#16 Ethan Frey Season 2025
Talented player who appeared in 34 games for LSU in 2024 and will contend for significant playing time in the outfield in 2025 … played in 25 games in the summer of 2023 for the La Crosse (Wisc.) Loggers of the Northwoods League, collecting five doubles, two homers, 20 RBI, 18 runs, 30 walks and five stolen bases.
2024 Season
• Played in 34 games (nine starts), batting .228 (13-for-57) with three doubles, 10 RBI and six runs … started six games at designated hitter, two games in left field and one game in right field
• Provided a clutch lead-off pinch-hit double in the bottom of the ninth inning versus South Carolina in SEC Tournament semifinal (May 25) … the double led to the tying run that knotted the game, 10-10, and LSU went on to win, 12-11, in 10 innings
• Collected two hits and an RBI in win over Florida (March 22)
• 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI versus Xavier (March 9)
• Delivered a two-out, RBI double in the top of the ninth inning at Southeastern Louisiana (March 6) that narrowed the Tigers’ deficit to 3-2; scored the eventual game-winning run later in the inning in a 4-3 LSU victory
2023 Season
Played in 19 games (two starts in right field) as a true freshman, batting .263 (5-for-19) with one double, nine RBI and three runs scored … 2-for-2 with a double and three RBI vs. Central Connecticut State (March 4) … collected two RBI as a pinch hitter in the Tigers’ season-opening series vs. Western Michigan (Feb. 17-19).
High School
Ranked as the No. 1 catcher and the No. 2 overall player in the state of Louisiana by Perfect Game … No. 12 ranked catcher in the nation by Perfect Game … batted .487 as a senior at Rosepine High with 13 homers, 64 RBI, 39 hits, 37 walks and only 12 strikeouts … posted a .487 on-base percentage and a 1.188 slugging percentage … named Louisiana Mr. Baseball in 2022 and helped lead Rosepine to back-to-back state championships … also played quarterback for the Rosepine High football team.
Personal
Full name is Ethan Taylor Frey … born March 15, 2004, in Mount Vernon, Ill. … parents are Ross and Brandi Frey … Dad is a military government contractor; Mom is a military family assistant … has one older sister, Kaitlynn … on attending LSU – “Growing up in Louisiana, it was always a dream to play baseball in the purple and gold with the incredible fan base and the best coaching staff in America” … majoring in sport administration at LSU.
Frey’s LSU Career Highs
At-Bats: 4 seven times; most recently vs. Vanderbilt (4/6/24)
Hits: 2 four times; most recently vs. Florida (3/22/24)
Runs Scored: 2 vs. Butler (3/3/23)
Doubles: 1 four times; most recently vs. South Carolina (5/25/24 – SEC Tournament)
Triples: none
Home Runs: none
RBI: 3 twice; most recently vs. Xavier (3/9/24)