No. 83 – 2026 Perfect Game Top 100 Seniors
2025 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
A redshirt freshman on LSU’s 2022 roster, Fontenot returned to the Tigers in the fall of 2024 after pitching at McLennan Community College in 2023 and at Texas in 2024
2025 Season (at LSU)
• Appeared in six games, posting an 0-1 mark and a 7.20 ERA in 5.0 innings with one walk and five strikeouts, allowing a .063 opponent batting average
• Fired 1.0 scoreless and hitless inning at South Carolina (May 16) with one strikeout
• Recorded 1.1 scoreless innings vs. Tennessee (April 26) with no hits and one strikeout
• Worked 1.0 scoreless inning in LSU debut versus Purdue Fort Wayne (Feb. 16) with no hits and two strikeouts
2024 Season (at Texas)
• Posted a 1-1 mark in 11 innings at Texas in 2024, recording a 2.45 ERA and 14 strikeouts
2023 Season (at McLennan CC)
Made 11 appearances (10 starts), recording a 3-0 mark and one save in 30.2 innings with 37 strikeouts
High School
Ranked as the No. 1 prospect in Louisiana by Prep Baseball Report … received High School Preseason All-America recognition … received 2021 All-District honors
Personal
Full name is David Grant Fontenot … parents are David Fontenot and Tina Hux … Dad is a financial advisor; Mom runs a health and wellness company … has one older sister, Sophia … born June 5, 2003, in Lafayette, La. … majoring in sport administration at LSU.
Fontenot’s LSU Career Highs
Innings: 1.1 vs. Tennessee (4/26/25)
Strikeouts: 2 vs. Purdue Fort Wayne (2/16/25)
Hits Allowed: 1 vs. North Dakota State (3/5/25)
Runs: 2 twice; most recently vs. North Dakota State (3/5/25)
Earned Runs: 2 twice; most recently vs. North Dakota State (3/5/25)
Walks: 1 vs. North Dakota State (3/5/25)