2026 ABCA First-Team All-South Region
2026 Second-Team All-SEC
2026 SEC All-Defensive Team
2026 College Sports Communicators Academic All-District
2026 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2026 Live Like Lou Jax Classic All-Tournament Team
2026 LSWA First-Team All-Louisiana
2025 College World Series All-Tournament Team
2025 NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team
2025 College Sports Communicators Academic All-American (Third Team)
2025 SEC Academic Honor Roll
2025 LSWA First-Team All-Louisiana
2024 First-Team Freshman All-American (D1 Baseball, NCBWA)
2024 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team
2024 Freshman All-SEC
2024 SEC All-Tournament Team
SEC Freshman of the Week (May 6, 2024)
2024 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
2026 Season
• Started all 58 LSU games at shortstop, batting .296 (66-for-223) with 15 doubles, one triple, 49 RBI and 53 runs
• Voted to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team with a 3.74 GPA as a sport administration major, with a minor in business administration
• Hit .308 (37-for-120) in SEC regular-season games with seven doubles, seven homers, 26 RBI and 25 runs
• Completed the season with a reached-base safely streak that stretched to 35 games, and he hit .367 (11-for-30) over LSU’s last nine games with four doubles, four homers, 16 RBI and nine runs scored
• Committed just four errors at shortstop in 214 chances, producing a .981 fielding percentage … played the first 32 games of the season without making an error, and his first error of the year came on April 5 at Tennessee
• Composed a 17-game hitting streak that began on April 10 and ended on May 9 … hit .353 (24-for-68) during the 17-game hit streak with six doubles, three HR, 19 RBI and 11 runs
• Batted .500 (6-for-12) in Florida series (May 14-16) with one double, three homers, eight RBI and four runs
• Launched two home runs vs. Southern (March 31, one from each side of the plate, marking the second time in his career he has accomplished the feat … also homered from each side of the plate vs. Wofford in the 2024 NCAA Chapel Hill Regional
• Named to the 2026 Live Like Lou Jax College Classic All-Tournament Team on February 22 after hitting .417 in three games with one double, one triple, two RBI and five runs
2025 Season
• Started all 68 games at shortstop, batting .295 (71-for-241) on the year with 14 doubles, two triples, 11 homers, 57 RBI and 50 runs
• Voted a College Sports Communicators Third-Team Academic All-American with a 3.72 GPA as a sport administration major/business administration minor
• Named to the 2025 College World Series All-Tournament Team, hitting .350 (7-for-20) in five games with two doubles, two RBI and four runs
• Hit .385 (15-for-39) in LSU’s 11 NCAA Tournament games with five doubles, one homer, a team-high 13 RBI and 13 runs scored
• Voted to the NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team, batting .417 (5-for-12) in four games with one double, three RBI and five runs
• Committed only five errors at shortstop over the entire 2025 season, posting a .979 fielding percentage in 234 chances
• Batted .429 (3-for-7) in the NCAA Super Regional vs. West Virginia with two doubles, one homer, eight RBI and four runs
• Launched first career grand slam in Game 1 of NCAA Super Regional vs. West Virginia (June 7); doubled twice and drove in four runs in Game 2 of Super Regional (June 8)
• Voted to NCAA Baton Rouge Regional All-Tournament Team, batting .417 (5-for-12) with one double, three RBI and five runs
• Second on team in home runs in SEC regular-season games (6), tied with catcher Luis Hernandez and outfielder Jake Brown
• Launched three-run homer in seventh inning vs. Alabama (April 17) to erase a 5-4 deficit and lift LSU to a series-opening win
• Posted one double, one homer and four RBI in Mississippi State series (March 27-29)
• 3-for-6 with a double and two RBI vs. Nebraska (March 1)
• 2-for-3 with a homer and five RBI vs. Nicholls (Feb. 24)
2024 Season
• Enjoyed a tremendous freshman season at LSU, batting .326 (72-for-221) with 12 doubles, three triples, eight homers, 40 RBI, 51 runs and seven stolen bases … played in 63 games with 60 starts (59 starts at second base, one start at shortstop)
