Biography
A 2023 MLB seventh-round draft selection by the Washington Nationals (No. 195 overall) ... Finalist for the 2023 Buster Posey Award - an award given annually to the nation's top collegiate catcher ... 2023 Third-Team ABCA All-American ... 2023 NCSA All-American ... 2023 First-Team All-Region ... 2023 Southland Conference Player of the Year ... Two-Time All-Southland Conference ... 2023 Southland All-Defensive Team ... SLC Hitter of the Week (2023) ... Played in 135 games earning 127 career starts ... Hit .294 (136-of-462) with 22 home runs, 32 doubles, 1 triple, 97 RBIs, 86 runs scored, 54 walks, stole two bases and recorded 36 multi-hit games.
2023 (Senior): Capped his senior year by being a seventh-round draft selection (No. 195 overall) of the Washington Nationals … A finalist for the 2023 Buster Posey Award, an award given annually to the nation’s top collegiate catcher … Third-Team ABCA All-American … An NSCA All-American … First-Team ABCA All-Region selection … Southland Conference Player of the Year … SLC All-Defensive Team … An SLC Hitter of the Week selection … Played in and started all 55 games ... Hit .317 (66-of-208) with 17 home runs, 17 doubles, one triple, 58 RBIs, and 42 runs scored … Drew 33 walks on the season … Was a perfect 2-of-2 on stolen bases … Posted a .412 on-base percentage, a .654 slugging percentage and a 1.066 OPS … Ranked second in the league in slugging percentage, OPS and home runs and third in RBIs … Had 18 multi-hit games, including five three-hit games … Had 14 multi-RBI games … Had three multi-homer games … Threw out 20-of-34 (.588) attempted base stealers … Went 2-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs, and two runs scored in the upset win at No. 5 Texas A&M … He combined that with a 1-for-4 effort with a double and a run scored the next night to help LU knock off Kansas State … Snell was named league hitter of the week for his efforts … Was 3-for-5 with two home runs, four RBIs and two runs scored at Missouri … Was 1-for-4 with a walk, RBI, two runs scored and a stolen base at McNeese … Went 2-for-6 at the plate with two home runs, six RBIs and two runs scored in the middle game against UC Riverside … Was 3-for-5 with a walk in the second game at St. Louis … Was 1-for-3 with a home run, walk, run scored and three RBIs in the second game at Northwestern State … Went 2-for-4 with a home run, double, walk, three RBIs and two  runs scored in the second game against A&M-Corpus Christi … Went 3-for-5 with an RBI and run scored in the series finale at Southeastern Louisiana … Had back-to-back three-hit games to open the series against Houston Christian … Finished that series going 7-for-13 with a home run, a walk, two doubles, five RBIs and four runs scored.
2022 (Junior): Played in 42 games earning 40 starts, primarily at catcher … Made two starts at designated hitter … Recorded a .285 batting average with three home runs, nine doubles, 29 RBIs and 22 runs scored … Drew six walks and was hit by a pitch seven times … Had 14 multi-hit games which includes four three-hit performances and a four-hit game … Was perfect behind the plate recording a 1.000 fielding percentage … Threw out eight of 20 (.400) base stealers on the season … Went 4-of-5 with an RBI, two runs scored and was hit by a pitch in the first game at Abilene Christian … Recorded back-to-back three-hit efforts against ACU with the first coming against the Wildcats in Beaumont … Went 3-for-4 with a home run, five RBIs and two runs scored against the Wildcats … Also drew a walk against ACU … Followed that up with a 3-for-5 effort with a double and two RBIs against Texas Southern … His three home runs came in consecutive games against ACU in Beaumont … Went 3-for-5 with four RBIs in the first game at UT Rio Grande Valley.
2021 (Sophomore): Third-Team All-Southland Conference … Played in 38 games earning 29 starts – all coming behind the plate … Hit .258 on the season with two home runs, six doubles and 11 RBIs with 22 runs scored … Recorded a .378 on-base percentage with a .771 OPS … Also drew 15 walks and was hit by a pitch four times … Got hot at the plate in final three weeks of the season … After carrying a .171 into the first day of May, closed the season by hitting .318 with two home runs, five doubles, 10 RBIs with five walks and 11 runs scored … Recorded four multi-hit games with three of those coming in the season’s final three weeks … His lone three-hit game came in the third game against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi where he went 3-for-4 with two runs scored … Followed that up with a 2-for-4 outing with a home run and two runs scored … Also went 2-for-4 with a double and runs scored in the final game against New Orleans as LU took 3 of 4 from the Privateers … Near perfect behind the plate with a .992 fielding percentage … One of the strongest arms in the league throwing 12-of-33 would-be base stealers (.363).
