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Mr. Joshua "Josh" Landry
Graduated 2006
Home:
111 Edie Ann Dr APT 166
Lafayette, La 70508
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The Bayou Companies
Home Phone: 337-212-9111
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Email: joshl@bayoucompanies.com
Landry mainstay in outfield
February 10, 2006 – Dan McDonald
dmcdonald@theadvertiser.com
Editor’s note: This is the third of a series of preview stories on UL’s 2006 baseball squad. The Ragin’ Cajuns open their season Tuesday at home against UL Monroe. Today: Josh Landry and the outfielders.
Josh Landry knows that the University of Louisiana pitching staff is filled with inexperience, and he figures that the outfield can be that staff’s best friend.
“We’re going to be able to cover the outfield well,” Landry said. “We should be able to hold runners, keep them from taking the extra base. Our pitchers may be able to get away with a little more if we play rock-solid outfield.”
That’s a good possibility this year, since the Ragin’ Cajun outfield will be heavy with offensive and defensive experience. Landry started 65 games in left field and John McCarthy made 58 starts in right as juniors, and the two teamed for only five errors.
Both also provided offensive punch, with McCarthy hitting .333 with 11 stolen bases and Landry hitting .305 with 62 RBIs, second on the team. And backup Alex Preciado, who platooned against lefthanders last year, hit .410 in his 10 starts.
But it was on outfield defense that the Cajuns excelled last year. Even the departure of speedy John Coker from center shouldn’t have an adverse effect.
“The one thing you want to do behind a young pitching staff is play good defense, get them off the field and score runs behind them,” said UL head coach Tony Robichaux. “The guys we have out there will score runs and play good enough defense, and it really helps to have veterans out there.”
Landry, a native of Jeanerette, took a roundabout way to veteran status. The former district Most Valuable Player at Catholic High in New Iberia signed with McNeese out of high school but redshirted there in 2002. He transferred to UL and played a limited role in 2003 before back-to-back standout seasons the last two years.
“He’s worked his way through every phase,” Robichaux said. “He knows how it feels to transfer in and then to play sparingly, move up to playing every day and now be in a leadership role. Now when he tells the younger guys something they know what he’s saying is true because he’s been through it.”
He’ll likely be passing out advice regularly, since the rest of the outfield corps is unproven. Along with Preciado, Cody Martin played sparingly in 11 games last year, and the remainder are all new – versatile transfers Devery Van De Keere and Matt Casbon and highly-regarded freshmen Ty Rasmussen, William Long and Gregory Harmon.
Landry hit .330 with 73 hits and 31 RBI as a sophomore, and then boosted his power numbers last year with seven homers.
“If he was more selfish he probably could hit more home runs,” Robichaux said, “but he’s not a spin hitter that’s trying to just yank it out of the park. He stays inside the baseball so well at the plate that you want him up there with the game on the line.”
“There’s nothing like that feeling of a home run,” he said. “But at the end of the night if we have more runs than the other guys, we’ve done our job.”
With the departure of 16 seniors, Landry’s been thrust into a leadership role. He’s also going to be more of a marked man with his selection to the watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award that goes to the nation’s top collegian.
“I feel like there’s more pressure on me,” Landry said. “Last year I was hidden in there with some big-number guys and anything I did was extra. This year we all have to turn it up, but I think we’re going to catch a lot of teams off guard.”
UL RAGIN’ CAJUNS OUTFIELD CORPS
No. Name B-T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown
9 Alex Preciado R-R 6-2 195 Sr. Yuma, Ariz.
12 Matt Casbon L-L 6-1 210 Jr. Lafayette
1 Gregory Harmon R-R 6-0 185 Fr. Crowley
20 John McCarthy L-L 6-0 195 Sr. Paloa Park, Ill.
24 Ty Rasmussen R-R 5-11 220 Fr. Sumner, Wash.
2 William Long S-R 5-10 180 Fr. Valrico, Fla.
3 Josh Landry L-R 6-0 170 Sr. Jeanerette
3 Devery Van De Keere L-R 6-2 200 Jr. Barrhead, Alberta
3 Cody Martin L-L 5-7 160 Jr. Lafayette
NOTE: Casbon, Rasmussen, Long and Van De Keere are listed as infielders and outfielders; Harmon is listed as both a pitcher and an outfielder.
Originally published February 10, 2006
Landry Named to 2006 Wallace Watch List
November 21, 2005 – Chris Whitehead, Sports Information –
Senior Josh Landry was named to the 2006 Wallace Watch list for the National
Player of the Year.
LUBBOCK, Texas-Senior outfielder Josh Landry was one of 120 baseball
student-athletes on the 2006 Wallace Watch released Monday, Nov. 21 by the
College Baseball Foundation in Lubbock, Texas. The Brooks Wallace Award is
presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year.
One of the top returnees for the Ragin’ Cajuns baseball team, Landry boasted
a .305 batting average for the 2005 season. He recorded 83 hits on the
season including, 11 doubles, three triples, and seven homeruns. He scored
62 runs while recording 62 RBI.
The native of Jeanerette, La., drew 32 base-on-balls and had an on base
percentage of .389 as a junior.
Landry was a perfect 8-for-8 in stolen base attempts.
Defensively, Landry recorded 113 putouts with seven assists while committing
just two errors all season.
The Wallace Watch will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by late May. Then
the selection committee will narrow the list to three finalists following
the NCAA Super Regionals at a press conference in Omaha. The finalists,
their head coaches, and their parents will be invited to Lubbock, Texas, for
a schedule of special events tied to the award banquet, which will again be
nationally televised by Fox Sports Network.
