Southland Conference All-Tournament Team (2025)
2025 (Senior): Earned
Southland Conference All-Tournament honors after helping Huskies to their second-ever SLC title and a berth in the NCAA Regionals … batted .474 with five doubles, five RBI and six runs scored during the five-game run through the Edinburg bracket and championship series at Husky Field ... one of three players to start all 57 games during the season, finishing with a .267 batting average, two homers and 29 RBI … one of six players on the team to drive in 25 or more … led the squad with 18 doubles, which ranked third in the Southland and also paced the club with 32 free passes to first … had 16 multi-hit games, including a team-high tying five three-hit outings … hit first career three-hit game came against Central Michigan, going 3-6 with three runs scored (2/15) … hit first career homer at ULM (2/22) … went 3-5 at Incarnate Word (2/28) and then against McNeese (3/8) in the middle game of the series, going 3-5 with second homer of the season, three runs scored and three RBI, the first of three three-RBI outings … had three games with two or more doubles … two of those came at UTRGV Baseball Stadium, first in the regular season series finale against the Vaqueros (3/23) then again in the Edinburg bracket opener against Lamar, when he had a
career-high three (5/15) … collected
two hits in the seven-run second inning of game two of the Edinburg bracket, a 9-6 victory over UTRGV (5/16) … had the
game-tying double in the eighth inning of the bracket finale against UTRGV as HCU rallied for a 4-2 victory to advance to the SLC Championship series (5/16) … named to the
Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll for the second time …
2024 (Junior): Saw action in 30 games with 23 starts in his first season with the Huskies … batted .250 with 10 RBI on the season … upped average to .270 in 14 games of conference play … hit safely in nine of his final 13 games … had career-best two hitson five different occasions, the final coming at McNeese when he also matched his personal high with two RBI in a 9-7 win over the Cowboys (5/11) … went 5-10 in that series against the Cowboys with four RBI … named to the
Southland Conference Commissioner's Honor Roll …
PRIOR TO HCU: McLennan Community College (2021-23) Made 89 appearances with 61 starts over two seasons with the Roadrunners playing for coaches Mitch Thompson and Tyler Johnson … batted .285 in his two seasons in Waco … hit three homers and drove in 30 runs in his rookie campaign to help MCC to the Junior College World Series …
HIGH SCHOOL: Four-year starter at St. John’s School playing for coach Clint Everts … batted .400 with 35 RBI during senior year … played in all but one game in high school … two-time athlete of the year who also played quarterback for the Mavericks … played for Texas Twelve …
PERSONAL: Full name Katcher Jude Halligan … born October 21, 2002 … son of Kenneth and Jill Halligan … younger sister Adley … father played baseball at UTRGV … uncle Denny Halligan and aunt Kathy Halligan played basketball at Creighton University; Kathy is the all-time leading scorer for the Bluejays … sister Adley plays basketball at Southwestern University … majoring in Kinesiology-Sports Management …
