LSU-E’s Willis earns Coach of the Year

EUNICE – Despite a season cut short, that has not stopped LSU Eunice baseball from earning accolades with Jeff Willis being named National Co-Coach of the Year by “The JBB”, the online publication dedicated to junior college baseball announced on Friday. It is the eighth national coach of the year honor for the longtime LSUE head coach.
Willis shared the national coaching award encompassing all levels of junior college baseball with Kyle Surprenant of John A. Logan.
“This is truly a team award and a testament to the hard work and dedication put forth by the 43 young men that practiced every day and the four other coaches on the staff,” head coach Jeff Willis said. “I could not be more proud of how the entire program carried themselves on and off the field during the season and even moreso now in these uncertain times.”
On the season, LSUE averaged 13 runs per game while posting 12 mercy rule victories and four shutouts.
This is just the latest national coaching award for the Bengals’ coaching staff. In 2018, not only did Willis take home NJCAA National Coach of the Year honors but was given the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year by the College Baseball Hall of Fame – encompassing all levels of college baseball. Alan Orgain was also given a national honor in 2018, being named Baseball America’s Assistant Coach of the Year in NJCAA Division II.