Lamar sports information

BEAUMONT – Lamar’s baseball team continued to pull in offseason honors Thursday with the release of Perfect Game’s Top Freshmen by Conference list.

Perfect Game named three of Big Red’s incoming freshmen to its Southland Conference rankings, including the No. 1 prospect.

Included in the Top 15 of the Southland are Jared Mack at No. 1, right-handed pitcher Braydon Credeur from Nederland at No. 6, and left-handed pitcher Josh Hranicky from Port Neches at No. 12. Only the University of New Orleans has as many incoming freshmen ranked in the Top 15 with the Nos. 2, 9, and 11 prospects.

Mack, a right-handed pitcher from Missouri City, is ranked by Perfect Game as the best prospect in the 2019 freshman class. Mack is rated the 51st best player overall in the state of Texas and the 27th best right-handed pitcher and was named a PG Honorable Mention All-American.

Credeur comes to Lamar after playing varsity baseball at Nederland High School and summer ball with Gladiator Baseball. He’s ranked as the 123rd best player in the state of Texas and the 60th best right-hander. He also earned an Honorable Mention All-American nod from PG in 2018.

Hranicky was a Gladiator Baseball teammate of Credeur and played his high school ball at Port Neches-Groves. He ranks as the 147th best player in the state and the 19th best southpaw pitcher. Hranicky, too, was named to the PG Honorable Mention All-American team.

The three PG ranked freshmen are a part of the 10-member 2019 Cardinal class that is once again ranked a Top 100 class, the third consecutive class under head coach Will Davis.

The 2019 season gets under way in just a few months with a three-game series against Long Island University-Brooklyn. The Blackbirds will come to the friendly confines of Vincent-Beck Stadium Feb. 15-17.