Junior Season (2021-22): Played in 10 games on the mound and 22 as a batter...Struck out 14 batters in 24.1 innings...Threw 2.2 shutout innings in the Red River Athletic Conference Tournament championship game against Houston-Victoria...Started against Division I opponent Northwestern State and threw two perfect innings, striking out four...Threw two shutout innings in the win at Loyola on April 12, striking out two...Tossed 4.1 shutout innings in the win at Louisiana Christian on Feb. 19, striking out two...Tallied nine hits in 30 at-bats for a .300 batting average...Drove in nine runs and scored 12 times...Hit two doubles and a triple...Had a big series against Texas College, going 4-for-9 with seven runs driven in, hitting a double and a triple...Went 2-for-3 in a 21-4 win over Wiley on March 5...Hit the deciding two-run double in a 7-5 win over Texas A&M-Texarkana to finish off the sweep...Went 2-for-6, scoring four runs, in the road series win at Jarvis Christian.
Redshirt Sophomore Season (2020-21): Had 5-0 with a 4.44 ERA record...Appeared in 12 games, starting six...Struck out 18...Walked just 10 in 50.2...Registered a win and a save in a double header sweep of Jarvis Christian on April 19...That earned him Red River Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week...Surrendered one earned run in five innings to earn the win and followed that up in the second game by coming in with runners on base and recorded the final out to earn the save...Allowed just one run in his first 15 innings pitched, earning two wins...Allowed one run in eight innings in his opener against Arizona Christian...Threw 1.2 shutout innings in relief against Division I opponent Northwestern State, striking out three...Recorded 1.1 shutout innings against Xavier on April 6...Recorded two hits in three at-bats with an RBI double in the double header against SAGU.
Sophomore Season (2019-20): Did not play in any games.
Freshman Season (2018-19): Appeared in seven contests, all out of the bullpen...Struck out three in five innings...Finished with a 7.20 ERA.
Prior to LSUA: Prepped at Church Point High School...Was a two-time member of the All-District and All-Parish teams for both baseball and football for the Bears.
Personal: Born March 8, 2000, in Lafayette, La...Son of Steven and Holly Manuel...Has two brothers, Logan and Hudson...Has a family member, Barry, who played for LSU and in the majors...Enjoys fishing...Favorite teams are the New England Patriots and Boston Red Sox...Favorite athlete is Dustin Pedroia...Enjoys listening to country music...Watches ESPN...Favorite actor is Johnny Depp...Favorite meal is chicken parmesan...One interesting fact no one knows about him is that he had six toes on each foot when he was younger...Majors in mechanical engineering at LSUA.
