LAFAYETTE — Kennon Fontenot doesn’t want to think about where he stood in the Louisiana-Lafayette baseball team’s pecking order a year ago.
And as recently as two weeks ago, the sophomore who anchored Barbe High School’s nationally ranked program for years still was struggling, starting only 13 of the Ragin’ Cajuns’ first 50 games and hitting .184 in sporadic duty.
But when the Cajuns needed an extra boost amid a stretch run that resulted in a share of the Sun Belt Conference regular-season championship, Fontenot was there to provide that boost.
“He didn’t go pout at the end of the dugout when we gave him a chance early and took it away from him,” coach Tony Robichaux said.