Nicholls Summer Baseball List

THIBODAUX, La. – With the collegiate year just ending a few weeks ago, select members of the Nicholls State University baseball team will continue their seasons this summer in various locations around the country by participating in wooden bat leagues.

A total of 22 Colonel players will be playing in seven leagues this summer, going as far west as California, north into Canada and some staying a little bit closer to home around the southwest.

“Anytime your players can continue to work and get better is a good thing,” head coach Seth Thibodeaux said. “These leagues have been very good for us in the past, and we hope the players will be able to get the most out of their time there.”

The two leagues getting the most players are the Northwoods League and the M.I.N.K. League, getting five Colonel players per league. The Northwoods League is a league made up of teams in Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and into Canada, while the M.I.N.K league is a group of teams in Missouri, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas.

Pairing up and remaining as teammates for the summer will be Grant Borne and Taylor Byrd as members of the Waterloo Bucks, and Tyler Duplantis and Zach Thiac on the Thunder Bay Border Cats. Brandon Jackson will join the Mankato MoonDogs in Minnesota.

The Omaha Diamond Spirit will get three current Colonels in Chase Garrett, Marc Picciola and Cole Wilson in the M.I.N.K League, with Keith Cormier heading to the Clarinda A's and David Zorn joining the Chillicothe Mudcats in Missouri.

A mix of current and future Nicholls players will head just a short drive west to Lafayette to join the Acadiana Cane Cutters of the Texas Collegiate League. Jacob Rodrigue and Justin Sinibaldi, with Rodrigue being very familiar with the TCL, will help acclimate newcomers Ryan Deemes and Jason McDonald who will also be joining the Acadiana team and officially become Colonels in the fall.

Chris Miller, Seth Stevens and Cody Tillotson will join the Liberal Bee Jays of the Jayhawk league, which consists of six teams all in the state of Kansas.

Already four games into their season, Leo Vargas and Alex Tucker are contributing members of the San Luis Obispo Blues of the California Collegiate League, with the Blues already 4-0 early into the season.

Also staying close and playing in New Orleans for the summer for the All-American Amateur Baseball Association is Byron Cobb and Tyler Rebowe for the New Orleans Boosters.

Paul Anderson is the last player to take part in summer leagues this season, spending a season in Arizona as a member of the Bisbee Ironmen of the Kino Sun Belt League.

Follow the Colonels and their summer league teams by logging on to GeauxColonels.com and rolling over the additional links tab on the baseball page and clicking on the league or team website accompanying each player.