NEW ORLEANS, La. - Senior righthander Mitchell Heer's defining presence on the mound across his nine starts was enough to garner all-conference recognition for his 2025 campaign.

Heer made 12 appearances for the Red, White, and Blue this season, with nine starts across his final nine appearances. All nine of Heer's starts went 5.1+ innings, with four games of 7+ innings. Seven of his starts went six or more innings with three or fewer earned runs, qualifying as a "Quality Start", which he led the team in.

In totality, Heer threw 66.1 innings, struck out 39 batters, only walked 15, allowed 60 hits, and only 26 earned runs for a season ERA of 3.53 and a 7-2 record. 

Heer's first start of the season was 6.0 innings against Louisiana (3/22), where he only allowed two hits and one run while striking out two batters as the Jags took the game, 8-1. The senior's second start came in the series-tying win at No. 13 Southern Miss (3/29), in which he struck out six batters across 6.2 innings, only allowing four hits and three runs in the 6-3 win. Heer tossed a career high 7.1 innings three separate times at Arkansas State (4/12), against Troy (5/3), and at ULM (5/16). His finale at ULM also tied his season best six strikeouts.

As a fielder, he totaled five putouts, 12 assists, and three errors on the season, while also participating in a 1-4-6-3 double play against App State (5/10, game two).

FULL AWARDS LIST
Player of the Year
Nick Monistere, Southern Miss (Jr., 2B – Brandon, Miss.)
 
Pitcher of the Year
Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina (RS So., RHP – Flushing, Mich.)
 
Newcomer of the Year
Kaleb Freeman, Georgia State (Sr., 2B – Flowery Branch, Ga.)
 
Freshman of the Year
Tyler Lichtenberger, App State (Fr., SS – Boca Raton, Fla.)
 
Tony Robichaux Leadership Award
Carson Paetow, Southern Miss (Sr., OF – Vancleave, Miss.)
 
Ron Maestri Coach of the Year
Kevin Schnall, Coastal Carolina
 
All-Sun Belt First Team
P Cameron Flukey, Coastal Carolina (So., RHP – Egg Harbor Township, N.J.)
P Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina (RS So., RHP – Flushing, Mich.)
P JB Middleton, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Yazoo City, Miss.)
RP Colby Allen, Southern Miss (Jr., RHP – Louisville, Miss.)
C Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina (Jr., C – Haddon Heights, N.J.)
1B Blake Cavill, Troy (Sr., 1B – Sydney, Australia)
2B Nick Monistere, Southern Miss (Jr., 2B – Brandon, Miss.)
SS Tyler Lichtenberger, App State (Fr., SS – Boca Raton, Fla.)
3B Jesse Donohoe, Georgia State (Sr., 3B – Columbus, Ga.)
OF Josh Tate, Georgia Southern (Jr., OF – Peachtree City, Ga.)
OF Conor Higgs, Louisiana (RS Sr., OF – Texas City, Texas)
OF Carson Paetow, Southern Miss (Sr., OF – Vancleave, Miss.)
DH Kameron Miller, App State (So., DH – Harrisburg, N.C.)
UT Austin Eaton, Texas State (RS Sr., UT – Frisco, Texas)
 
All-Sun Belt Second Team
P Griffin Miller, Marshall (So., RHP – Madison, W.Va.)
P Mitchell Heer, South Alabama (Sr., RHP – Acworth, Ga.)
P Garrett Gainous, Troy (Sr., RHP – Cairo, Ga.)
RP Dominick Carbone, Coastal Carolina (So., LHP – Rocky Point, N.Y.)
C Brooks Bryan, Troy (Jr., C – Opelika, Ala.)
1B Matthew Russo, Southern Miss (Jr., 1B – Madisonville, La.)
2B Kaleb Freeman, Georgia State (Sr., 2B – Flowery Branch, Ga.)
SS Ozzie Pratt, Southern Miss (Sr., SS – Alesville, Miss.)
3B Chase Mora, Texas State (Jr., 3B – Tomball, Texas)
OF Sean Smith, Georgia Southern (Sr., OF – Moss Point, Miss.)
OF Isaiah Walker, ULM (Sr., OF – Houston, Texas)
OF Jake Cook, Southern Miss (RS So., OF – Madison, Miss.)
DH Caleb Stelly, Louisiana (Jr., DH – Baton Rouge, La.)
UT Tyler Figueroa, App State (So., UT – Colonie, N.Y.)

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