LAFAYETTE — It was during the MLB draft last June that Kyle Clement first started to have an inkling that the Louisiana-Lafayette baseball team might have a chance to put something special together in 2016.
He called teammate Stefan Trosclair, who was coming off a phenomenal debut season with the Ragin’ Cajuns in which he mashed 16 home runs, and asked him for an update.
“During the draft last year, I’d call Stefan and say, ‘Hey man, you get called yet?’ ” Clement recalled. “He’d say, ‘Yeah, I got called, but I’m thinking I’m going to come back for my senior year.