• LSU’s leading hitting in its 10 postseason games, batting .386 (17-for-44) with three doubles, four homers, 11 RBI and 11 runs
• Milam hit two walk-off home runs within one week, as his decisive dingers lifted the Tigers to wins over South Carolina in the SEC Tournament semifinal (May 25) and over Wofford in the NCAA Regional opening game (May 31)
• Named to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament team, hitting .304 (7-for-23) with one double, two homers, four RBI and five runs … launched two solo homers in regional opening-game win over Wofford (May 31), including a walk-off blast to lift LSU to a 4-3 win
• Voted to the SEC All-Tournament team after batting .476 (10-for-21) in five games with two doubles, two homers, seven RBI and six runs … blasted a two-run walk-off homer in the bottom of 10th inning vs. South Carolina in SEC Tournament semifinal (May 25)
• Finished No. 3 in the SEC in triples with three
• 4-for-10 in Ole Miss series (May 16-18) with one RBI, two runs, three walks and two stolen bases
• Voted SEC Freshman of the Week on May 6 after his performances in LSU’s SEC series victory over top-ranked Texas A&M … batted .444 (4-for-9) in the series with two doubles, one RBI, two runs, two walks and a .545 on-base percentage
• 2-for-2 in Game 1 win (May 3) over Texas A&M and provided a crucial RBI single in a four-run sixth inning that erased a 3-2 Aggies lead … doubled and later scored as part of a two-run rally in the eighth inning of Game 2 vs. Texas A&M (May 4), as LSU stretched a 4-3 lead to 6-3 in the eventual 6-4 victory
• Launched first career collegiate homer, a solo shot, on April 19 at Missouri … unloaded a three-run homer vs. Auburn on April 28
• 3-for-4 vs. Southeastern Louisiana (March 26) with one double, one RBI and one run scored
• 3-for-4 vs. Stony Brook (Feb. 25) with two RBI and two runs scored
• 4-for-6 vs. VMI (Feb. 18) with one double, three RBI and four runs
Prior to LSU
• Ranked nationally in 2023 as the No. 32 shortstop and the No. 119 overall player by Perfect Game as a product of Centennial High School in Las Cruces, N.M.
• The 2023 No. 1 overall player in the state of New Mexico, according to Perfect Game
• Voted the 2023 New Mexico Player of the Year by Gatorade and by MaxPreps after batting .627 with 52 hits, 50 RBI and 65 runs … also drew 42 walks and only struck out eight times over 30 games
• Milam led the state in 2023 in slugging percentage (1.313), hits (52), runs (65), doubles (18) and triples (nine) while helping the Centennial High School compile a 26-5 record and the State Championship title … also tied for the state lead with 50 RBI and finished seventh with seven home runs … on the mound, he pitche d 13.2 innings and struck out 23 batters
• Posted a four-year career high school batting average of .513 with 12 homers, 118 RBI, 140 runs, 83 stolen bases and a .653 on-base percentage … earned numerous all-American, all-state and all-district honors throughout his career
• A member of the National Honor Society with a 3.95 high school GPA … in 2019, he became the first player to represent New Mexico in the Perfect Game Select Baseball Festival
Personal
Full name is Steven Aiden Milam … nickname is “Monster” … Dad, Steven Milam, is a U.S. Border Patrol Agent with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Mom, Marci Salinas-Milam, is the Academic Program Director (Campus Tutoring Services)at New Mexico State University … has a younger sister, Brooklyn; his brother, Champ, has passed away … on attending LSU: “I watched Alex Bregman (New Mexico native) growing up, and he has been a huge influence and role model. There is no other place to develop and grow as a future MLB player and person with the best coaches in college baseball. Alex Box Stadium is the pinnacle of college baseball, from the fans, to wearing the purple and gold, this is where I was meant to be” … born August 10, 2004, in Las Cruces, N.M.
Milam’s LSU Career Highs
Hits: 4 twice – vs. South Carolina (5/24/24 – SEC Tournament); vs. VMI (2/18/24)
Runs Scored: 4 twice – vs. Dallas Baptist (5/31/25 – NCAA Baton Rouge Regional); vs. VMI (2/18/24)
Doubles: 2 three times; most recently vs. Tulane (5/5/26)
Triples: 1 six times; most recently vs. UCF (2/22/26)
Home Runs: 2 on two occasions – vs. Southern (3/31/26); vs. Wofford (5/31/24 – NCAA Chapel Hill Regional)
RBI: 5 vs. Nicholls (2/24/25)