Jordan Poirrier

Position:
Second Base
Ht./Wt.:
5-11 / 195
Class:
Senior
High School:
Riverside Academy

2010
Appeared in and started 59 games...First action since 2008 (redshirted in 2009)...Tops on the team in batting average (.329), runs scored (50), doubles (18), extra base hits (36), slugging percentage (.622) and on-base percentage (.418)...Made 47 consecutive starts at second base before a late groin injury moved him to DH...Nearly half of his hits went for extra bases (36 of 74 total hits)...Recorded a team-high 16 multiple-RBI games, reaching three RBI eight times...Also had 20 multiple-hit games...Hit safely in 47 of 59 games...Longest hitless streak was two games... Notched six triples (Top 40 nationally), the most recorded since John Coker had 10 in 2005...With 56 RBI, joined Chad Keefer (58 RBI) as the first Cajuns with 50-plus RBI since Jonathan Lucroy in 2007...Launched three home runs and posted 10 RBI in season's first two weekends...Hit a bases loaded triple in the third inning of the Southern Miss finale and scored on a sacrifice fly to erase a 4-0 deficit...Hit a pair of home runs and had a career-high four RBI in the Sun Belt opener vs. Arkansas State...Had an RBI double in first at bat of Florida Atlantic series...Had all three Cajuns RBI in the second game of the series...Third home run of the Troy series broke a 5-all tie in the seventh and gave UL the lead...Went 3-for-5 - all three hits for extra bases - and tacked on three RBI in the series opener at New Orleans...Hit bases loaded grounder deep enough in the infield to stay out of a double play and allow the tying run to score in series finale with Western Kentucky (UL won 4-3 in 10 innings)...Went 8-for-14 with six RBI in La.-Monroe series...Scored go-ahead run in game two of Friday doubleheader and tied for team lead with three RBI in Sun Belt championship clincher...Scored on a two-out RBI single by Chad Keefer to register the winning run in the NCAA Austin Regional opener vs. Rice.

2009
Did not compete, taking a redshirt.

2008
Finished as the primary second baseman, starting 16 of his last 19 games there...Registered 15 RBI and 32 total bases...Walked nine times and stole five bases...Sacrificed three flies and four bunts...In 137 chances had 70 assists, helping in 13 double plays.

Prior to Louisiana
Played one season at Pensacola Junior College, where he hit .278 with 12 doubles, one triple and 24 RBI in 48 games.

High School
Was a four-year letterwinner in baseball at Riverside Academy...Played second base, shortstop and third base...Led team to the Class 2A State Championship in 2006...Posted a 30-4 career record, while tossing an 11-0 mark as a junior in 2005...Was a 33rd Round selection of the Atlanta Braves in the 2006 MLB Draft.

Personal
Full name is Jordan Paul Poirrier...Born on December 29, 1987, in New Orleans...Son of Janis and Kerry St. Amant...Has three older brothers - Scott, Joey and Jared - one older sister, Jenna...Aspires to play professional baseball.