#44 Ashton Larson Season 2026
2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
No. 59 – 2025 Perfect Game Baseball Top 100 Sophomores
Chatham Anglers’ Summer 2024 Most Outstanding Player (Cape Cod League, .316 BA, nine 2B, one HR, 18 RBI in 31 games)
2024 Freshman All-SEC
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
MLB Draft: 20th Round in 2023 (Minnesota)
2025 Season
• Appeared in 34 games with five starts, batting .256 (10-for-39) with three doubles, two homers, 12 RBI and seven runs
• Launched a pinch-hit, three-run home run in the sixth inning vs. Alabama (April 17) to narrow a 5-1 deficit to 5-4; LSU went on to post and 11-6 victory
• 3-for-4 with one double, one homer and a career-high five RBI vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 16)
2024 Season
• Enjoyed an excellent freshman season, playing in 53 games (40 starts) and batting .298 (42-for-141) with nine doubles, three homers, 16 RBI and 25 runs … started 33 games in right field, four games in left field and three games at designated hitter
• Batted a team-best .337 (28-for-83) in SEC regular-season games with eight doubles, three homers, 10 RBI and 16 runs
• Batted .462 (6-for-13) in Auburn series (April 26-28) with one double and three RBI
• 5-for-10 in Missouri series (April 19-21) with two doubles, one homer, two RBI and four runs
• 4-for-11 in the Tennessee series (April 12-14) with two doubles and one run scored
• LSU’s leading hitter in Vanderbilt series (April 4-6), batting .500 (4-for-8) with one homer, one RBI and one run
• Launched first career collegiate home run, a two-run shot, at Arkansas on March 30
Prior to LSU
• Ranked as the No. 13 outfielder in the nation and the No. 78 overall player by Perfect Game
• The No. 1 ranked overall player in the state of Kansas by Perfect Game
• Posted a .356 career batting average in three varsity seasons at St. Thomas Aquinas High School with 47 hits, 40 runs, 33 RBI, 14 doubles, one triple, three homers and a .441 on-base percentage
• Batted .392 in his senior high school season with 29 hits, 25 runs, 18 RBI, six doubles, one triple, three homers and a .483 on-base percentage
• Played for victorious Team USA in the 2017 U12 Baseball World Cup in Taiwan
Personal
Full name is Ashton Grant Larson … born February 13, 2005, in Lansing, Mich. … parents are Geremy and Adrienne Larson – both work for the John Deere Company, Geremy as Manager of Business Partnerships and Adrienne as a Senior Strategic Account Manager … has a younger sister, Gentry … Larson often trains in the off-season with fellow Kansas City-area product and former LSU All-American right-hander Alex Lange, an MLB pitcher with the Detroit Tigers … Larson regards Lange as his mentor who influenced his decision to attend LSU.
Larson’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 5 three times; most recently vs. South Carolina (5/23/24 – SEC Tournament)
Hits: 3 four times; most recently vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/16/25)
Runs Scored: 2 four times; most recently vs. Texas A&M (5/3/24)
Doubles: 2 at Missouri (4/19/24)
Triples: none
Home Runs: 1 five times; most recently vs. Alabama (4/17/25)
RBI: 5 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/16/25)