Texas A&M star outfielder Jace LaViolette explains why he decided to return to Aggieland

After briefly entering the transfer portal following the departure of former head coach Jim Schlossnagle to the Longhorns , sophomore outfielder Jace LaViolette became one of numerous Aggies to announce their respective return to Texas A&M this past week.

“Aggieland… the past two years has undoubtedly been the best two years of my life,” LaViolette said in a hype video. “Mike Earley is the best coach in the nation. There is nobody that I would rather play for.

“Gig ‘Em!”

LaViolette spoke to KBTX sports reporter Nicole Griffith on Tuesday at Michael Earley ‘s press conference that introduced him as the new Aggies head coach.

“Honestly I’m just excited to finally see Mike in front of the whole team once everything settles down and just be like, ‘Hey, lets go do this! I’m the next head coach and we’re going to have a lot of fun,'” LaViolette foretold. “This team is going to play really, really loose and let’s just go have fun.”

After smashing 50 home runs during his first two seasons in College Station, LaViolette is 7 away from breaking the program record of 56 set by Daylan Holt in 2000.

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