NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers baseball team once again hit the recruiting trail hard and got an influx of new student-athletes ahead of the 2025 season. In the first of a two-part series, we'll be focusing on all high school signees and JUCO transfers.
"We are excited about this bunch coming in," said Coach
Phillip Hurst. "With the ever changing landscape of college baseball we feel like it will always be important to get high school and junior college players here at UNO. We have three guys who were in the JUCO World Series and one who played a big part in LSU-Eunice National Championship this past season. We feel that the guys that we have coming in can have a positive impact on our team, our school, and our community."
Below is each incoming student-athlete along with their position (in parentheses), most recent school and information on previous accolades and rankings.
COLLIN HUSSER (OF), LSU-EUNICE-Part of a national championship team at LSU-Eunice. Hit .320 with 8 homers and 52 RBI in 2024.
JAKE D'ALTRUI (INF), PASCO HERNANDO STATE-All-Area First Team at Fort Myers HS. Earned First Team All Sun Lakes Conference honors in '24.
XAVIER RIVERA (C), LEADERSHIP CHRISTIAN ACADEMY-Top 500 nationally ranked recruit according to Perfect Game and 12
th ranked prospect in Puerto Rico.
ORLANDO FERNANDEZ (INF/P), SOUTH FORT MYERS-33
rd ranked shortstop in Florida. 2024 First Team All-Area and broke the school record for career runs scored.
PAYTON BOINES (OF), PALM BEACH STATE-Sun Lakes All-Conference First Team. Hit .388 with 17 extra base hits. 2022 Atlanta Public Schools All-Star Game MVP.
ANTHONY RUIZ (OF), PALM BEACH STATE-All-Conference as a Freshman. Earned NJCAA Div. II Player of the Week last March. 2022 Senior All-Star at Miami Springs HS.
COLE SYVERSEN (LHP), ST. JOHN'S RIVER STATE-Pitched in 44.1 innings for a JUCO World Series team last season. 2-1 record in 22 appearances (five starts).
MATTHEW BIENVENU (RHP), SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI-2022 Perfect Game Preseason All-American. Fifth highest strikeout per nine ration in school history at SW Mississippi.
MYLES GREEN (RHP), SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI-All-District and All-Area as a senior in high school. Wound up top five in saves in SW Mississippi history.
LUCAS RODRIGUEZ (RHP), MIAMI CHRISTIAN-First Team All-District selection at Miami Christian. Top 1000 national ranking according to Perfect Game.
IRA AUSTIN (RHP), NUNEZ-Pitched at Nunez for two seasons after playing at Archbishop Rummel. Struck out 81 batters in 65.1 innings.
AIDEN TORREZ (1B), ST. JOSEPH'S ACADEMY-Hit .337 in high school career. 5
th ranked first baseman in state of Florida.
GUS ROGERS (LHP), GATEWAY-Pitched in 13 games with nine starts last year. 57.1 innings pitched and 35 strikeouts.
ADRIAN DOMINGUEZ (1B), EASTERN FLORIDA STATE-Second Team All-Conference at Eastern Florida State. Hit .324 in the Northwoods League this summer.
HAYDEN O'DELL (LHP), BISHOP STATE-Won the Gerry Strong Coaches Award in high school. 43 strikeouts in 38 innings at Bishop State last year.
Part two will focus on the newcomers who have come to the Lakefront via the transfer portal.
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