Pier-Olivier Boucher

Photo by: Sam Bennett

Photo by: Will Becque

Class:
Junior
Height:
6-3
Weight:
180
Hometown:
Saint-Joseph-de-Bauce, Quebec
High School:
Pointe-Levy
Prev School:
Indian Hills CC
Major:
University Studies

2023 (SENIOR)

2023 All Missouri Valley Conference Second Team ... 2023 MVC Pre-Season All-Conference Team ... Played/started all 57 games ... Led SIU in BA (.335), led in hits (77), led in runs scored (46), was 2nd in HRs (16), and was 2nd in RBIs (43) ... Led team in slug % (.619) ... Led team in SB (19-22) ... Tied for team lead (Ryan Rodriguez) in multi-hit games (26) ... Was 2nd in the MVC in hits (78), tied for 4th in HRs (16), 3rd in total bases (145), and was 4th in stolen bases (19) ... Tied team record for steals in an MVC game 5/7/23 at Valparaiso (3) ... Combined with Steven Loden (18) to form SIU's top single season HR duo (34).
CAREER: Games/starts: 109/103 ... BA: .331 ... HR: 24 ... RBI: 76 ... Slug %: .583 ... Tied for 9th in career HR (24).

2022 (JUNIOR)

2022 Missouri Valley Conference All Tournament Team ... Was 10 for 23 (.435) with six RBIs, three runs scored and two home runs in six MVC Tournament games ... Both of the tourney home runs came versus Missouri St. on May 29 ... Had the team's third best batting average for the season, .325 ... Played in 52 of 60 games, starting 46; mostly in LF ... Was 10 for 11 in stolen bases ... While he hit .435 in the season's final six games, he hit .478 (11 for 23) in the first six games of the season ... Had a season-high four hits vs. Central Arkansas Feb. 26 ... Had a season-high four RBIs twice ... Had a season-high four runs scored vs. Central Arkansas Feb. 26.

INDIAN HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (2020 and 2021)

2021: All-Region 11 and All-Iowa Community College Athletic Conference ... 55 games ... BA: .319 ... OBP: .452 ... HR: 5 ... RBI: 41 ... Team beat NJCAA #1 Wabash Valley College two of 3 to reach the NJCAA World Series for the first time in 17 years ... Team finished 1-2 in the JUCO World Series ... Was 5 for 12 with two doubles and two RBIs in three JUCO World Series games ... 2020: 9 games ... BA: .217 ... OBP: .379 ... HR: 1.

HIGH SCHOOL

Played hockey initially in high school at Ecole Secondaire Veilleux ... Played baseball his last two years of high school at Secondary Pointe-Levy.

PERSONAL

Born Dec. 3, 1999 in Levis, Quebec ... Played hockey for approximately nine years ... Majoring in university studies ... One of two Canadian-born outfielders on the 2023 Saluki team (Mathiue Vallee).