseball There ’ s No Place Like Copeland
Blaise Priester
Catcher | Meridian CC | Denham Springs , LA
Report : Blaise Priester will be bringing his big arm and big bat back to La Crosse this summer as well looking to add to his team-best 8 home runs from 2022 . The big-armed backstop hit . 238 and drove in 25 runs to go along with those eight long balls and posted a . 367 on-base percentage . Priester red-shirted during the spring of 2022 at LSU before transferring to Meridian Community College ( Miss .). Priester was ranked as the top catching prospect in the state of Louisiana by Perfect Game coming out of Live Oak High School in Denham Springs , La . in 2022 .
Sophomore Right / Right 6-1 | 205
Sean Rimmer
Outfielder | Hawaii | Mesa , AZ
Report : Rimmer spent his sophomore season at Yavapai College in 2022 ... Earned NJCAA and ABCA / Rawlings First-Team All-American honors ... Named the ACCAC Player of the Year after leading the conference in batting average (. 405 ) and home runs ( 18 ) ... Also drove in 68 runs while finishing with 13 doubles and 43 runs scored ... Played the 2020 and 2021 seasons at BYU , appearing in seven games over two seasons ... Four-year letterwinner at Mountain View High School , hitting . 335 with 25 doubles and 77 RBI during his career ... A two-time first-team allstate selection and the 2018 East Valley Player of the Year .
Redshirt Junior Right / Right 6-4 | 220
Brayden Sanders
Pitcher | Memphis | Olive Branch , MS
Report : As a freshman , Sanders made 13 appearances on the mound ... Struck out 53 batters across 36.1 innings pitched ... Finished the season with a 2-3 record , notching victories against Coahoma ( April 7 ) and Holmes ( April 12 ) ... Earned a season-high 8 strikeouts at Wallace State on February 26 ... Also garnered 7 strikeouts in a pair of appearances against Lake Land College ( February 18 ) and Coahoma ( April 7 ) ... Longest outing of the season came in a five-inning win against Coahoma on April 7 ... Signed with Memphis prior to the 2023 season .
Personal : Born on November 27 , 2002 ... Son of Stacy and Louie Sanders ... Has one sibling , Cade ( 15 ) ... Intends to study sport recreation and administration .
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Sophomore Right / Right 6-0 | 185