Louisiana’s Conor Higgs and Caleb Stelly were honored on Monday as the duo was named to the 2025 All-Sun Belt Conference Baseball team, voted on by the league’s 14 head coaches.
Higgs, a redshirt senior, was named a first-team outfielder, with Stelly, a junior, as the second-team designated hitter.
Higgs finished the regular season as the team’s leader in average (.346), home runs (16), and runs batted in (45). The Texas City, Texas native finished in the top five in the Sun Belt in hitting and was second in both slugging percentage (.681) and OPS (1.147).
In SBC play, Higgs posted a .695 slugging percentage and 1.165 OPS to rank second overall while recording 20 multiple-hit games to lead the team and had a team-best 13 games with two or more RBI. Higgs reached base in 23 straight games during the season, driving in a season-high five runs against South Alabama.
He raised his batting average 49 points (.295 to .344) during a nine-game stretch where he hit .448 with five homers and 14 RBI.
Stelly finished second in average (.314) and home runs (8), and hit .356 in SBC games to finish eighth overall in the league. The Baton Rouge, La., native posted 16 multi-hit games during the season to rank second behind Higgs and had a team-best 24-game streak of reaching base. Six of his career-high eight homers were recorded in SBC play. He recorded his first career multi-homer game at Georgia State, where he was 2-for-3 with three RBI in the middle game of an eventual three-game sweep.
Louisiana, the No. 5 seed in the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championships, opens play on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. when it faces No. 4-seeded Marshall at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Ala.
2025 ALL-SUN BELT CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAM
Player of the Year Nick Monistere, Southern Miss
Pitcher of the Year Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina
Newcomer of the Year Kaleb Freeman, Georgia State
Freshman of the Year Tyler Lichtenberger, App State
Tony Robichaux Leadership Award Carson Paetow, Southern Miss
Ron Maestri Coach of the Year Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina
All-Sun Belt First Team
P – Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina
P – Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina
P – JB Middleton, Southern Miss
RP – Colby Allen, Southern Miss
C – Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina
1B – Blake Cavill, Troy
2B – Nick Monistere, Southern Miss
SS – Tyler Lichtenberger, App State
3B – Jesse Donohue, Georgia State
OF – Josh Tate, Georgia Southern
OF – Conor Higgs, Louisiana
OF – Carson Paetow, Southern Miss
DH – Kameron Miller, App State
UT – Austin Eaton, Texas State
All-Sun Belt Second Team
P – Griffin Miller, Marshall
P – Mitchell Heer, South Alabama
P – Garrett Gainous, Troy
RP – Dominick Carbone, Coastal Carolina
C – Brooks Bryan, Troy
1B – Matthew Russo, Southern Miss
2B – Kaleb Freeman, Georgia State
SS – Ozzie Pratt, Southern Miss
3B – Chase Mora, Texas State
OF – Sean Smith, Georgia Southern
OF – Isaiah Walker, ULM
OF – Jake Cook, Southern Miss
DH – Caleb Stelly, Louisiana
UT – Tyler Figueroa, App State
