NATCHITOCHES – After leading Southeastern Louisiana to its best record on the diamond in school history, head coach Jay Artigues earned postseason honors on Saturday when he was named the Co-Coach of the Year on the 2010 Louisiana Sports Writers Association All-Louisiana College Baseball team.

Artigues, who led Southeastern to a 40-19 record, was joined on the team by four Lions that included second-team selections Chris Franklin (pitcher), Justin Boudreaux (shortstop), Joe Sparacino (designated hitter) and honorable mention pick Jordan Hymel (pitcher).

The team was announced this weekend after voting by state baseball sports information directors and a voting panel of LSWA members.

In his fifth season in charge of the Southeastern program, Artigues guided the Lions to their best record overall while equaling the school's best record (21-12) in Southland Conference play. After earning a three-game sweep early in the season at Mississippi State, Southeastern entered the national rankings for the first time as a Division I member and spent the next eight weeks in the polls.

Artigues shared Coach of the Year honors with Tony Robichaux of Louisiana-Lafayette. Robichaux guided the Ragin' Cajuns to one of the most remarkable second half runs in recent memory as they finished the 2010 regular season with a 23-4 mark in the final 27 games, including 17-1 in Sun Belt Conference games.

Franklin went 8-7 on the season with a 3.87 earned run average and seven saves on the year while leading the team in with 82 strikeouts in 88.1 innings pitched. The senior, who was selected in the 12th round by the San Diego Padres and is pitching for the team's short-season Class A team in Eugene, Ore., pitched in 26 games with five starts.

Boudreaux, a sophomore from Prairieville, led Southeastern with 13 home runs and a Southland-Conference best 66 RBI on the season. The former Dutchtown High product, who was a second-team All-Southland Conference selection, hit .313 on the season and led Southeastern in runs scored (66) and was tied for the team lead in stolen bases (17).

Sparacino, a junior from Alabaster, Ala., hit .324 on the season and established career-highs in home runs (8), slugging percentage (.561), on-base percentage (.448) and walks (23). Sparacino ended season with a career-best 12-game hitting streak and belted a ninth-inning grand slam to help Lions earn a three-game sweep at Stephen F. Austin.

Hymel, who earlier earned Freshman All-America honors by Louisville Slugger, went 7-1 on the mound with 41 strikeouts in 64.0 innings pitched. The former Lutcher High product appeared in 17 games with 11 starts as a true freshman and finished third on the team in wins and games started.

He earned a win in consecutive road starts at Southern, Louisiana-Lafayette and Jackson State and allowed two hits in six-innings to earn a Southland Conference win at Lamar. Hymel pitched a season-high seven innings in earning win over Texas State, helping the Lions to a Southland Conference series win over the eventual regular-season champions.

Tulane third baseman Rob Segedin was named Louisiana's Hitter of the Year while teammate Blake Crohan picked up Freshman of the Year honors.

Joining Segedin and Crohan for top honors were Zach Osborne of Louisiana-Lafayette for Pitcher of the Year; Northwestern State's Oscar Garcia for Newcomer of the Year.

LSU led the state with four first team selections while Tulane place three players on the first team. LSU's four included catcher Micah Gibbs (.392 BA-9 HR-55 RBI), first baseman Blake Dean (.344-11-69), designated hitter Matt Gaudet (.289-19-66), and outfielder Mikie Mahtook (.335-14-49).

Joining Segedin and Crohan on the first team for Tulane was pitcher Nick Pepitone (6-0, 2.28 ERA).

Nick Schwaner (.320-17-48) of UNO garnered first team honors at second base while McNeese State shortstop Jace Peterson (.353-4-49) picked up the honors to round out the infield.

Joining Mahtook in the outfield on the first team were Northwestern State's Eric DeBlanc (.382-6-39) and Louisiana Tech's Devon Dageford (.373-17-56). And joining Osborne and Pepitone on the mound were Northwestern State's Luke Irvine (7-4 record, 2.91 ERA) and Centenary's Boone Whiting (6-2, 3.21).

Segedin, a sophomore native of Old Tappan, New Jersey, earned Conference USA first team honors after he hit .434 for season with 14 home runs and 54 RBIs. He ranked among the top five in C-USA in overall average, slugging percentage (.788), doubles (29), and total bases.

Crohan, who also earned first team All-Louisiana honors as a utility player, hit .340 with eight home runs and 42 RBIs to go along with 14 doubles. The native of Roswell, Ga., had 20 multi-hit games and ranked ninth in the conference in fielding percentage. He also earned Conference USA All-Freshman Team honors.

