McNeese’s Grant Rogers named All-American by Collegiate Baseball

LAKE CHARLES – Grant Rogers, McNeese Baseball’s record-setting starting pitcher in 2023, has been named a 2023 Collegiate Baseball All-American, garnering second team honors, the organization released on Thursday.

Rogers is just the third Cowboy player in school history to earn a spot on the prestigious All-American team (Kevin Mitchell, 2001 third team; Ben Broussard, 1999 third team) and is the highest selection ever for a Cowboy.

The ALL-AMERICAN ⚾️🇺🇸

Southland Pitcher of the Year Grant Rogers of McNeese has been named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball.#EarnedEveryDay pic.twitter.com/xQFsKBhyVd

— Southland Conference (@SouthlandSports) June 1, 2023

This past year, the two-time Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year and first team All-Conference selection posted a 12-1 record with a 1.82 ERA. His victory total set a new McNeese single-season record while leading the league and ranking second in the NCAA while is ERA ranked as the third-best in the nation.

In addition, the junior from Groves, Texas struck out 88 batters in 103.2 innings pitched and walked just 18. He started the season at 10-0 to become the first pitcher in school history to win 10 games without a loss, and threw four complete games with two shutouts and two combined shutouts.

A mid-season All-American selection by Collegiate Baseball, Rogers threw seven games where he did not allow an earned run and six games where he didn’t allow a walk. McNeese went 13-2 on the season when Rogers started on the mound.

Rogers is one of two players from the Southland Conference to receive Collegiate Baseball All-American honors (catcher Ryan Snell of Lamar, third team) and one of five from Louisiana (LSU pitcher Paul Skenes, 1st team, National Player of the Year; LSU outfielder Dylan Crews, 1st team; LSU third baseman Tommy White, 1st team; Louisiana Tech utility Ethan Bates, 3rd team).

This is the second straight year a Cowboy pitcher has been named an All-American for a major news outlet. In 2022, Cameron Foster earned third team honors by the NCBWA.

List of McNeese All-Americans and Freshman All-Americans:
Cameron Foster, 2022 NCBWA 3rd Team
Will Dion, 2019 Baseball American Freshman 1st Team; 2019 NCBWA Freshman 2nd Team
Bryan King, 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Joe Provenzano, 2015 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Bryce Kingsley, 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Lee Orr, 2009 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Shon Landry, 2006 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Bryan Cartie, 2005 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Taylor Faul, 2005 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
Dooley Prince, 2002 Louisville Slugger Freshman Honorable Mention
Kevin Mitchell, 2001 Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team
Ben Broussard, 1999 Collegiate Baseball 3rd Team