Editor’s Note: The following is an official press release courtesy of LSU’s athletics department.
BATON ROUGE, La. – Fourteen members of LSU’s 2023 national championship baseball team were named Friday to the Southeastern Conference First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
First-year student-athletes in all sports may be named to the Honor Roll at the conclusion of their first full academic year in residence (spring, fall, and summer terms).
The honorees and their academic majors include pitcher Nate Ackenhausen (Sport Administration); pitcher Kaleb Applebey (Interdisciplinary Studies); pitcher Nic Bronzini (Business); pitcher Micah Bucknam (Sport Administration); pitcher Griffin Herring (Finance); pitcher Thatcher Hurd (Sport Administration); first baseman Jared Jones (Environmental Management Systems); outfielder Paxton Kling (Sport Administration); pitcher Aiden Moffett (Marketing); catcher Brady Neal (Sport Administration); outfielder Mic Paul (International Trade & Finance); outfielder Zeb Ruddell (Sport Administration); pitcher Chase Shores (Sport Administration); and pitcher Paul Skenes (Interdisciplinary Studies).
A total of 26 members of LSU’s 2023 National Championship team were named either to the SEC Academic Honor Roll or to the SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll.
Any student-athlete who participates in a Southeastern Conference championship sport or a student-athlete who participates in a sport listed on his/her institution’s NCAA Sports Sponsorship Form is eligible for nomination to the Academic Honor Roll.
The following criteria are followed:
(1) A student-athlete must have a grade point average of 3.00 or above for either the preceding academic year (two semesters or three quarters) or have a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or above at the nominating institution.
(2) If a student-athlete attends summer school, his/her grade point average during the summer academic term must be included in the calculation used to determine eligibility for the Academic Honor Roll.
(3) Student-athletes eligible for the Honor Roll include those receiving an athletics scholarship, recipients of an athletics award (i.e., letter winner), and non-scholarship student-athletes who have been on a varsity team for two seasons.
(4) Prior to being nominated, a student-athlete must have successfully completed 24 semester or 36 quarter hours of non-remedial academic credit toward a baccalaureate degree at the nominating institution.
(5) The student-athlete must have been a member of a varsity team for the sport’s entire NCAA Championship segment.