Dedicated to the memory of former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach,
Wallace was a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977 to 1980. A
4-year starter, he was named All-Southwest Conference and All-District Six
his senior year when he led the Red Raiders to their first-ever appearance
in the Southwest Conference Tournament. After playing two years in the Texas
Rangers organization, he returned to Texas Tech and served as a graduate
assistant and later as an assistant coach. In the summer of 1984 he was
diagnosed with cancer and fought the disease courageously until his death on
March 24, 1985, at age 27. The Plano, Texas, native was married to the
former Sandy Arnold and they had one daughter, Lindsay Ryan.
2006 Wallace Watch
Ian Kennedy, P, USC
Shane Robinson, OF, Florida State
Shelby Ford, SS, Oklahoma State
Matt McHargue, 1B, USF
Max Scherzer, P, Missouri
Marc Maddox, 1B, Southern Miss
Joe Savery, P-ATH, Rice
Dallas Buck, P, Oregon State
Ty Dunham, P, Central Michigan
Adrian Alaniz, P, Texas
Matt LaPorta, 1B, Florida
J. P. Aercibia, C, Tennessee
Wade LeBlanc, P, Alabama
Michael Ambort, C, Lamar
Tim Lincecum, P, Washington
Matt Rizzotti, 1B, Manhattan
Jason Meyer, P, Texas A&M
Chris Minaker, SS, Stanford
Jim Negrych, 2B, Pittsburgh
Hector Ambriz, P-ATH, UCLA
Adam Carr, 1B, Oklahoma State
Wes Roemer, P, Cal State Fullerton
Brooks Brown, P, Georgia
Colin Curtis, OF, Arizona State
Drew Stubbs, OF, Texas
Andrew Miller, P, North Carolina
Evan Longoria, 3B, Long Beach State
Scott Sizemore, 2B, VCU
Beau Mills, 3B, Fresno State
Mike Folli, SS, Buffalo
Jordan Brown, 1B, Arizona
Joseph Callendar, 2B, Texas Tech
Joe Spiers, SS, Hawaii
Joba Chamberlain, P, Nebraska
Matt Farrington, P, Houston
Nick Schmidt, P, Arkansas
Chris Campbell, 2B, Col. of Charleston
Clay Dirks, P, LSU
Brad Emaus, 3B, Tulane
Greg Dowling, 1B, Georgia Southern
Jay Heafner, 3B, Davidson
Chris Getz, 2B, Michigan
Chris Perez, P, Miami
Keith Gunderson, P, Oregon State
Tyler Chambliss, P, Florida State
Steven Wright, P, Hawaii
Pat McMahon, C, Northwestern
Jim Viscomi, OF, Evansville
Brennan Boesch, OF, California
Nolan Reimold, OF, Bowling Green
Jake Ball, SS, Jacksonville State
Michael McKenry, C, Middle Tennessee
Matt Wieters, C-ATH, Georgia Tech
Chad Huffman, OF, TCU
Jeremy Jones, OF, North Carolina A&T
Matt Lewis, OF, Penn State
Heath Rollins, P-ATH, Winthrop
Sean Doolittle, P-ATH, Virginia
Matt Antonelli, 3B, Wake Forest
Corey Riordan, P, Fordham
Derrick Lutz, P, George Washington
Bernard Robert, P, Alabama
John Jay, OF, Miami
Jordan Pacheco, 2B, New Mexico
Paul Coleman, P, Pepperdine
Luke Hopkins, 1B, New Mexico State
Luke Trubee, P, Dayton
Chris Johnson, 2B, Stetson
Chris Coghlan, 3B, Ole Miss
Jared McGuire, 3B, Boston College
Wes Hodges, 3B, Georgia Tech
Steven Guerra, P, Oklahoma
Anton Daley, DH-ATH, Prairie View
Troy Krider, DH-ATH, Michigan State
Rowdy Hardy, P, Austin Peay
Taylor Fowler, P, Arkansas State
Kodiak Quick, P, Kansas
Brian Bloomquist, P, Illinois
Tim Bascom, P, Central Florida
P. J. Walters, P, South Alabama
Scott Cousins, P-ATH, San Francisco
Johnny Dorn, P, Nebraska
Keith Weiser, P, Miami (OH)
Corey Van Allen, P, Baylor
Elih Villanueva, P, Florida International
Mitch Hilligoss, SS, Purdue
Brandon Hynick, P, Birmingham-Southern
James Bennett, OF, UL Monroe
Charlie Yarbrough, OF, Longwood
Mike Costanzo, P-ATH, Coastal Carolina
Kyle Jones, DH-ATH, Texas State
David Price, P, Vanderbilt
Brett Pill, 1B, Cal State Fullerton
Jay Miller, OF, Washington State
Taylor Harbin, 2B, Clemson
Shane Buschini, OF, San Diego
Kraig Binick, OF New York Tech
Joseph Hunter, OF, Mississippi State
Gib Hobson, P, NC State
Brett Sinkbeil, P, Missouri State
Jon Willard, OF, South Carolina
Michael Taylor, OF, Stanford
Derek Schermerhorn, 3B, Wichita State
Josh Landry, OF, Louisiana
Daniel Delcalso, 2B, UC Davis
John Gaub, P, Minnesota
John Shelby, DH-ATH, Kentucky
Brennan Garr, P-ATH, N. Colorado
Jared Hughes, P. Long Beach State
Chad Tracy, C, Pepperdine
Quinton Berry, OF, San Diego State
Ryan Bird, OF, UNLV
Hunter Mense, OF, Missouri
Brandon Dewing, P, San Jose State
Chris Pettit, OF, Loyola Marymount
Scott Reese, P, Creighton
Matt Poulk, 3B, UNC-Wilmington
Cory Luebke, P, Ohio State
Nick Hill, P, Army
Ben Saylor, 1B, BYU
