LSU designated hitter Hayden Travinski is taking his standing as a student-athlete to coronary heart. Throughout Thursday’s recreation towards Northern Illinois, Travinski got here to the plate with a singular wrap on his bat.

When followers tuned in for the No. 3 Tigers’ conflict towards the Huskies on Thursday, they may have completed a double-take throughout Travinski’s at-bats. He was utilizing a bat that regarded identical to a large No. 2 pencil.

Nobody can accuse Travinski of not specializing in schoolwork throughout baseball season.

Sadly, Travinski did not document successful along with his big Ticonderoga bat. He went 0-for-4 within the recreation, however did draw a stroll in LSU’s 10-2 blowout win over NIU. That saved the Tigers’ undefeated document alive at 5-0.

Travinski should erase that powerful day on the plate from his reminiscence and prepare to jot down one other chapter in his 2024 season with a recreation towards Stony Brook on Friday.

Hopefully Travinski continues to make use of the bat, or possibly he breaks out different writing utensils all through the season. It doesn’t matter what he is utilizing on the plate, Travinski is trying to construct upon a 2023 season by which he hit .356 with 10 residence runs and 30 RBI en path to a nationwide title.