33-0 and winning their last 3 games 94-4?
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I recognized a couple of names on the roster - and they are old. One is 25. You can go 33-0 with the combination of older players, a weak schedule, a .356 team BA, 41 HR, 348 RBI, a 2.43 team ERA, and a .96 team WHIP.
25? That's crazy. Does someone really want to be a 25 year old college baseball player?
Yes Francis and this type of team has many of the right ingredients...
You have to remember that for so many college players, baseball has been their identity for most of their lives. Fully exhausting their player eligibility is often the path of least resistance.
NAIA typically has more lenient regulations and "paths to enrollment" and many programs build their rosters primarily with JC, transfer and international players. This particular program, at least currently, is all in on that approach... pretty much all junior and mostly senior transfers. They have won with that formula for a long time. So, older players who are talented but either not D1 material or no longer NCAA eligible have added motivation to hang on just a while longer.
Continue being relevant... being successful at something you know you're good at. Squeeze one last ounce out of that competitive adrenaline rush you've thrived on since you were little. Be part of the brotherhood just one more time. Stay in your routines you've been on nearly half of your life. Not all have clear direction on what comes after baseball in "the real world".
And, of course, Covid added a year to many players' college eligibility.
I get all that. But, 25? When you're actually almost too old for AAA, you shouldn't be playing in college.
@Francis7 posted:I get all that. But, 25? When you're actually almost too old for AAA, you shouldn't be playing in college.
Well, with a covid year, a redshirt year and a variety of other "sit out a year" scenarios that NAIA allows for, it's pretty easy to get into year six and seven post-HS graduation. And many HS grads turn 18-19 before playing their first college baseball game.
I certainly understand what is behind your generalization of "you shouldn't be playing in college" but it doesn't apply to all. For some, it provides continued structure, routine, responsibility, maturation, "family", etc. where it is still needed. Hell, I qualify for several senior discounts and I still need some of that 
@Francis7 posted:I get all that. But, 25? When you're actually almost too old for AAA, you shouldn't be playing in college.
Everyone's situation is different. Over the last season or two I've seen players from small schools (mostly pitchers) with eligibility left go onto play at decent mid majors or P4 programs and get some NIL money along the way. I'm not talking about studs either just players with decent track records that for a season are low risk to a coach. I realize that's not what's happening in NAIA, but I can certainly see situations where a kid can continue their education and get a little money.
I say, if they are going to give them money to help pay for Grad school go for it.
These are the programs LSU-Shreveport has available:
Master of Science in Biological Sciences
Master of Science in Computer Systems Technology
Doctorate in Leadership Studies (EdD)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Master of Science in Nonprofit Administration (MSNPA)
Master of Liberal Arts (MLA)
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Master of Computer Systems Technology (MSCST)
Doctorate of Leadership Studies (EdD)
Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction (MEDCI)
Master of Education in Leadership Studies (MEDL)
Specialist in School Psychology (SSP)
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Master of Health Administration (MHA)
Master of Science in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (MSC)
Master of Science in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis
Specialist in School Psychology (SSP)
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling
I realize some just stay and play because they can regardless of age. But if a player is serious about a grad degree baseball is a way to get it paid for.
My son entered college injured and sat out. He sat out his redshirt senior year injured. He could have obtained a medical redshirt and returned at age twenty-four. There were three reasons he didn’t. He didn’t see one more year of baseball changing his life. He had an MBA. He didn’t see the value in a PhD in Business. He didn’t want to spend a lot of time with teenagers.