Payson’s Loos receives first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors for EIU

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | May 21, 2024
Eastern Illinois University senior Lucas Loos earned first-team All-Ohio Valley Conference honors as a utility player. | Photo courtesy EIU athletics

CHARLESTON, Ill. — The work isn’t done, but the remarkable season Eastern Illinois University’s Lucas Loos has put together didn’t go unnoticed by the Ohio Valley Conference baseball coaches. Loos, a Payson Seymour graduate and former John Wood Community College third baseman, earned first-team All-OVC honors, the league announced Tuesday. Loos was named as a…

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EIU’s Loos is named to Brooks Wallace Award watch list

By Matt Schuckman, Sports Editor | April 27, 2024
Eastern Illinois University's Lucas Loos, a Payson Seymour and John Wood Community College product, has been named to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list for the nation's top NCAA Division I shortstops. | Photo courtesy EIU athletics

CHARLESTON, Ill. — Lucas Loos has made moving back to the infield look seamless, even if it was at a position he hadn’t played in college. A month ago, during a three-game Ohio Valley Conference series against Tennessee-Martin, the Eastern Illinois University senior slugger was penciled in to start at shortstop. He has been the…

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