Dallas Baptist University Athletics

High School
2006 graduate of Grapevine High School… Played for Head Coach Tim McCune… During senior year, voted both Most Improved Player and Pitcher of the Year by his teammates.

Junior College
2008 graduate of Tyler Junior College in Tyler, Texas… Played for Head Coach Jon Groth… Voted 2007 All-MAC Conference Honorable Mention… Named to 2007 NJCAA All-World Series Team after leading team to NJCAA National Championship… Participated in 2007 NJCAA Texas/New Mexico All-Star Game… 2008 All-MAC Conference Pitcher… 2008 NJCAA All-American.

Collegiate Summer Baseball
Spent time with both the Ozark Generals of the MINK League and the East Texas Pumpjacks of the Texas Collegiate League in 2008… Was named to the First Team All-Jayhawk Team after anchoring the staff of the Dodge City A’s in 2009.

2009 Patriots
First action as a Patriot came in the second game of the year as he threw 2 innings in relief of Jared Stafford against Binghamton… Threw a scoreless inning against TCU on February 24 in Fort Worth… Followed that with another scoreless inning against Siena on February 28… Pitched two scoreless innings of relief in an 11-2 win over Texas Tech in Lubbock… Picked up first Division I win as the Patriots defeated Louisiana Monroe 13-11 on March 17… Gave up no earned runs while striking out 3 in 2.1 innings of relief against Minnesota… Recorded all four outs on strikeouts in his 1.1 innings of relief against Louisiana Tech to help the Patriots to a 14-12 win… Closed out the 9-6 win over Houston Baptist on April 2… Threw a scoreless inning while striking out two against Central Arkansas on April 21.

Personal
Full name is Michael Thomas LaCourse… Son of Mark and Cindy LaCourse… Has one sister, Taylor (18)… Finance major… Favorite MLB Player is Tim Lincecum… Lists golf and disc golf as his hobbies… Favorite Bible verse is Deuteronomy 31:6.