OMAHA, Neb. ?ULM's Ben
Soignier became the first three-time All-American in the baseball program's
history as Ping!Baseball named the shortstop to its annual All-America Team.
Soignier, who finished his ULM
career as the school's all-time leader in several offensive categories, was
named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team in 2006 and was named
to a pair of All-America teams last season (Louisville Slugger and
Ping!Baseball).
An honorable mention selection
this year, Soignier led the Warhawks in batting average (.376), doubles
(22), RBIs (71), walks (46), on-base percentage (.500) and slugging percentage
(.628).
The native of West Monroe, La.,
is ULM's all-time leader in hits (296), total bases (478), doubles (63) and
at-bats (837). Soignier also owns the ULM single-season records for hits (93),
runs scored (83), total bases (166) and RBIs (71).
Soignier, who was selected by the New York Yankees in
the 22nd round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft last week,
also earned his second consecutive first team All-Sun Belt Conference honor
this past season. He became the first ULM player since Tom Brown in 1971 to
earn first team all-conference honors in three different seasons (Soignier was
a first team All-Southland Conference selection in 2006).
