#44 Ashton Larson Season 2025
Rated No. 59 among the 2025 Perfect Game Baseball Top 100 Sophomores
Summer 2024 – Chatham Anglers’ Most Outstanding Player in the Cape Cod League, batting .316 with nine doubles, one homer and 18 RBI in 31 games
2024 Freshman All-SEC
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
MLB Draft: 20th Round in 2023 (Minnesota)
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, who has pitched four MLB seasons 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 three times; most recently vs. Auburn (4/27/24)
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 three times; most recently at Missouri (4/21/24)
RBI: 2 three times; most recently vs. Auburn (4/28/24)