RUSTON – The Louisiana Tech baseball All-Quarter Century team was announced on Monday, highlighting some of the program's best student-athletes from the previous 25 seasons.
 
16 of the players that were selected played at least one season under head coach Lane Burroughs (since 2017), 11 of which played any time from 2018 to 2022. Six players are represented from the 2000s and nine have played for the Diamond 'Dogs in the last three seasons prior to the spring of 2025.
 
Seven of the 10 Bulldog Men—Team Captains for life that was incorporated upon Burroughs' arrival—were selected to the All-Quarter Century Team: Parker Bates, Ethan Bates, Jorge Corona, Jonathan Fincher, Matt Miller, Steele Netterville and Taylor Young.
 
Seven players—Cade Gibson (Miami Marlins), Phil Maton (St. Louis Cardinals), Ryan Jennings (Toronto Blue Jays), Taylor Young (Los Angeles Dodgers), Dalton Davis (Seattle Mariners), Jorge Corona (Kansas City Royals) and Cole McConnell (Chicago White Sox)—currently reside on the rosters of their respective MLB organizations, with Gibson and Maton currently playing at the Major League level.
 
The full list of the All-Quarter Century Team can be found below.
 
PITCHERS
Cade Gibson (2021-22)
Kyle Crigger (2020-22)
Jonathan Fincher (2019-23)
Phil Maton (2012-15)
Casey Blalock (2001-02)
Phillip Diehl (2015-16)
Ryan Jennings (2021-22)
Nate Harris (2016-17)
Matt Miller (2017-19)
Jamie Gilley (2012-13)
 
INFIELDERS
Taylor Young (2018-22)
Hunter Wells (2018-21)
TJ Soto (1997-2000)
Dalton Davis (2023-24)
Wade Robinson (2000-03)
Chase Lunceford (2016-17)
 
CATCHERS
Jorge Corona (2020-24)
Brent Diaz (2015-17)
 
OUTFIELDERS
Parker Bates (2017-21)
Cole McConnell (2020-24)
Steele Netterville (2018-22)
Brian Rike (2005-07)
Devon Dageford (2009-10)
 
UTILITY
Ethan Bates (2023-24)
Jericho Jones (2006-08)
 
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