In his first season at Northwestern State after transferring from El Paso CC in his hometown, Garcia led the Demons with 87 hits, which was one shy of the single-season school record. He hit .375 for the year with six home runs, 48 RBIs, and three triples. He was also one of the toughest hitters in the country to strikeout, after having fanned just 12 times in 232 at-bats. He also earned first team All-Southland Conference honors.

Osborne, a senior from Houston, helped guide the Ragin' Cajuns to the NCAA Regionals after he compiled an 8-4 record with a 2.56 ERA. He struck out 108 batters in 112.2 innings pitched and tossed one shutout with four complete games. He also earned first team All-Sun Belt honors and was a two-time Sun Belt Pitcher of the Week winner.

Four LSU-Shreveport players led the charge on the All-Louisiana second team – first baseman Kevin Smith (.391-19-89), catcher Andrew Brouillette (.437-6-71), and pitchers John James (11-1, 3.61 ERA) and Justin Ennis (12-0, 2.85).

Completing the second team honors were: Louisiana-Lafayette second baseman Jordan Poirrier (.330-12-56), Louisiana Tech third baseman Mark Threlkeld (.335-14-62), Louisiana-Monroe utility player Judd Edwards (.333-2-20), NSU's outfielder Garcia, Louisiana College's outfielder Cody Laprarie (.371-2-39), Centenary's outfielder Cliff Shepard (.359-6-48), and pitcher Chad Sheppard of NSU (2-0, 3.60, 10 saves).

2010 All-Louisiana Baseball
FIRST TEAM
P – Zach Osborne, Louisiana-Lafayette
P – Luke Irvine, Northwestern State
P – Nick Pepitone, Tulane
P – Boone Whiting, Centenary
C – Micah Gibbs, LSU
1B – Blake Dean, LSU
2B – Nick Schwaner, UNO
3B – Rob Segedin, Tulane
SS – Jace Peterson, McNeese State
OF – Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech
OF – Eric DeBlanc, Northwestern State
OF – Mikie Mahtook, LSU
DH – Matt Gaudet, LSU
UTL – Blake Crohan, Tulane

HITTER OF THE YEAR: Rob Segedin, Tulane
Voting – Rob Segedin 18, Micah Gibbs 7, Devon Dageford 4, Kevin Smith 2, Beau Faulk 1, Cody Laprarie 1.

PITCHER OF THE YEAR: Zach Osborne, Louisiana-Lafayette
Voting -- Zach Osborne 16, Luke Irvine 8, John James 5, Boone Whiting 3, Nick Pepitone 1.

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: Oscar Garcia, Northwestern State
Voting -- Oscar Garcia, 19; Shaw Moy, 4; Clint Dempster, 3; Joey Satriano, 2; Jeff Harkensee, 2; Will Alvis, 1; Caleb Clowers, 1; Scott Pasket, 1.

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: Blake Crohan, Tulane
Voting -- Blake Crohan, 22; Judd Edwards, 4; Anthony VanGessel, 2; Tyler Frederick, 1; Brock Hebert, 1; Taylor Terrasas, 1.

CO-COACH OF THE YEAR: Jay Artigues, Southeastern Louisiana; Tony Robichaux, Louisiana-Lafayette
Voting -- Jay Artigues, 10; Tony Robichaux, 10; Jon Paul Davis, 5; James Cooper, 4; Rocke Musgraves, 2; Mike Byrnes, 1; Paul Mainieri, 1.

SECOND TEAM
P – John James, LSU-Shreveport
P – Justin Ennis, LSU-Shreveport
P – Chris Franklin, Southeastern Louisiana
P – Chad Sheppard, Northwestern State
C – Andrew Brouillette, LSU-Shreveport
1B – Kevin Smith, LSU-Shreveport
2B – Jordan Poirrier, Louisiana-Lafayette
3B – Mark Threlkeld, Louisiana Tech
SS – Justin Boudreaux, Southeastern Louisiana
OF – Oscar Garcia, Northwestern State
OF – Cody Laprarie, Louisiana College
OF – Cliff Shepard, Centenary
DH – Joe Sparacino, Southeastern Louisiana
UTL – Judd Edwards, ULM

HONORABLE MENTION: P – Clint Dempster, Nicholls; P – Paul Bertuccini, LSU; P – Jaden Dillon, McNeese; P – Jordan Hymel, SLU; P – Austin Ross, LSU; C - Chad Keefer, Louisiana-Lafayette; 1B – Frazer Hall, Southern; 2B – Joey Ford, LTU; 3B – Chase Lyles, NSU; SS – Austin Nola, LSU; DH – Will Alvis, LTU; UTL – Brody Bourque, Nicholls and Jeff Ericson, Centenary; OF – Leon Landry, LSU; OF – Brett Comer, Nicholls