Quebec’s Tyler Favretto heads to Crowder next fall

By Jacques Lanciault

Quebec’s Mr. Baseball

Another Quebec player has been added to the list of players from the province who have already reached an agreement with an American university or college for the 2021-2022 season.

Tyler Favretto, a catcher and infielder, will join the ranks of the Crowder College Roughriders in Neosho, Mo.

Favretto, 19, played for the LaSalle Cardinals of the Quebec Elite Junior Baseball League, after having worn the colours of the Académie Baseball Canada (ABC).

“Tyler is a leader and a hard worker, who will be a big addition to this college which is still among the best in the United States,” said an ABC spokesperson.

Crowder, which plays in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I, has three Quebecers in its ranks for the 2021 winter season: Victor Plaz, Adamo Stornello and Nicolas Tremblay.

Even though they will be in their second season in the NJCAA this winter, due to the COVID-19 pandemic that prematurely ended their 2020 season, these three players may be back for the 2021-2022 season and be Favretto’s teammates with the Crowder troop.

Including Favretto, we have already identified 16 Quebec players who have signed with American college or university teams for the 2021-2022 season. Our updated list:

Louka Daoust (rookie), ABC - 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV (NCAA, Division I)

Nicolas Deschamps (rookie), TNXL Canada Baseball Academy,

Stetson University, Deland, FL (NCAA, Division I)

Yohann Dessureault (rookie), TNXL Canada

Northwest Florida State College Baseball Academy, Niceville, FL, (JUCO, Division I)

Tyler Favretto (rookie), LaSalle Cardinals, LBJÉQ,

Crowder College, Neosho, MO (JUCO - Division I)

Nicolas Fortin (rookie), Okotoks Dawgs Academy

University of Louisiana Monroe, Monroe, LA (NCAA, Division I)

Eliot Goulet (rookie), Coaticook Rocket,

Sussex County Community College, Newton, NJ (JUCO - Division II)

Alexis Gravel (rookie), ABC - 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

Chipola College, Marianna, FL (NJCAA, Division I)

William Lacroix (rookie), Pirates de Laval, LBJÉQ,

Northeastern Oklahoma A@M College, Miami, OK (JUCO - Division I)

Jaycob Lachance (rookie), Aigles de Trois-Rivières, LBJÉQ,

Frontier Community College, Fairfield, IL (NJCAA - Division I)

Nathan Landry (3rd year), Aigles de Trois-Rivières, LBJÉQ,

University of Missouri, Columbia, MO (NCAA - Division I)

Simon Lusignan (rookie), Okotoks Dawgs Academy,

Stetson University, Deland, FL (NCAA, Division I)

Émilien Pitre, (rookie) ABC 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

University of Kentucky , Lexington, KY (NCAA, Division I)

Kevin Spooner (rookie), ABC 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

Three Rivers College, Poplar Bluff, MO (JUCO - Division I)

Dominic Teoli (rookie), TNXL Canada Baseball Academy

Eastern Florida State College, Melbourne, FL (JUCO - Division I)

Robin Villeneuve (rookie), ABC - 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

Weatherford College, Weatherford, TX (JUCO - Division I)

Mathieu Voros (rookie), ABC 16 and under, LBJÉQ,

Three Rivers College, Poplar Bluff, MO (JUCO - Division I)