Horton, Kerstetter, Kirkpatrick

Catcher 5-9 • 190 • Fr.-HS • L/R Bossier City, La. • Benton HS

High School: • Four-year letterman for coach J.D. Stephens’ Tigers. • named first-team all-state by the Louisiana Baseball Coaches Association and honorable mention all-state by the LSWA as a senior. • also earned all-district and all-parish honors as a senior. • two-time district MVP as a sophomore and as a junior. • collected all-district, all-city (Shreveport Times), all-parish (Bossier Press-Tribune), LBCA All-Region and LBCA All-State (first team) honors as a junior as the Tigers captured the state championship. • honorable mention all-state pick as a sophomore also picked up all-city, all-parish and all-district honors. • helped lead Benton to the playoffs all four years, including a state semifinal appearance as a senior .. four-year football letterman for coach Reynolds Moore. • helped the Tigers collect four playoff appearances, including three straight quarterfinal berths. • honorable mention all-state as a senior when he also earned all-district, all-city and all-parish honors. • all-parish, all-city and all-district pick as a junior. • named all-district and all-parish as a sophomore. • member of the National Honor Society and a three-year member of the A Honor Roll. • graduated with a 3.7 grade point average. Personal: • Born May 5, 2000. • son of Kara and Tim Horton, a former Demon baseball player. • has two brothers, Conner and Cameron, and one sister, Caroline. • Cameron plays baseball at ULM. • his grandfather, Ed Horton, played football at Northwestern State scored a Demon Stadium-record 19 points against Tarleton State in 1962. • majoring in health and physical science. • plans to become a physical therapist. • life’s ambition is “to be the best that I can be at everything I do.”

55 Seth KERSTETTER

Infielder 5-11 • 185 • Fr.-HS • L/R Lafayette, La.• Ascension Episcopal HS

High School: • Five-year letterman for Lonny Landry’s Blue Gators. • all-state and all-district selection as a senior. • named first-team all-state as a junior, hitting .463, while also earning first-team all-district honors. • first-team all-district pick as a sophomore and earned second-team all-district honors as a sophomore. • four-year football letterman for coach Mike Desormeaux, earning All-Acadiana honors as a senior. • three-time first-team all-district football player also lettered one year in track and field. • part of the Boys to Men Club. • honor roll student graduated with a 3.8 grade point average. Personal: • Born Sept. 29, 2000. • son of Lisa and Scott Kerstetter. • has one brother, Will. • majoring in industrial engineering. • life’s ambition is to start a business.

20 Austin KIRKPATRICK

Catcher 6-1 • 180 • Jr.-TR • R/R Parks, La. • Teurlings Catholic HS (LSU-Eunice)

Prior to NSU: • Lettered two seasons at LSU-Eunice, helping lead the Bengals to the 2018 national title. • named a 2019 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove winner in his sophomore season. • batted .253 with 14 extra-base hits, including three home runs, and 30 RBIs as a sophomore. • threw out 15 of 24 attempted base stealers, a caught stealing percentage of 62.5. • graduated with a 3.2 grade point average. High School: • Played four seasons for Mike Thibodeaux’s Rebels, helping lead Teurlings to a state championship as a senior and a state runner-up finish as a junior. • earned first-team all-state honors in both his junior and senior seasons. • batted .340 as a senior. Personal: • Born July 23, 1997. • son of Jenise and Kyle Kirkpatrick. • has two sisters, Ashli and Alyssa. • majoring in psychology. • plans to apply for physical therapy school after graduation. • life’s ambitions are “to graduate with my degree from Northwestern and go out into the work force to help and provide for others, and also to become the best husband and father I can be.”