#29 Theo Millas Season 2024
2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
Pitched for LSU during the 2021 season as a true freshman, but elected to leave the program after the season … a polished pitcher with three pitches he commands very well … named to the 2021 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll as a communication studies major … a member of the Canadian National Baseball Team since his sophomore year who has pitched in big games and on big stages all over the world … Millas was the first Canadian coach Paul Mainieri recruited to LSU … the previous two Canadian pitchers that Mainieri had recruited (to Notre Dame), Ryan Dempster and John Axford, both spent several years in the major leagues … Millas is a tough competitor who also played hockey until he was 14 years old.
2021 Season
Made 11 relief appearances, posting a 1-0 record and a 3.00 ERA in 15 innings with four walks and six strikeouts … credited with a win over UT San Antonio on March 14 after firing a perfect relief inning, needing only five pitches … recorded a season-long outing of 2.2 innings versus Oral Roberts (March 5), allowing one run on three hits with one strikeout.
Prior to LSU
The No. 199 ranked player by Perfect Game … named a 2019 Under Armour All-American … posted a 4-0 mark in 2019 with a 0.21 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 27 innings while allowing only six hits … also played hockey (center) and soccer (striker) in high school.
Personal
Full name is Theodore Riley Millas … parents are Tellis and Evelyn Millas … Dad is a retired police officer with 28 years of service; Mom works as a receptionist … has one older brother, Nicholas, who played one season at New Mexico Junior College as a shortstop/third baseman … on attending LSU: “The environment and energy produced from LSU is like no other. Yes, the baseball is extremely competitive and is the best program one could go to, but the school aspect was also a big interest of mine. Also, being from Canada I wanted to play baseball in warm weather all year-round, and nothing is better than Louisiana” … born January 11, 2002, in Burnaby, British Columbia.
Millas’ LSU Career Highs
Innings: 2.2 vs. Oral Roberts (3/5/21)
Strikeouts: 2 twice, most recently vs. Grambling (4/27/21)
Hits Allowed: 3 twice, most recently vs. Louisiana Tech (5/11/21)
Runs: 2 twice, most recently vs. Northwestern State (5/18/21)
Earned Runs: 1 five times, most recently vs. Louisiana Tech (5/11/21)
Walks: 1 four times, most recently vs. Northwestern State (5/18/21)