The 2024 Northwestern State Demons baseball team represented

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during the

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. The Demons played their home games at H. Alvin Brown–C. C. Stroud Field and were led by first–year head coach

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. They are members of the

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. They compiled a 22–33 overall record and finished with an 11–13 record tied for 4th place in conference play. Qualifying as the #4 seeded team in the SLC tournament, the Demons' season ended with a 0–2 in tournament play losing 5–10 to #5 seeded McNeese and 5–12 to #1 seeded Lamar.

Previous season

The Demons had a regular season record of 29–27 and a conference record of 12–12 finishing in a three way tie for fifth place in conference play. They participated in the 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament as the fifth seeded team winning a tie-breaker against

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and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi. Northwestern State had a 2–2 record in the conference tournament defeating second seeded Incarnate Word and sixth seeded McNeese. They lost twice to fourth seeded

Preseason

Southland Conference Coaches Poll

The Southland Conference Coaches Poll was released on February 8, 2024. Northwestern State was picked to finish eighth in the Southland Conference with 42 votes.

Preseason All-Southland team

Bo Willis and Chase Prestwich were named to the conference preseason second team.

First Team

*Edgar Alvarez* (NICH, SR, 1st Base) *MaCrae Kendrick (NICH, SR, 2nd Base) *Ethan Ruiz (LU, SR, 3rd Base) *Parker Coddou* (NICH, SR, Shortstop) *Miguel Useche (UNO, SR, Catcher) *Rey Mendoza* (UIW, GR, Designated Hitter) *Mitchell Sanford* (UNO, RJR, Outfielder) *Samuel Benjamin* (HCU, SR, Outfielder) *Issac Williams (UNO, SR, Outfielder) *Jacob Mayers* (NICH, SO, Starting Pitcher) *Brooks Caple* (LU, SR, Starting Pitcher) *Hunter Hesseltine* (LU, JR, Starting Pitcher) *Gavin Galy* (NICH, RJR, Relief Pitcher) *Kanin Dodge (LU, SR, Utility) ''*-2023 Southland All-Conference Selection''

Second Team

*Cameron Crotte (UIW, SR, 1st Base) *Austin Roccaforte (LU, SR, 2nd Base) *Dylan Mach (UNO, SR, 3rd Base) *Jake Haze* (SLU, GR, Shortstop) *Bo Willis (NWST, SR, Catcher) *River Orsak (LU, SR, Designated Hitter) *Garrett Felix (NICH, SR, Outfielder) *Cooper Hext (MCNS, SR, Outfielder) *Christian Smith-Johnson (TAMUCC, SO, Outfielder) *Chase Prestwich (NWST, JR, Starting Pitcher) *Isaiah Zavala (UIW, GR, Starting Pitcher) *Jacob Ellis (LU, SR, Starting Pitcher) *Jackson Cleveland (LU, JR, Relief Pitcher) *Isaiah Zavala (UIW, SR, Utility) ''*-2023 Southland All-Conference Selection''

Schedule and results

References

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