By rssfeeds-admin SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Brad Neffendorf, who led the LSU Shreveport baseball team to an undefeated national championship, was named the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Outstanding Collegiate Coach for Louisiana for 2024-25 by the New Orleans Sports Awards Committee.
Neffendorf helped LSUS win a record-setting 59 straight games on their way to an NAIA National Championship and the first perfect season at any level in college baseball history.
“All recognition is great, but it’s recognition for the entire program,” Neffendorf said. “It all comes down to all of the people involved. I have to give a great deal of praise to the players. Their commitment, their investment, their ability to quickly being able to operate each and every day as one unit, on and off the field.
“They became incredibly close, extremely quick. I also have a great deal of respect and appreciation and praise for our coaching staff – the work and investment that they put in made this happen.”
The Pilots finished the regular season with a 47-0 record before sweeping the Red River Athletic Conference Championship. LSUS then swept through the NAIA World Series to capture the program’s first national championship.
“The players did an unbelievable job of managing distractions,” Neffendorf said. “They did an incredible job of not talking about [the perfect record]. They managed their level of focus; their intent in practice, in the weight room, during the early work – they always had the same focus and demeanor. We were very talented, but what took our talent to the next level was their ability to always stay focused on getting better and getting back to the World Series.”
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