ASHWAUBENON – The Green Bay Booyah announced the additions of Daunte Stuart, Connor Smith, Nathan Blasick and Braden Babcock to its roster.
Stuart is playing at Northwestern State.
He’s currently hitting .312 in 26 games.
The Texas native has driven in 15 runs, with six doubles and four long balls.
He has also scored 12 runs, drawn 19 walks and has stolen two bases.
Earlier this season, Stuart hit safely in ten straight games.
During his hitting streak, he homered in three straight games and four times in five games.
He spent the summer of 2020 playing for the Hunter Pence Baseball Academy in the Five Tool Houston Collegiate League.
The Lenoir-Rhyne outfielder Smith will also be playing with the Booyah.
The North Carolina native is hitting .288 in 26 games, 22 of those starts.
Smith has scored 20 runs, driven in another 16 while slugging six doubles, one triple and six home runs.
The sophomore has drawn eight walks and carries a .394 on-base percentage this spring.
The first baseman Blasick becomes the second West Virginia Mountaineer to sign with the Booyah this summer, joining left-handed pitcher Ben Hampton.
The Pennsylvanian is in his true freshman season in Morgantown and has appeared in 14 games this season, going 5-for-23 at the plate.
At Halifax High School, he posted a .493 average as a junior with seven home runs.
Blasick was a two-sport star in high school, playing basketball as well and recorded more than 1,000 career points.
The Southern Illinois left-handed pitcher Babcock was slated to pitch for the Thunder Bay Border Cats in the Northwoods League this summer, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic causing the closure of the United States-Canada border, Thunder Bay will not be participating in the 2021 season.
Players who wished to play in the league this season were placed in a dispersal draft and the Booyah selected Babcock with the seventh pick.
The Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, native is in his first season at Southern Illinois.
He spent the first two years of his collegiate career at McCook Community College in Nebraska.
In his shortened sophomore season, he went 3-0 with a 2.15 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 29.1 innings pitched.
His earned run average, strikeouts and innings pitched numbers led the team.
As a freshman at McCook, Babcock went 4-5 with a 3.53 ERA over 58.2 innings.
Single-game tickets go on sale Friday, April 16.
Opening Day at Capital Credit Union Park is slated for Tuesday, June 1, as the Booyah host the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders at 6:35 p.m.
Visit booyahbaseball.com or call the ticket office at 920-497-7225 to reserve your seats.
The Booyah front office at Capital Credit Union Park is located at 2231 Holmgren Way in Ashwaubenon.
Office hours are Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Editor’s note: To read about other players playing for the Booyah this summer, CLICK HERE.