The Northwestern State baseball program has added 19 newcomers to its roster for the upcoming 2027 season, fourth-year head coach Chris Bertrand said.
The group includes 10 junior-college transfers, five transfers from four-year institutions and four high school signees.
“We couldn’t be any more excited to welcome this group to campus and to continue to build the program from a roster-construction standpoint in what we feel like is an extremely positive direction,” Bertrand said. “I think (the class) hits all the marks of what it is we needed to do. We continue to discuss balance, and it’s a very balanced class when it comes to the quality of the high school players, the junior college players and what we accomplished in the transfer portal. It meets our needs from a baseball standpoint.”
The class includes 10 position players, seven pitchers and two two-way players who could see time both in the field and on the mound. A dozen are Louisiana natives.
“It meets our needs from a baseball standpoint in how we were able to get left-handed hitters to continue to bolster our offense,” Bertrand said. “We got more athletic, we got a little faster and we are obviously more physical than what we have had, especially on the position-player side. We were able to acquire a tremendous amount of arm talent that (pitching coach) Dan (Hlad) has an opportunity to develop and to continue to replace what we lost from the pitching staff.”
For extensive bios of the 19 new Demon baseball players, visit the NSUDemons.com website and the baseball page.