Nicholls State University

HONORS
2023
-- Southland All-Academic Second Team

2022 Season (Sophomore): Started eight games before suffering a season-ending injury... posted a .450 batting average with 9 hits in 20 at-bats... had two doubles, a triple and a home run... drove in nine and scored six runs... scored the game-winning run in the first victory of the season against Missouri... also hit a grand slam in the series against Missouri... was 3-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored against Mississippi Valley in his final full game of the season.

2021 Season (Freshman): Started 53 of 55 games played in his first season with the Colonels... was tied for third on the team with a .261 batting average... totaled 49 hits with eight doubles, two triples, and four home runs... was third on the team with 22 RBIs... had a team-high 29 walks... had four sacrifice bunts and two sac flies... was 7 for 7 in stolen bases... posted four three-hit games, including two in conference... hit his first career homer on the opening day against Eastern Illinois... had a solo home run and the walk-off RBI single in the 11th in the season finale against Sam Houston. 

2020 Season (LSU): Played in nine games (two starts in left field), batting .222 (2-for-9) with two doubles and one run scored … recorded doubles on Feb. 15 versus Indiana and on March 6 versus UMass Lowell.

High School/Prep: A five-year baseball letterman and three-year starter at E.D. White Catholic High in Thibodaux, La. – his first varsity action came as a 13-year-old 8th grader … E.D. White High posted an overall won-loss record of 142-31 during his five seasons, and he was part of five consecutive district championships, five playoff appearances, and a school record 27-0 start to the 2019 season … posted a .428 career batting average with 119 hits, 20 doubles, nine homers, 93 RBI, 127 runs, 91 stolen bases, 110 walks and a .590 on-base percentage … set several career school records, including batting average, walks, runs, stolen bases and on-base percentage … ranked as the No. 129 player in the country by Prep Baseball Report … a three-time all-state, all-region and all-district selection; also named the 2018 Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association Region 8 Hitter of the Year … a 2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-America nominee and a member of the 2019 Louisiana High School Athletic Association Class 4A All-Academic Team … also played running back for the E.D. White High football team … gained valuable experience in the summer of 2019, playing all three outfield positions with the Illinois-based Danville Dans (Illinois) of the Prospect League; Toups was the only high school player on any of the 12 teams in the league.

Personal: Born Wes Michael Toups on April 10, 2001, in Thibodaux, La. … parents are Duane and Lynne Toups … has two older sisters, Alaina and Maddie … finance major.