OF Pier-Olivier Boucher, 10th round (309th) – Atlanta Braves — Signed $1,000
Hometown: Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, Que. Born: Levis, Que.
Height/Weight: 6’ 3” 190 lbs.
Bats/Throws: L-R
Slot Value: $164,800
Scout: Ronit Shah
School: Southern Illinois Carbondale
Coach: Lance Rhodes.
Previous Teams: Indian Hills Community College, Charlesbourg Alouettes.
Previous Coaches: Matthew Torrez.
2023 season at Southern Illinois as a senior _ Led SIU in batting average (.335), hits (79), runs scored (46), in slugging (.619), stolen bases (was 19-for-22) and tied for team lead (Ryan Rodriguez) in multi-hit games (26) ... Was second in homers (16) and RBIs (43) ... Played/started all 57 games ... Wound up second in the MVC in hits (79), tied for fourth in HRs (16), was third in total bases (145), and fourth in stolen bases (19) ... Tied team record for steals in an MVC game at Valparaiso (three) ... Combined with Steven Loden (18) to form SIU’s top single season HR duo (34) ... Finished with career marks of a .331 average, 24 homers (tied for ninth in school history) with 76 RBIs and slugged .583 in 109 games (103 starts.
2022 season at Southern Illinois as a junior _ On fire at MVC tourney to make all-tournament team as he batted .435 (10-for-23) with six RBIs and two home runs in six MVC tournament games ... Both tourney home runs came against Missouri State ... Had the team’s third best batting average for the season, .325 ... Played in 52 of 60 games, starting 46; mostly in LF ... Was 10-for-11 stealing bases ... Hit .435 in the season’s final six games, and .478 (11-for-23) in the first six of the season ... Had season-high four hits vs. Central Arkansas ... Had a season-high four RBIs twice.
2021 spring as a sophomore at Indian Hills _ Hit .319 with five homers, 41 RBIs and a .452 on-base mark in 55 games ... Team beat NJCAA #1 Wabash Valley in three-game series two reaching the NJCAA World Series for the first time in 17 years ... Team was 1-2 in the JUCO World Series at Grand Junction ... Was 5-for-12 with two doubles and two RBIs in three JUCO WS games.
2020 spring as a freshman at Indian Hills _ Hit .217 with one homer in nine games with a .379 on-base mark.
Honours: 2023 season at Southern Illinois as a senior _ Named to All Missouri Valley Conference Second Team ... Earned MVC Pre-Season All-Conference Team _ 2022 season at Southern Illinois as a junior _ Selected Missouri Valley Conference All Tournament Team after going 10-for-23 (.435) with six RBIs and two home runs in six MVC tournament games ...Gained Canadian Baseball Network all-Canadian Third Team honors. 2021 spring as a sophomore at Indian Hills _ Gained All-Region 11 and All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference honors … Named Canadian Baseball Network all-Canadian team Honorable Mention.