Jay Johnson was a West Coast guy and doing just fine coaching at Arizona when the opportunity to take over at LSU presented itself.
LSU head coach Jay Johnson celebrates their victory over Florida in Game 3 of the NCAA College World Series baseball finals in Omaha, Neb., Monday, June 26, 2023. LSU won the national championship 18-4. –
LSU was the consensus No. 1 team in the nation from the preseason until May 8, and now the Tigers are back where they started after winning a three-game College World Series finals witha 24-4 loss in the second game“I really believe this will go down as one of the best teams in college baseball history,” Johnson said. “So consistent in the regular season. I think the SEC Tournament is the only week of the year we had a losing record, if you think about that.
The Golden Spikes Award and national title completed a season in which the center fielder batted .426, hit 17 homers, scored 100 runs and drove in 70.Johnson's 2022 LSU team went 40-22, finished in the top four of the SEC for the first time since 2017 and lost in the NCAA regional finals at Southern Mississippi.
Skenes, the CWS Most Outstanding Player, came from Air Force, added 5 mph to his fastball and had what ESPN analyst Kyle Peterson one of the most dominant seasons ever by a college pitcher. Skenes set the SEC record for strikeouts in a season and was the first collegian in 12 years to fan more than 200.
The freshman class yielded Gavin Guidry and Griffin Herring, both of whom played major roles out of the bullpen in Omaha.
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