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LSU's Steven Milam ranked as No. 6 shortstop by D1 Baseball

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Steven Milam LSU baseball
Steven Milam LSU baseball

BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU sophomore Steven Milam is ranked No. 6 on the D1Baseball.com list of the Top 50 Shortstops in the nation.

Milam, a 2024 First-Team Freshman All-American, was LSU’s starting second baseman last season and batted .326 (72-for-221) with 12 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 40 RBI, 51 runs and seven stolen bases.

The product of Las Cruces, N.M., also earned Freshman All-SEC recognition, and he was LSU’s leading hitting in its 10 postseason games, batting .386 (17-for-44) with three doubles, four homers, 11 RBI and 11 runs. Milam was named to both the SEC All-Tournament team and to the NCAA Regional All-Tournament team.

Milam hit two walk-off home runs within one week, as his decisive dingers lifted the Tigers to wins over South Carolina in the SEC Tournament semifinal and over Wofford in the NCAA Regional opening game.

He was ranked No. 32 last month among the Perfect Game Baseball Top 100 Sophomores for the 2025 season.

LSU, ranked No. 2 by Baseball America and No. 3 by D1 Baseball in preseason polls, opens the season at 2 p.m. CT on Friday, February 14, when the Tigers play host to Purdue Fort Wayne in Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

*LSU press release

Jay Johnson on Steven Milam before the season

“[Steven Milam] is a great defensive player and if you played him at shortstop, third base, or second base, he would do a great job,” Johnson said. “I think he’s the best defensive infielder we have and you may see us roll him over to the right side of the bag like we did in 2023 with Jordan Thompson.

“I think of it like basketball – doesn’t the best defender guard the guy that scores all the time? So in baseball why wouldn’t you put one of your best guys where they’re going to hit it the most. It’s a little outside the box, but that’s where my head is at right now.”

Jay Johnson on his LSU team’s potential this year…

“When you think about the ceiling your team can reach, it’s often determined by close games and close games are determined by fundamentals. Doing those common things in baseball in an uncommon way, being competitive, valuing winning. I always want our supporters to think it’s more important to us than the guys in the other dugout. Those are staples, but then looking ahead to this year, it may not seem that different, but you have a lot of guys that will be doing things for the first time, whether that’s playing at LSU or operating in a new position on the team. They have to have the mental toughness to be very present. They have to be locked into the moment and the task at hand. 

“The ability to overcome adversity is another element of toughness. The only thing I can guarantee our team is we are going to have adversity when you play in this conference at the top of college baseball. That will be critical, then the togetherness piece of team over self. All of these players are highly accomplished when coming to our program, but when you get here, you see this was built on great players putting the needs of the team before their own.”

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